What if everything you thought you knew about weight loss was wrong? If you’ve been on enough diets, you have probably realized that it’s not as simple as Calories In=Calories Out. So if you know the myth about Calories, how about…
August is Kids Eat Right Month and I don’t know anyone who knows better about raising happy, healthy, eager eaters than Karen Le Billon. Karen is a parenting and food expert who has taken the “French Food Rules” to heart…
In our society, fat is considered bad. It’s bad to be fat because fat means lazy, ugly and unhealthy. In other words, fat is a problem. Or is it? Abigail Saguy challenges our demonization of fat, the “obesity epidemic”, and…
If you went to Paris, who would you want to meet? Clotilde Dusoulier! Clotilde is an incredibly skilled Paris-based food writer where she shows how to balance health and taste through her approachable and surprisingly simple recipes. Take a peek…
Kale. An esteemed superfood. The base for a massaged salad on most menus. Imposter chips. Taken for granted. Kristen leads The Kale Project to bring this green vegetable to France. Can she do it? Kristen Beddard founded The Kale Project as…
You don’t have to be French to appreciate good French eats. Laura knows. She tells her story that led her to Paris and to sharing her love of food with us through her cooking shows and books. What a treat! Be…
Failed another diet (or did another diet fail you)? Think all you need is more willpower and determination or maybe another set of rules? Maybe what you actually need is self-compassion! Both experience and studies show that compassion not only…
This year’s Expo West was exhilarating! I tried hundreds of new products–food, supplements, skin care, you name it. Here are my Top 10 picks in no particular order from what I sampled and learned about this year (there were at…
Is one of your New Year’s Resolutions to lose weight or exercise more? If so, this episode is for you! I interview Dr. Ellen Glovsky, Registered Dietitian and Nutrition Coach about Health At Every Size and how we can be…
We all want to eat foods that will keep us healthy, fight inflammation, and prevent disease–In other words: Super Foods. Usually we think of superfoods as exotic, expensive berries like acai and goji, or ingredients like maca, lucuma, and savi…