Enlightened Eater

Kale is hot: It’s everywhere you look – restaurants, food magazines farmers’ markets and grocery stores. While I’m sometimes happy to see a food trend bite the dust (bacon in anything and everything that’s edible, thank you very much), I hope this one continues to have true staying power. If you haven’t yet jumped on […]

Here we go again. Fat bashing is alive and well. A Wisconsin CBS TV news anchor, Jennifer Livingston, received an email from a viewer entitled “Community Responsibility” where the writer expressed his opinion on Jennifer’s weight. He suggests that “obesity is one of the worst choices a person can make and one of the most […]

I remember the days way back when I first started my nutrition counselling practice and the thinking was that if you were thin, you could subsist on potato chips and a cola drink with no adverse effects. It was only the overweight who had to consider the nutritional value of their eats. Well, nutritional science […]

Have you heard about the See Food Diet? As it’s not a weight loss regime, chances are you may not have heard of it.  In fact, it’s one that can easily sabotage waist management efforts over time. And even though, you may not initially seem to be familiar with it, it’s a pretty good bet […]

Part two of the best defense for your brain. How often are you about to say something when it just slips your mind? Or as you look at a book, have you found yourself reading the same line over and over again as your mind wanders onto something else? There are many reasons your brain […]

Enlightened Eater Facebook fan Alison Smiley: I’m in a Facebook support group for people with dementia-related diseases and their loved ones.  A piece from you debunking some of the junk science and separating it from the good science with regard to food & dementia would be great. Alison, with our aging population, the brain-nutrition connection […]

There’s no doubt about: the Jewish holiday table at Rosh Hashanah is definitely a feast (true it’s followed by a fast 10 days later). But doesn’t have to leave you or your guests feeling stuffed like a turkey. While for some people, it’s just a couple of meals but for others who observe Sukkoth, it […]

Enlightened Eater Facebook fan, Donna Wiebe, said via Facebook, “Love your explanation of whole grain vs whole wheat! I would like to see your explanation to sort out the issues regarding peanut butter too!” Well, Donna, peanut butter sure has come a long way from the days when it was simply part of PB&J sandwich. […]