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Another recipe, and a giveaway!

Collard Wraps with Spiced Aioli Dipping Sauce

Our publisher posted another recipe from Powerful Paleo Superfoods on their website this week: Collard Wraps with Spiced Aioli Dipping Sauce. I haven’t tried it yet, so I can’t vouch for it personally, but I’ve seriously enjoyed all the recipes

Posted in cooking, eating well, food, giveaway, Paleo, Powerful Paleo Superfoods, recipes

Cauliflower “Couscous” Veggie Salad

Cauliflower Veggie Couscous

Powerful Paleo Superfoods is almost on shelves! (Preorder your copy here!) In the meantime, here’s another sneak peek recipe. This one is vegan as well, and it is delicious. You really won’t believe it’s not couscous! Cauliflower “Couscous” Veggie Salad

Posted in cooking, eating well, food, fruits and vegetables, Paleo, Powerful Paleo Superfoods, vegetables

Sample a recipe from POWERFUL PALEO SUPERFOODS

My new book, Powerful Paleo Superfoods (with Paleo expert and food blogger Heather Connell), releases in a little less than a month! I have a copy already, and I’m really happy with how it turned out. And the recipes are amazing!

Posted in cooking, eating well, food, Heather Connell, Paleo, Powerful Paleo Superfoods, recipes

The BLAD News

Yesterday, Heather and I turned in our BLAD (book layout and design) materials for Powerful Paleo Superfoods. Our editor had requested that we choose three superfoods to start with and develop the text, recipe, and photo for each. The designers will

Posted in eating well, recipes, writing

New Book!

Sorry for the hiatus—my husband and I had a baby in December, and our lives have been turned upside down in the best way possible. Nothing could have prepared us for the sleep deprivation that comes with having a newborn,

Posted in cooking, eating well, live longer, Paleo, recipes, writing

How to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain

The winter holidays tend to be packed with food-filled celebrations, including many treats that only appear once a year. It can be tricky, at best, to keep eating healthfully. In fact, the National Institutes of Health notesthat Americans tend to

Posted in eating well, food, gaining weight, healthy choices, holidays, indulging, new year, portion control, season, Thanksgiving

Multivitamins: To Take, or Not to Take?

My observant brother texted me this week asking what is the deal with multivitamins: Following a barrage of negative studies in the last few years suggesting that they may not provide any health benefit, and may even increase risk of

Posted in calcium, cancer, eating well, fruits and vegetables, healthy choices, multivitamin, nutrition, processed foods, supplement

Why Diet Matters More than Exercise for Weight Loss

If you’re trying to lose weight, it’s important to eat less and move more, but it’s not a 50-50 equation—you’ll drop more pounds by paying closer attention to your diet than you will by increasing your exercise. That’s partly because

Posted in active, cancer, cardiovascular disease, depression, diabetes, eating well, exercise, healthy choices, weight loss

For Those of Us Who Haven’t Gone to Cooking School…

I recently spoke with Sybil Kramer, MD, an endocrinologist in private practice in Melrose, MA, about the most common struggle facing her patients with diabetes: how to prepare healthy foods, whether they are trying to make favorite dishes lighter or

Posted in blood sugar, cooking, diabetes, eating well, healthy choices, insulin, nutrition, snacks

Vitamin D and Your Immune System

Every now and then, I get to interview an expert who is so passionate about his or her work that the enthusiasm is infectious. That was certainly the case with John S. Adams, a professor at David Geffen School of

Posted in bone health, cancer, cardiovascular disease, drugs, eating well, sun exposure, vitamins

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