Recently, the Obama administration called for a total ban on candy and soda in the nation’s schools. States are beginning to impose “sin taxes” on fat and sugar to dissuade people from eating junk food. Pricing strategies may well be a key to changing behavior, but others favor subsidies over punitive taxes, as a way ...Read More

Living in the Midwest makes eating salad in the months after the first frost until April or so a particular challenge, combined with the fact that many times when I get home from work, I don’t want to eat cold food. To top that off, being vegan, making a main course can be a challenge ...Read More

Looking for a great Valentine’s Day gift for your honey?  Try chocolate body paint!
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What sweet treat is loaded with heart protective antioxidants as well as female friendly calcium and magnesium? LUSCIOUS. DECADENT. SCRUMPTIOUS. SENSUOUS. CHOCOLATE!! Enjoyed in moderation as part of a healthy eating plan (I know, there’s always a catch!), dark chocolate, containing ...Read More

Why we crave the foods we do, what our cravings mean and how to stave them off.
Winter is upon us, the time of year when we gather with friends and family to celebrate holidays, go ice skating and build snowmen. It’s also the time of year when we eat, eat and then eat some ...Read More

Feed Your Goddess With Magnesium
In recent years, magnesium has increasingly been referred to as “the mood food” due to scientifically demonstrated connections between magnesium deficiency and depression, mood disturbances associated with PMS, stress, anxiety, anger, and sleep disturbances. However, magnesium is much more than just a mood food…in fact, magnesium is responsible for or ...Read More