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Thoughts, opinions, musings and discussion about nutrition, food trends, diet myths, new products and fad-free healthy eating.
Image courtesy of Flickr user neloqua It seems everyone is cuckoo for coconuts these days. Coconut has emerged as a hot flavor trend – showing up in everything from ice cream and gelato to chips and snack bars. Mixologists are shaking up c (read full article)
Taylor Swift told Access Hollywood earlier this week that she’s not getting on board with the detox trend that many of Hollywood’s starlets are trying. “I don’t really do anything [like that],” Taylor said at the Costume (read full article)
Have you heard? Atkins is back. This time it’s supposed to be a kindler, gentler low-carb diet. With new authors, and a (slightly) new approach, the new book promises to create a new you: The New Atkins for a New You: The Ultimate D (read full article)
Detox and cleansing have become a true phenomenon in this country. I can’t believe how much the concept is picking up steam. It’s even been a major discussion recently among dietitians — who are divided over the value of detox die (read full article)
Not sure it deserves a second post, but I’m back again talking about The Big Breakfast Diet. I reviewed this new diet book in a previous post. I really thought this little paperback would just go away. Now it’s gotten a good review in (read full article)
Enough already with detox and cleanse. You can hardly escape these words. No wonder, research by the trend tracker Mintel shows that this concept has had explosive growth. There’s been a tremendous increase in the number of products makin (read full article)
I stumbled upon a new drink recently in my local supermarket — the bottles were in a refrigerated case next to a colorful array of super juices and fortified teas. The name was Kombucha. I didn’t really know about it before, but I sure (read full article)
It’s been a year of fad-fighting. The most popular articles on Nutrition Unplugged were related to diet myths and questionable new products. Exposing misinformation was a major mission of my blog when I first started in February 2009. (read full article)
I agree with fellow dietitian Julie Upton who wrote… “The Internet is still the Wild Wild West when it comes to finding nutrition information that is credible and stands up to serious scientific scrutiny. That’s why it’s so (read full article)
“America’s Toughest Trainer” has gone too far. I hate to see Jillian Michaels get into the supplement business — especially with the types of products she’s chosen to put her name on. Jillian has a devoted followin (read full article)
“America’s Toughest Trainer” has gone too far. I hate to see Jillian Michaels get into the supplement business — especially with the types of products she’s chosen to put her name on. Jillian has a devoted followin (read full article)
Develop a vitamin strategy. That’s the advice from the Food and Drug Adminstration. The main message in the agency’s new consumer education initiative is to focus on FOOD for your primary nutrient needs, then supplement wisely. Diet (read full article)
The latest food trend is all about appearance. A slew of beauty foods and beverages claim to improve your skin and hair, or make you more attractive in some way. It’s the trend of “beauty from the inside out” that a growing num (read full article)
The latest diet to hit the infomercial scene is Sensa, a “natural weight loss system” designed to help you eat less by changing your sense smell and taste. It appears to be a reincarnation of “The Sprinkle Diet” that got a l (read full article)
Yes, I’m against animal cruelty. That’s what People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals or PETA is all about. But what about human cruelty. Have they forgotten about that? PETA launched a new ad campaign in Florida that is incredibl (read full article)
The latest diet product starring in late-night infomercials, showing up in health food stores and buzzing on the Internet is FullBar. If you’re not planning to have weight loss surgery any time soon, these appetite-curbing bars are the next (read full article)
Does Donald Trump now think he’s a nutrition expert? Looks like The Donald’s next business venture is all about selling nutritional supplements and weight loss products. And he’s doing it through multilevel marketing (MLM), othe (read full article)
Albert Einstein, 1951, by Arthur Sasse/AFP-Getty Images file It seems that scientists in this country have a PR problem. A thought-provoking editorial in Food Technology asserts that the public’s confidence in scientists has eroded and th (read full article)
I’ve said before that I’m not a fan of Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s book, “The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide. ” In case you missed my earlier post, I’m troubled by how she promotes a gluten-free diet for eve (read full article)
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