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Clean Eating Thursday Recipe Linkup – Holiday Food Gifts

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I know. It’s not even Halloween yet and I’m already posting about holiday gifts. But the truth is, many people start planning long before this, so I figured the timing was actually just about right.… Read more → from The Gracious Pantry http://ift.tt/2h8IrMz

Wired To Eat: Coming Soon!

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Hey folks! It’s been a long time in the making (or has felt like it to me anyway) but we are getting closer to the release of my second book, Wired to Eat ! The official release date is March 21, 2017 but since we are close to finalizing the cover and a few other details I thought I’d do a quick post to let you know where this project is. What is Wired to Eat? In the past ten plus years of working with people and helping them to change their eating and lifestyle I have fortunately seen and played a part in a lot of incredibly positive and inspiring change. If you check out some of the testimonials we’ve received or spent a bit of time on social media you have likely seen some incredible transformations. But not everyone gets the “brochure” experience when changing diet and lifestyle. For some folks they either can’t get going on these changes or (more often) they make some solid progress, only to spin out a few months down the road. I’ve talked to a lot of people, done a lot of th

How to Combat Holiday Weight Gain

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Merry as they may be to many, for those of us who try to eat healthy and keep our weight under control, the holidays can be brutal. We step on the scale, cookie crumbs barely brushed from our lips, and watch as the pounds tick up into the danger zone. Ho-ho-how did this happen to us again this year? Of course, we know how it happened. We made a few too many trips to the snack table, drank more eggnog than we knew was good for us and indulged a little too enthusiastically at family dinnertime. The good news is that it all tasted delicious and we enjoyed it in the company of family and friends. The bad news is that feeling festive as we eat those holiday delicacies doesn’t make them any less fattening — for proof, just look at Santa. Sure, we’ll resolve to be better next year: “Lose weight and eat healthier” is penned in at the No. 1 spot on our New Year’s resolution lists every year. But what if we could do something to start the year without all the disadvantages of those holiday po

A Primal Take on Cannabis

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Today I’m taking on a mammoth in the living room so to speak. Based on the emails I’ve received and the string of developments around the issue, it’s maybe a long time coming. As of November 11 , marijuana is legal for recreational or medical use in 26 states. Recreational use is even legal in the nation’s capital, Washington DC. Despite the DEA declining to recognize the therapeutic potential of marijuana , formal medical research proceeds in labs and clinics, while millions of consumers in states like California, Oregon, and Colorado are running informal n=1 personal experiments. Usage has doubled in the last ten years. A recent Gallup poll found that 1 in 8 American adults “say they smoke marijuana.” Pretty much anytime legalization is up for a vote, it passes. It seems there’s more weed out there than ever before and more people willing to consume it. They’re eating it, applying it sublingually, vaporizing it, and smoking it. Meanwhile, “pro” and “con” claims mount on both sid

Re-Examining the Health Benefits of Fitness Trackers

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Do you wear a fitness tracker, a doohickey that counts the steps you take and/or the calories you burn every day? If so, you’re in good company. An estimated 21 percent of U.S. Internet-connected adults — yep, more than one in five — use some form of wearable technology, according to research firm Forrester . Although some pricier wearable fitness trackers promise complicated analytics, most people use wearable fitness trackers to count steps or track distance “with a weight loss goal in mind,” says nutrition consultant, registered dietitian, certified athletic trainer and Healthy Eats contributor Dana Angelo White. A clinical trial conducted by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association , however, suggests those wearable fitness trackers may not actually help us lose weight. In fact, the study indicated, just the opposite may be true. The devices may actually backfire, prompting people to eat more and under

New Year Cheer Holiday Cards & Minted Giveaway

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I almost didn’t do holiday cards this year, especially not New Year Cheer holiday cards. As many of you know, it’s a transition year for us. But I didn’t want to be totally silent either, so I was frozen with indecision. Minted reached out and offered to help us with holiday cards, and that got the ball rolling. I had the idea to do New Year cards, and our confetti photo shoot with Cramer Photo fit the theme perfectly! Also: rose gold foil!!!!!! Here is a link to the New Year Cheer holiday cards we got, including a photo on the back and a message to our friends and family. They have quite a few codes to get 10-15% off on the site right now through the weekend, and it’s not too late – especially for New Year Cheer holiday cards! I have THREE $100 gift certificates to Minted to give away!  Click here to enter ! USA only please. Giveaway runs through 12/11/16. Three random winners will be selected and notified by email.  This year I had a little help getting them in the mail!