chia seed and flax seed

So you’ve been reading about chia seed. (I know this because I get lots of questions about it.) Yep, I’m talking about the little things that grow the chia pet, now getting lots of attention as a power food. And it is. A highly expensive one (I bought a pound of [...]

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Food combining for “perfect proteins”

Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: Do you have any information on what kinds of vegetables need to be eaten together to make a complete protein? Do they need to be eaten at the same time, or just within the same day, so many hours of each other, etc. Answer: This is an excerpt from Ch. 6 of [...]

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You don’t eat meat? Then where do you get your protein?

I know, I’ve blogged about this more than any other subject. But I’m going to say a few more things about it today, just in a slightly different way, because of that old statistic that people have to hear something 11 times before they believe it. And because that’s the question we plant [...]

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what should I put on my cereal?

***Note: I apologize to all those who have sent me unanswered email questions. I am trying to get to them all. FYI, I prioritize what is blogged over what is emailed. Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: What should I put on my cereal? Most people put fractionated (skim, 1%, or 2%) antibiotic- and [...]

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Parenting Skills for Young Children

My next week of blogging will be about one of my favorite topics, possibly the #1 question I am asked—and the one I care about most. How do I get my kids to eat right? That is, parenting skills for young children when it comes to food and nutrition. These blogs are [...]

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Modern dietetics

I heard a lecture by a registered nutritionist this weekend. My experience in the past with dieticians has been that they are all “party line,” totally under the influence of the meat- and dairy-industry-controlled curriculum. (Those with dietetics degrees are the ones designing the menus in hospitals and schools, remember? Enough said.) [...]