Since my breast cancer diagnosis in 2008, I intuitively felt uncomfortable with the use of pink ribbons. Well-intentioned friends and family flooded me with gifts displaying them and while I was grateful for their sincere efforts to support me, I never used those products. As…
So for the last few weeks, I have slept all of 2 minutes! Why? Because of the Olympics. I have a short attention span and events like swimming, track and gymnastics are just enough time to get me completely focused and later jumping around my…
How do supermarkets work? Are they designed to aid your efforts to become healthier or is their goal to make their pockets (and your waist) fatter. In less than 2 minutes, Michael Pollan will give you the inside scoop. After you view the video, check…
I’ve stressed the importance of knowing the source of your food. Do you know who grew it and how it got to your plate? With organizations such Local Harvest and in New York City, Just Food. You can find easily locate farms, farmers markets and…
Last week the temperatures rose to 100 degrees and so my aim was to post a refreshing summer recipe. In my mind, I wanted to share how to put together a quick Latin-inspired quinoa salad but my kids had a different idea. They wanted popsicles….
The 2012 shopper’s guide is finally out and this year they’ve expanded the dirty dozen to include two additional items of concern, green beans, kale and collard greens as the contain organophosphate insecticides. Climbing up three places from last year and knocking celery out of…
After attending the Every Health Bloggers Meet-up and later the John Mackey presentation at the Whole Foods Wellness Club. I became really curious to learn more about the services offered. Last week I had the opportunity to talk to Drew Rosen, Team Leader of the…
When you know better you do better, right? The short video below shows how government subsidies are responsible for the obesity epidemic plaguing our nation. As you can see, there is very little is going to fruits and vegetables, which we all know is the…
On Tuesday, May 29th, I had the privilege and honor of being invited to a special speaking engagement featuring John Mackey, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Whole Foods Market on ‘The State of Health and Wellness in Today’s Culture’ at the new Wellness Club – Tribeca….
Access to healthy food… We all want it, right? Well, according to a recent poll 97% of us do. As you would imagine, I am not surprised at all about these findings but it’s always good when research supports what we’ve been saying all along. Now…