People are always surprised by how much I eat, and more specifically by how much bread and rice and pasta and potatoes I eat.
To give you a frame of reference: I’m 5’6″, weigh 123 pounds, and I (typically) wear a size zero pants and small or extra small shirts/sweaters/jackets/etc. Continue reading “Eat Your Carbs!”
I had a friend on Facebook recently post about wanting to start a blog on the “Vegan Keto” diet. I tentatively shared that I didn’t agree with the Keto fad, at which point her brother chimed in (who I learned was the “expert” and had recommended Keto to her in the first place), to ask what I didn’t like about it. Continue reading “The Great Facebook Debate”
Grocery shopping (along with composting) is one of the biggest and easiest changes you can make to achieve a zero waste lifestyle. And, luckily enough, grocery shopping for a whole foods, plant-based, low-fat lifestyle and for a zero waste lifestyle are actually quite similar! So this post will cover both. Continue reading “Grocery Shopping – Vegan & Zero Waste”
No no, not me and scurvy. I’ve never had scurvy. This is just a history lesson in the study of diet and nutrition that dates back to scurvy. Please don’t fear history! If your starting point is a commitment to health and wellness, having a sense of the history of diet and nutrition is essential to understanding how it all adds up, and why we (as a society) think what we think about diet these days!
Maybe I can make you stay and read if I throw in some cats? Continue reading “A Backstory Starting with Scurvy”
Plants Not Plastic 