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What’s Hot and Hype from Natural and Organic Trends 2012
Pity the poor acai berry. At the recent Expo West in Anaheim, CA (which drew over 60,000 visitors), one thing was clear: this was the berry to beat when it came to claiming uber health benefits. I saw several older trends still going strong, such as the coconut craze, and chocolate-as-a-miracle-health-food (kinda forgetting it’s still [...]
Arsenic in Organic Baby Formula and Foods: Are We Being Duped by the Promise of Organics?
A new study from Dartmouth University is making many moms pause and wonder if perhaps they have been duped by the promise of organics. The study, published in Environmental Health Perspectives tested a total of 17 infant and toddler formulas, 29 cereal bars, and 3 energy shots for the presence of arsenic. One ingredient in [...]
What’s The New SuperFood To Serve At Dinner? Silence.
If you set ONE goal for your family’s dinner table this month, please, please have it be this: turn off technology. That’s right, for 30 minutes, have everyone step away from the berries, pods, pads, games, gadgets, tv’s and tivos. This simple act will be far more powerful in creating better health than any “superfood” [...]
From Bean to Bar: 7 Ecofriendly Chocolates That Make Valentine’s Even Sweeter
Valentine’s Day’s promise of dark chocolate offers us nutritionists a glimmer of hope: make the right choice and indulge only on the Big Day, and chocolate is a sensual, deliciously healthy treat. BUT…succumb to a month-long “free for all” that starts each morning at the barista (“Valentine’s drink”, anyone?) and ends each night on the [...]
Loving Liquid Gold: Your Ultimate Guide to Honey
Called “the nectar of the Gods” by ancient Greeks, honey is one of those surprising staples in your pantry that promises not just the elixir of beauty (from facial masks to soothing scars), but is a sweetly delicious, healing food. In my opinion, the magnificent alchemy that occurs as bees take nectar from flowers and [...]
Why Water Footprint Will Replace Carbon Footprint in 2012
Despite feeling culinary eupohoria on my recent trip to Italy (I was in sheer heaven to be savoring in season delicacies like like white truffles and pumpkin risotto), I came away from the 3rd International Forum on Food and Nutrition with one looming thought: if oil was the big driver of the 20th century, [...]
America-We Are Occupying the Food System!
I’ve just wrapped the second day of Barilla’s 3rd International Food and Nutrition Symposium , where sessions today focused on”disnutrition” (a term I love that was introduced here to encompass the issues of obesity and malnutrition), the BCFN Double Environmental Pyramid, and the role of nutrition in childhood and aging. Still, I [...]
“Disnutrition” Emerges as a New Term to Describe our Food Crisis
A jam packed schedule of thought provoking sessions (and a few fabulous espresso) made for a fantastic first day of the 3rd International Barilla Forum on Food and Nutrition! One of the new terms proposed by a speaker today was “Disnutrition”- to encompass the twin problems of obesity and hunger.Will it grab hold the way others [...]
9 Easy Tricks to Buy Organic on a Budget
As Marc Bittman beautifully wrote this week there are tremendous bright spots in America’s growing quest to bring better food to people’s plates. As we head into one of the most food-centric times of the year, I thought I’d shun any kind of “dietitian-y” type advice (i.e. what calorie bombs you should skip from the [...]