Americans spend one trillion dollars a year on food. Half of every food dollar is spent on food outside the home. One would expect that at least half the calories we consume would be outside the home as well. Maybe … Continue reading
Hydration Beyond Water – Eat Your Fruits and Vegetables
This is a guest blog post by Manuel Villacorta, MS, RD, CSSD. As we transition from those early spring time months of warm beverages and apples galore, we enter a world transformed by summer heat and an abundance of sun-doused … Continue reading
More Doctors Agree: Energy Drinks Dangerous to Youth
The American Medical Association, representing over 200,000 physicians, is considering support of a ban of sales and advertising of energy drink to kids and teens under the age of 18. This is not alcohol and certainly not cigarettes, so why … Continue reading
Father’s Day Recipe – Dad’s Raw Energy Balls
Happy Father’s Day! Here’s a recipe for a snack that dads moms AND kids love. It has only 7 ingredients. The nutty crunch is balanced by the chewy dates and raisins – true flavor explosion in your mouth. These energy … Continue reading
An Oat Powered Smoothie???
We recently got pitched by Oat Works, a company making an “oat powered” smoothie: Recognizing the dilemma for busy consumers who want to start their day with a bowl of nutrient-rich oatmeal, but lack the time to prepare it, Oatworks … Continue reading
Washington DC is ruining our health – but we can reclaim it
I’m speaking next week in New York City at the State of Now Conference. The topic this year is Exploring the State of Health, Wellness, Fitness and Food. You can sign up to participate here. My ten minute talk will … Continue reading
When Natural Food Companies Obfuscate their GMOs
We recently received a worried email from a Fooducate community member using the GMO discovery feature of our mobile app: Dear Fooducate, I am very disturbed that when I looked up Van’s Natural Foods on your website, the products did … Continue reading
Is Target the New Whole Foods Market?
Two interesting pieces of news from Target Superstores this week: 1. A new organic and natural line of store brand food items is being introduced this month. The Simply Balanced line will include organic and “all natural” foods. About 250 … Continue reading
The 5 Biggest Misconceptions About the Mediterranean Diet
This is a guest blog post by Elena Paravantes, RD which originally appeared in Olive Tomato. The Mediterranean diet has become the “it” diet. While it has been gaining popularity since the 1990’s when the Mediterranean diet Pyramid was presented … Continue reading
The Top 3 Reasons for Food Recalls Are…
This is a guest blog post by Richard Perlmutter, MS. The federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires that food companies inform the agency about any food (for both humans and animals) they have manufactured and released for sale that has … Continue reading