April 14, 2010 – 12:20 pm
I wasn’t surprised when I noticed that I had become lactose-intolerant when I was 21. After all, my sister had been lactose-intolerant since birth and my mother had been off of milk since she made the connection in her years ago that milk products made her quite uncomfortable. Bloating, gassiness, explosive diarreah, constipation, headache… these [...]
My friend Nonna Joann Bruso is getting a lot of attention for her 1-year old Happy Meal from McDonald’s. A year ago she purchased a Happy Meal and set it on the shelf in her office. Last week, she pulled it back out and snapped a photo of the meal that looks almost identical to [...]
The L.A. Times reported that “a new study has found that a diet high in fruits, vegetables and healthful grains may be associated with higher ovarian cancer survival rates.” Huh. Ya’ think? And do you think that the finding that “eating more fruits and vegetables and healthful grains was associated with a longer survival time,” [...]
February 10, 2010 – 11:11 pm
No less a respected culinary source than the James Beard Foundation has predicted that Brussels sprouts will be one of our major trends for 2010. To that I say: What took you so long? (Be sure to read all the way down for a chance to win a free cookbook!) We love, love, love Brussels [...]
February 1, 2010 – 5:53 pm
It feels like a good time to review the Environmental Working Group’s Dirty Dozen list of fruit and vegetables with the heaviest loads of pesticides. Although I try to only buy organic produce whenever I can, sometimes it’s just not possible and I must settle for a conventionally-produced fruit or vegetable. It’s times like these [...]
January 26, 2010 – 3:13 pm
I don’t know about you, but I’m always personally disappointed when brands I thought I could trust turn out to contain ingredients that are hazardous to my health. It makes me feel disgusted with big companies and the way they play fast and loose with our health, especially when they know better. The Organic Consumers [...]
November 27, 2009 – 7:00 am
If can feel like everyone is deep frying turkeys for Thanksgiving these days. But what do you do with all that used cooking oil after the turkey comes out? Pouring it down the drain or on the ground, or even tossing it into the trash, can have disasterous effects on wildlife and drinking water if [...]
November 16, 2009 – 10:20 am
I’ve been obsessed with Jeremy Piven’s mercury poisoning since it was revealed that it came from eating too much fish. He’s eaten almost nothing but sushi for something like twenty years, and then last year collapsed during a Broadway performance. In case you’re confused, Jeremy Piven is an actor best known for his role as [...]
