How the Top 3 New Year’s Resolutions Can Help You Have a Baby in 2015

Huffington Post, 1/22/15 While this resolution often goes hand in hand with losing weight, there are specific dietary habits that can hurt fertility.  If it’s processed food, stay away from it. Aim for whole foods and whole grains such as a 100-percent whole-grain bread (read the labels, if it reads “enriched” move on) and vegetables, […]

Better with bacon? Some experts say fats are back in the game

Sacramento Bee, 1/22/15 Recent research in dietary science has led some experts to promote a new idea – that fat, and yes that includes saturated fat, is not as evil as it’s made out to be. Since the 2014 release of the best-seller “Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy […]

Healthy Pizza Is a Real Thing, and It’s Easy to Make!

Shape, 1/21/15 Researchers are zeroing in on what they say could be a major contributor to childhood obesity: pizza. A study in the journal Pediatrics reports that the lunchroom staple makes up around 22 percent of kids’ daily calories on days when they eat pizza, and another study previously cited that 22 percent of kids […]

AHA Skeptical on Salt Study

MedPage Today, 1/21/15 Despite the conflicting evidence on the amount of sodium associated with negative health outcomes (in light of a JAMA Internal Medicine study published indicating lower sodium intake does not impact mortality, CVD or heart failure), the American Heart Association’s president contributed this guest post addressing why as an organization, it won’t change […]