Hey guys! Below you’ll find a helpful guest post on what certain food labels actually mean. The post is written by James Kim, a writer for Texas-based Food On the Table, which is a company that provides online budget meal planning services. [Image via Food on the Table homepage] The Most Useful Food Labels by [...]

Hey guys! Did you get the memo that we’re all too fat? Of course you did. There is no place to escape the onslaught of “studies” and “research” and “credentialed” spokespeople telling us we’re going down in a fatpocalypse of dynamite-shaped donuts. Did I use enough quotation marks to make my tone apparent? And, you [...]

Hey guys! I’m sure you’ve heard that the USDA unveiled its new dietary guidelines yesterday, ditching the “MyPyramid” graphic  for the new “MyPlate” graphic (see comparison below). MyPlate versus MyPyramid Let’s face it – the previous pyramid graphic was incredibly confusing and this one seems a little more helpful in that it clearly illustrates that [...]

Amended Hey guys! You know how I said I was “reframing” my approach to health? I wish I had done it sooner. But forcing yourself to achieve mental clarity is like forcing someone to love you. In the end you only get half-ass, or false, devotion meant only to appease you rather than set the [...]

Hey guys! TGIF! Thanks for some very interesting feedback on yesterday’s post! I love respectful debates. So, yea, there’s way too much going on in the food world for me to hog all the info. myself. If you’re following me on Twitter, I’m sure you’ve seen me mention a lot of this stuff. If you’re [...]