Nutrition

Should Sustainability Be Part of US Dietary Guidelines?

Recently, I received an email from Food Democracy Now urging me to tell President Obama to support the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s recommendation to include sustainability and issue clear guidance for reduced consumption of animal products and more plant-based foods in the 2015 U.S. Dietary Guidelines. What is your definition of sustainable? In theory, including sustainability

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Kids Eat Right?

Kraft American Cheese now boasts the “Kids Eat Right” seal from The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND), which is the world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. This puts the over 75,000 Registered Dietitians across the country in a bit of tough situation trying to defend themselves as THE nutrition professionals. By making this

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Losing Traditional Foods – Coconuts in Ecuador

 By Pilar Egüez Guevara  Talk about food gentrification has been on the Internet lately surrounding Whole Foods’ new campaign to elevate a staple in the traditional cuisine of the U.S. south–collard greens–to the rank of the trendy health food kale. Early on, quinua (translated in English as ‘quinoa’) was on the table for debate. The discussion focused on whether demand in the

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What is Optimal Human Nutrition?

I believe that the majority of today’s health issues are directly related to the overconsumption of highly palatable, industrially processed food. I’m on a mission to help people regain their health by eating nutrient-dense foods. We live in a world that is far removed from our hunter-gatherer ancestors. Some people liken our modern environment to

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