Recently, I took my first nutritional genetics test through Nutrigenomix in Canada. I’d been toying with the idea of getting tested for a while but finally, bit the bullet after taking a 5-week course ...
Food and nutrition trends
Winter Adventures & Inspiration
It’s been an unusually cold and wet in San Francisco of late. In fact, we had a stretch mid-January where it rained almost non-stop for 10 days. I’ve been feeling cabin-feverish and restless, however, ...
5 Interesting Things Happening In Nutrition Right Now
Originally, I tried to squeeze my top 10 FNCE highlights into one post, but I quickly realized that each point deserved its own spotlight, and a rambling list just wasn’t going to cut the ...
5 Cool Things I Learned At FNCE
Hello, from the skies of middle America. As I write this post I am flying back to San Francisco after spending 5 days in Boston for the National Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo (FNCE). I am ...
Should Maca Powder Be On Your Grocery List?
Every now and then I stop by the raw section of my neighborhood supermarket. I am not a rawist (or anything close), but there's an extra layer of creativity that goes into eating exclusively raw that ...
Myth-Buster: Does Red Meat Cause Cancer?
This topic has received plenty of attention since the World Health Organization declared red meat a level 2A carcinogen in 2015. Level 2A carcinogen means that observational studies have shown that ...