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Hi, guys! Happy Friday! What a weird week. Nothing bad happened, but I feel like there were a lot of highs and low for me. Obviously, I’m all about keeping it real on CNC, and I figured it would be a good way to fill you guys in on what’s happening with my life lately, so here’s a High Low High post from the week. And, of course, I’d love to hear how your week went. Please feel free to share in the comment section below! HIGH: Hiring and getting FOUR new coaches up and running at DTFN . We’re officially a team of SEVEN. Holy cow! And these ladies are the freakin’ best. We’re so excited to have them! We’ll introduce them over the next few weeks via DTFN social media and blog, so keep a look out. LOW : My GI doctor leaving MGH to pursue research. Ugghhhhh. You guys know how much I love my doctor (and I *might* have been drinking wine when I found out), so there were definitely some tears shed. I know I’m in good hands at MGH, but my doctor was truly the best. So sad...

Even though it’s been around for thousands of years, meditation seems to be especially trendy these days. It’s part of the mindfulness movement that’s been gaining traction in the health and wellness world. And it makes sense that more and more people are actively seeking ways to manage their stress: A 2015 survey from the American Psychological Association found that overall stress levels have increased in Americans in recent years. These higher stress levels can affect mental and physical health in numerous ways: 39 percent of those surveyed reporting overeating or eating unhealthy foods in the last month due to stress, and 46 percent reported losing sleep over it. Given what a profound affect stress can have on wellbeing, it’s no wonder that people are looking for innovative ways to get that moment of zen. Meditation studios have recently popped up in some of the country’s big cities (there’s Unplug Meditation in Los Angeles, MNDFL in New York City). But there’s also a variety...

Wild animals, that is! We’ve had a fun week full of warm weather. While I know it’s going to get a little colder for a bit, I am glad we’ve reached the “it’s probably not going to snow” part of the year. And it just might get up to the 80s! I think we hit 85 on Tuesday. Mazen was still sad about leaving Bald Head so he wanted to blow up his beach shark for fun. I think he spent about an hour wrestling with it around the house on Tuesday morning. Much more fun than going to school, right?! I had this amazing egg, cheese, and jam English muffin sandwich for breakfast. This was literally the last food in the house before we headed to Whole Foods to restock. But before that, we walked/biked downtown to run a few errands, go to ACAC for a quickie workout, hit up the playground and have lunch. Somebody dressed up for the occasion : ) I have been wanting to go to The Spot for a while and it did not disappoint. This little green window on 2nd Street serves vegan and vegetarian f...

I’ve got nutrition on the mind today. And I’m curious about your thoughts. Health trends and topics have evolved considerably since I first started this blog a decade ago. “Fringe” foods then are now thriving businesses. What was once nutrition heresy is today on the cover of mainstream publications. They’re far from standard, but Primal principles are getting more attention. Where do we go from here? And what’s for dinner? You tell me…. Today I want to know what you want out of MDA nutrition commentary, dietary research, and recipe development. What do you want to learn? What interests you? And since I get some form of the question often, what do you want to know about my own personal day-to-day diet? I’ve covered a lot of topics and served up a lot of Primal recipes over the years, but there are plenty more to be explored. Tell me what you think should come next. And to give you some incentive in exchange for your thoughts, I’ll give you a shot at winning some free stuff (because...

Recently a friend showed me the annual ranking by U.S. News and World Report of what they consider the “Best Diets” in America. Taking a quick glance at their rankings, I knew that something wasn’t right. Why are they promoting diets that rely almost solely on unhealthy processed food full of additives linked to cancer and heart disease? Why did they rank diets that advocate for giving up processed food in favor of fresh, whole foods AS THE WORST on their lists? They’ve gotta be kidding, right?!? Who is benefiting from rankings like this? Will this help Americans become less obese? Will this make us healthier? I’d argue that many of the “diets” in America are outrageously unhealthy and diet rankings like this are seriously misleading people about what it means to eat healthy. Just take a look at what you’d be eating on some of these popular diets… Jenny Craig This diet relies almost 100% on processed food . With a diet like this, you...

[Catch Day 1  here  + Day 2 here ] I tried so hard to sleep in this weekend, but my body clock had me up at 6:30 every day. The only plus to this was that I got to watch the sunrise every morning! It’s not that often that you can stop to watch the sunrise and sunset in one day! We had a light breakfast at the inn before heading out for Sunday brunch at the Club. Can you spot the giant gator across the lagoon?! There are signs everywhere to be careful of alligators, but you don’t see them that often so this was quite exciting! We had a chocolate egg hunt that Grammie put on. Mazen was second in charge, so that meant we had lots of rules and had to do the whole hunt twice! On Sunday afternoon we rented bikes and cruised all over the island. I was thankful that there weren’t many hills! Mazen chose to ride in the chill-out trailer again, but I think next time we’re here he’ll be ready for the kids’ tandem bike! Late in the afternoon we went to check out some o...