Modern Eating Disorders Part Three: Beware the Evil Grains… Really?

By on June 5, 2013 in Culture & Tradition, Health, Mindset

In the previous installation of Modern Eating Disorders, we looked at how some people have become obsessed with the idea of clean food. Clean food being defined as any food that doesn’t come from an animal. On the opposite side of the spectrum, many people are equally passionate about banning all grains as well as [...]

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Modern Eating Disorders – Part Two: The Clean Food Myth

By on April 28, 2013 in Health, Mindset

Somewhere along the way, the War on Food took a turn towards anointing certain foods with the label “clean”. Unfortunately, while promoting the so-called clean foods, it left people thinking that other real and healthy foods were somehow unusually loaded with toxins and carcinogens. Some fanatics (yes, I went there!) even refer to the latter [...]

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Modern Eating Disorders – Part One: The War on Food

By on March 24, 2013 in Health, Mindset

When I was growing up in the 1980s, the eating disorder, anorexia nervosa, was frequently in the news. Schools and parents were inundated with information about how to spot the warning signs of the disorder in (mainly) young women who were literally killing themselves to have the perfect body. People with anorexia succumb to severe [...]

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7 Smart Tips on Flu Prevention and Treatment You May Not Have Considered

By on February 10, 2013 in Children's Health, Culture & Tradition, Health

I know it’s late in the game to write an article about flu prevention and treatment. But as this winter lingers on, it seems that few people are better off than they started at the beginning of the season. So I thought it was in order to put together an article about keeping cold and [...]

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Day 30 – How Slow Can You Go?

By on February 2, 2013 in Health, Mindset, Reset Your Body

So often we look past the most fundamental of changes to our diet. Instead we go for big, radical changes that are often not necessary. If you recall from earlier lessons, I spoke often of the anxiety we carry around with us when we eat. The speed at which we eat is also vitally important. [...]

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