The New Dietary Guidelines for Americans, Part I: What the Guidelines Got Right
What are the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and what do they mean for you?
Carbs
Snacking, Part 1: Why You Don’t Need to Snack
Keeping the Fire Going Conventional wisdom says that snacking is good, or at least ok, provided the snack foods themselves are healthy. The American Heart Association, of all people, says that “If snacking is done in moderation with smart choices, it can fit easily into a healthy dietary pattern.” (Some of their examples of “healthy” … Read more
Are Carbs Bad?
The Ancestral Paradigm Many whole-food diets are based on the paradigm of ancestral health – we should eat as our ancient, prehistoric ancestors ate. This criteria has been explicitly invoked by Paleo and Primal diet enthusiasts, and at least implicitly invoked by followers of low-carb, Atkins, keto, and carnivore diets (as well as promoters of … Read more