Culinary Medicine

Identifying Yourself with Your Diet

July 9, 2013

Tired of people self-identifying by what they eat? Here are several myths about the most common diets from vegans to paleo, to those who want to put everything into a shake or a bar.

Shopping Healthy

July 3, 2013

Healthy shopping is the start of healthy eating. Here is a few simple rules that will get you to buy great ingredients from the grocery store and avoid the processed food that is killing you.

Sleep monitoring devices are available both wearable, and as an app for the iphone. There are a lot of things you can learn from these devices, and here are a few things I learned – but they do have their limits.

Chris Brogan and The Challenge

June 22, 2013

My bet with Chris Brogan is on which of us will lose more inches around the abdomen. My strategy will be simple menu planning and increasing activity. He has a girlfriend who is a personal trainer and nutritionist. Here is an example of how I will meet the challenge.

Stop Protesting and Start Cooking

June 20, 2013

When a food blogger protests against Kraft for Mac N Cheese – they are hypocrites. We have something better- its called a kitchen – learn how to make real food, teach your kids to make real food- and that is far better than getting 200,000 petitions.

Hospital Cafeterias: they should be a Place of Healing

June 13, 2013

A hospital cafeteria should not peddle junk food. A hospital cafeteria should be a place of healing and rehabilitation. It is time to change how hospitals view their cafeteria – it should be viewed as a place to teach patients to be healthy by teaching them how t and what to cook.