When I was growing up there was a genre of people who shopped in health food stores, juiced wheat grass, and ate tofu instead of meat. At the time they were on the fringe of nutrition, yet this vegetarian lifestyle was considered  to be one of the healthiest ways to be. Somehow I found myself at the door of the health food store learning how to prepare tofu. I kept on this path for about 10 years. Like many others I assumed this was the healthiest diet available. Plus I was saving the animals destined to be meat from certain cruelty. Then a funny thing happened, I went to nutrition school. I learned that perhaps being vegetarian was not for everyone and that fake meats are actually highly processed. Perhaps my diet wasn’t serving me as well as it could be. What did I learn that swayed me? Continue Reading »

I am often asked what does Nutrition Evolution mean? The concept is that in order to evolve (move forward) we need to look to the wisdom of the past. There was time when people grew their own food, took herbs as medicine, and lived with nature. There is a great irony in that we thought adding technology would thrust us into the future, and make us healthier and happier. The problem is, that  future consists of eating food that was created in a lab instead of coming from nature. That future also has people popping pills for everything from restless leg syndrome to toenail fungus. Some would say well, why is that a problem?

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In my world, holistic health is all around me, from organic restaurants and farmers markets to nature hikes and hot springs. I sometimes forget that many people are not exposed to a healthy lifestyle. This is not surprising considering the constant exposure to pharmaceutical and junk food ads and supermarkets carrying processed food and produce from thousands of miles away. I realize that some basic education would be very helpful. Today, and on an ongoing basis, I will talk about basic yet essential nutrition information based on questions that come up frequently. I’ll start with a question that I’m asked all the time.

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