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Have you seen those ads on the sidebar of your email that say “This one food melts belly fat in one week!” or “This one strange trick will eliminate body fat!”? Yeah, those are ridiculous. Recently a friend sent me an email saying, “What can I eat to get rid of belly fat? I heard that eating almonds and quinoa will get rid of it.” The answer to getting rid of fat is more complicated. First, you can’t target fat. For example, I have love handles and I always have (I’m not complaining, I just do). There is no food I could eat that would target that section of my body and help eliminate the fat there. This is impossible. Think of your body like a snow ball. When it melts, the whole snow ball melts, not just one section. This is like your body. When you eat well and exercise,…

Just because something wasn’t eaten in the paleolithic era does not automatically make it unhealthy. Truth be told, a lot of us paleo peeps eat a lot of foods that were not eaten in the paleolithic era, though could have been reasonably obtained in smaller quantities, like almond flour, coconut milk, kelp noodles, etc. Just because it was not eaten during this time period is not a good enough reason to not consume dairy. Here are some common things I hear about dairy: We are the only animal to consume the milk of another animal. My response: We are the only animal to consume milk after infancy. We are also the only animal to drive and perform surgeries, should we stop doing that as well? But Isn’t Dairy Hard To Digest? Pasteurized dairy is indeed harder to digest. The pasteurization process destroys beneficial enzymes, bacteria and lactase. Lactase is the…

This dude came home lookin’ super cute. And then we went to Dino. Dino is one of my favorite restaurants and sources local and organic ingredients, including grass-fed meats and wild seafood. I tried the duck with broccoli leaves. Duck is delicious. For brunch we went to Hank’s Oyster Bar. I automatically like any restaurant that sets out Old Bay on their tables. I had the smoked herring hash with poached eggs and hollandaise. It was amazing. After brunch we walked around, I got a bigger pot for my tomato plant, I saw this dude painting. In the afternoon I headed to a crab feast that one of my friends throws every summer. From L – R, kombucha (mine), spiced rum, purple drink, vodka, and in the center is a crab (also mine). Maryland, baby! I brought my own organic chardonnay. These are my friends! I love them. It was…

Raw chocolate tart. I buy one every weekend and eat it throughout the week. They’re pretty money. I am becoming a really talented burger maker. My current snack obsession.

Subway touts itself as a healthy fast food joint, with commercials of foot long sandwiches that are somehow healthy because they’re low-fat. Their slogan is “Eat Fresh.” Unfortunately there is nothing fresh or healthy about Subway. In fact, it’s just as unhealthy as Burger King or McDonald’s. So why then, is the American Heart Association endorsing Subway as healthy food? Well, because they get paid to. The AHA does not have the best interest of the American people in mind. Just like the FDA, the USDA and the American Dietetic Association, these organizations are corrupt. They do not operate from a position of safety, they operate to make money. According to USA Today, the AHA heartcheck costs $700,000 annually. That’s a lot of dough for the AHA; what does it matter if Americans are duped in the process? The AHA obviously does not keep up with modern nutrition, they still…

Eat Organic and Local Eating organic foods that have been grown without cancer causing pesticides, fungicides and herbicides is the first step you can take when it comes to preventing cancer. Many studies have established a direct link between pesticides and leukemia, lymphoma, breast, liver, lung, brain, prostate and several other cancers. Eating organic food is more expensive, but it literally prevents cancer. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather avoid cancer, which costs more money in the long run than organic food. Eat Unprocessed Organic Foods Many people make the mistake of buying junk food just because it is organic. While it’s a step up from conventional junk food and it’s fine in moderation, do not make your diet the same old junk food just because it’s organic. Chips, sodas, diet bars, cookies, candies, crackers, etc should not replace unprocessed food in your diet just because it’s organic.…