Last week I received a Change.org petition to ask Kraft to stop using dangerous food dyes in our mac & cheese. Apparently Kraft does not use Yellow 5 and Yellow 6 in the mac & cheese they sell in other countries, including the UK, because of consumer outcry. I signed the petition and you can too
There are so many ways you can bring mindfulness into your workday. One of them is to be mindful about your body and feed it, move it, stretch it, and breathe in ways that support your energy, your productivity, and your emotional, mental, and physical well-being. At a recent two day workshop the facilitators made sure our energy
If you don’t know what “bliss point,” “sensory-specific satiety,” “mouth feel,” “perfect break point,” and “vanishing caloric density” are then you should probably read the new book entitled “Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us” or at least read an excerpt in the intriguing article by the author, Michael Moss, in this week’s
The holidays are beginning to wind down and now is the time you might start to wonder in a slightly agitated voice “how could I have eaten so much over the holidays?” or “why can’t fit into these pants anymore (did they shrink)?” If that resonates with you or if you’re just looking to get
Respecting your body is one of the concepts I often talk about in my classes. What does respecting your body mean to you? To me it means giving it healthy food. I recently had the pleasure of reading an article by Jillian McKee, a Complementary Medicine Advocate, about the importance of a healthy diet and
I love to go to the farmer’s market for a number of reasons. I obviously like buying healthy, tasty food but I also often run into friends and get a little Vitamin D. Strolling down the aisle on Saturday, I noticed the different names and labels people use to advertise themselves and their products. I admit
As a health psychologist working with people who are trying to change their relationship with food and their bodies, I don’t put a focus on weight. That is problematic for a wide variety of reasons and it usually doesn’t help. Instead, I ask people to pay attention to how their bodies feel as they do certain activities
A few years ago Jon Kabat-Zinn and others within the mindfulness community were given time to spend with some members of Congress. The message seemed to take with Representative Tim Ryan and he now has a book out, A Mindful Nation, describing his belief in the power of “meditative mindfulness” to effect change in people’s
I’ve mentioned the benefits of local eating in previous posts, such as by gardening and by frequenting the Farmer’s Market. Now I want to explain how seasonal eating relates to this idea, and why we should consider the sustainable alternative to the industrial food industry. Eating sustainably includes eating locally because it’s a great way
I know it is really hard to be a conscious consumer all of the time, but I think it’s important not to put our heads in the sand. My mother sells fair trade chocolate (and other goodies) at her store called the Global Market at the Community United Methodist Church. She sent me this link
