Many years ago I was in a strawberry field in Watsonville California and reached down to grab a strawberry. Immediately the farm manager told me not to touch the berry. “Why not?” I asked perplexed. He explained that the field had sprayed four days
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Isn’t there an app for that? The answer to this question is as per usual: sure there is! Food diaries are one of the best tools for learning more about what’s on your daily plate. Personally I have kept a
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Have you tried using common foods to help you look and feel your best? And I’m not just talking about what you eat, but also about making tonics and topical treatments out of food that you already have. If not,
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A friend of mine asked me the other day about butter- “to leave it out or not to leave it out?” In my childhood household, both were common, and we routinely had a dish of butter on the counter for
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When my friend was expecting her first child, she fretted over everything! But most of her concern was devoted to what she was eating “for two.” Was her food providing the right kinds of vitamins? Was she getting enough protein?
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