Archive for September 2017
Is Milk Organic?
Organic Milk is a huge business in the US. Many families forgo organic produce, but insist that the milk their children drink be organic. Horizon is one of the biggest brands, selling billions worth of organic milk every year. A premium offering by Horizon is its DHA Omega-3 milk. One of its advantages is that…
Read MoreProbiotic Supplements – Not What You Think
Anyone with a smidgen of interest in healthy eating and / or weight loss has heard of probiotics. As a refresher, they are friendly microorganisms inhabiting the digestive tract. Most probiotics are bacteria. Other types of probiotics include yeast. Probiotics aid digestion and may confer additional health benefits. Probiotics in your gut number in the…
Read MoreReverse Dieting
The hardest thing about weight loss isn’t losing the weight. It is keeping it off. One of the reasons people start to gain weight almost immediately after losing it is that they switch back from “diet eating” to “regular eating”. This is where reverse dieting comes in. The concept isn’t new. It’s been used for…
Read MoreWhole Foods Slashes Prices After Sale to Amazon
Amazon completed its multi-billion dollar acquisition of Whole Foods Market. As a first order of business, the online behemoth slashed prices across the board. For example, organic avocados are down from $2.79 a pound to $1.99, a 29 percent discount. Atlantic-farmed salmon is down 33% to $7.99 per pound. Organic Fuji apples are down 43%…
Read MoreBoxed Water
As any member of the Training Floor knows, we are big proponents of calorie-free liquid intake. This means coffee and tea sans sweeteners, but for the most part water. While the cheapest and most reliable source of water is your tap, some people prefer to buy bottled water. The problem with bottled water is the…
Read MoreInterval Weight loss
The only thing harder than losing weight is keeping it off. That’s why the vast majority of people who lose weight, end up gaining it back. There is an evolutionary explanation for this. The human body has a weight equilibrium, also known as the set weight point. When someone loses too much weight, alarms go…
Read MorePanera’s Commendable Decision
Panera Bread made a bold decision last week. The restaurant chain is now disclosing the amount of added sugars in all its foods and beverages. What’s even nicer, is that the information is being displayed in teaspoon instead of grams. For the average American, 68 grams are meaningless, but 17 teaspoons is something relatable. Kudos…
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