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The Disturbing Truth About What My Kids Eat “Normally”

February 17, 2021

In the two-week window leading up to the end of the 2020 school year, I noticed a frightening phenomenon in my seven-year-old son’s school bag. He had amassed a small mountain of junk food. From play dates and birthday parties, to after-school-care and team sport, it seemed everyone and anyone had deemed it a special … Read full article »

diet, discretionary foods, Food, food industry, junk food, nutrition, ultra-processed food

The Health Halo – When “Healthy” Food Isn’t

May 16, 2018

The class promised that it was “ideal for beginners and home cooks wanting to learn how to make hearty and filling vegan meals.” I’m not a vegan, but having looked extensively into what diet is best for our health, I do try to eat mostly plant-based food, consisting of nutritious, real ingredients. I’m also a … Read full article »

diet, Food, Health Halo, nutrition, plant-based, Vegan, whole foods

I Hosted a Junk Food-Free Kids Party And This Is What Happened

July 13, 2017

Recently my house was overrun by an unruly group of four-year-olds and their associated parents and siblings. The event was to celebrate the coming together of my mother’s group in our shared experience of taking custody of our respective squawking, drooling, begrimed bundles of joy four years earlier. Between the bangs of balloons, an all-in … Read full article »

diet, nutrition

Can We Say What Diet Is Best For Our Health?

November 26, 2015

When I was first diagnosed with an autoimmune disease for which doctors could offer no cure, naturally the first thing I looked at was my diet. Rightly so. Diet has well and truly been established as being among the most important influences on our health. Having a bad diet is among the leading causes of … Read full article »

David Katz, diet, health, Michael Pollan, microbiome, News, nutrition, paleo, vegetarian

Why I Started Eating More Omega 3

June 4, 2015

Since I released my film in October 2014, I’ve had the privilege of attending countless screenings and speaking to people afterwards. After each screening people inevitably have questions. How has the medical community responded to the film? How do I learn to meditate? When will it all start working for me? I am also … Read full article »

brain, chronic illness, diet, fat, fatty acid, fish, News, nutrition, oil, omega 3, omega 6

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