Diets

Are you ready to enjoy the bounty of summer fruits and vegetables while keeping to the paleo diet? Not a problem! This time of year, farmers’ markets and grocery stores are overflowing with fresh, organic, and often locally sourced produce. If you’re new to the paleo diet, then you may ...

New Paleo dieters face heavy social and cultural resistance. Besides all the usual challenges, like giving up fast food, processed food, grains, legumes, dairy, sugars, seed oils and all the rest, they have to overcome a lifetime of media, academic, and government conditioning. This acculturation affects friends, family and acquaintances ...

Eating a healthy diet can be difficult for anyone. Sugars, fats, and carbohydrates are all very tempting. Not to mention that if you have been raised on a traditional modern diet, then these foods may be what you are used to eating. What can make things even harder to stay ...

        Turmeric is an increasingly popular spice in the health and wellness world. Over the past few years, it has been increasingly included in many recipes, due to its numerous potent (and highly beneficial) properties. If turmeric is foreign to you, you may unknowingly already be a little familiar with ...

Eggplant Lasagna Straight From the Summer Garden Eggplant lasagna is a popular option for foodies who are also fans of the paleo lifestyle. You can find numerous recipe ideas out there. The twist on this recipe is it’s versatility. We stay truly paleo by avoiding store-bought tomato products and sticking ...

The weight loss and short-term health gains experienced by many Paleo Diet devotees can obscure the diet’s longer-term positive health benefits. The greatest rewards for dedicated Paleo adherents may come well after the initial excitement wanes.  As they head into their 80s and 90s (and beyond), devotees have every reason ...

As tempting as it might be to also take a vacation from your paleo lifestyle, one week of relaxed eating can morph into a slippery slope of less-than-ideal choices over the course of the summer. The paleo diet is a sustainable eating pattern for the long haul, whether you are at home ...

When people hear the words “paleo diet,” misinformation abounds. Chief among the critiques is that those living a paleo lifestyle cannot enjoy fruits and vegetables because they contain too many carbohydrates. Of course, those who eat paleo know this couldn’t be further from the truth! Not only can followers of ...

Are we there yet? School is out for the summer and it’s time for a family vacation. Traveling with kids can be a terrific way to broaden their horizons and connect with one another. Hungry, cranky, and bored kids can also make being on the road a challenge.  Fortunately, we have a ...

Science is a constantly changing and evolving field. That’s why we live in a world of “theories” and avoid the term “fact.” After all, even Newton’s LAW of gravity was disproved. So, it’s exciting when a discovery is made that updates or challenges our theories. And lately the media has ...