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In Defense of Real Food: a Paleo & Whole30 Dietitian Responds to US News & World Report’s “Best Diets of 2017”

It’s that time of year. Everyone is looking to make changes to their diet, and US News and World Report published its Best Diet Rankings for 2017. And once again, the Paleo Diet ranked very poorly and in last place was Whole30. In first place is the DASH diet, originally developed to prevent and lower

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Radiant Skin at 42

At 42, I’ve become completely unapologetic about taking care of myself. If I don’t, nobody else will – and I don’t mean that in a negative way. I’ve just realized that if I am not paying attention to what I need, it’s just not going to happen. Nobody cares about you as much as you

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New Study: Gluten Causes Weight Gain

I recently had the opportunity to watch Rachel Freire, a Brazilian postdoctoral researcher at Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center/Center for Celiac Disease at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School present her latest paper, Wheat gluten intake increases weight gain and adiposity associated with reduced thermogenesis and energy expenditure in an animal model of obesity. Gluten free

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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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