For the past two years, I’ve started every morning with two chocolate Omega Passion® bars and a strong cup of coffee. It sounds strange, I realize, for an old doctor to indulge in chocolate on a daily basis. Most of us have internalized the idea that chocolate should only be eaten occasionally, as a treat. […]
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock recently, you’ve probably heard a thing or two about the microbiome — you know, the 1.5 kg community of microbes living in and on you. The microbiome is currently a hot health topic, receiving plenty of attention for its role in regulating disease. While it’s an exciting frontier […]
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I love it when people read nutrition labels. But when I overhear people say, “I can’t eat that, it has too many carbs,” I get concerned that – just like calorie intake – carbohydrates have gotten an unfair and inaccurate bad reputation. This idea that all carbohydrates are unhealthy is simply not true. Fruits, vegetables, […]
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It’s hard not to let the words, “I told you so” bubble up inside me as I read the latest results from Harvard’s Nurses’ Health Study II. The findings concur with what we have been trying to get across to our customers for several years: rethink counting calories and look at the kinds of calories […]
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