Getting off the sugar rollercoaster can be tough. At least it always has been for me. Our recent research into the glycemic index got me thinking about my sugar consumption again, and I came to the same conclusion I always have: it's too much. I don't have a terrible sweet tooth like my husband, who can eat carbohydrates and nothing but carbohydrates and not even notice it (nor does he gain weight!).

Still thinking eating healthy means putting up with extra work or so-so taste?

After watching the movie "Food Matters", I had a mixture of reactions. I felt they were pushing the vitamin thing a little too far, Thousands of times the RDA of vitamin C is purported by some to cure cancer, but reviews of the evidence are highly controversial. What I took from it for myself is that it is certainly not harmful for me to take a multivitamin every day, and it might be helpful. So I started taking my vitamins again.

Writing the article on the benefits of organic food was much harder than I expected. I guess I assumed that for the premium price, you definitely would get all sorts of advantages with organic foods. I didn't expect to find so much controversy in my research! In fact, although conventional foods never came out ahead nutritionally, many studies said there was no difference between organic foods and conventional foods. This surprised me, so I started looking at who was conducting the studies.

I just got back from the supermarket. What a disheartening experience.

I’m ready to make another healthy eating switch from processed food. This one only took 43 years…

When I first met Laurel Avery (the owner of this website) 3 years ago, I saw myself as a perfectly “normal” eater. Perhaps like many of you, I didn’t go overboard either on the healthy side, such as watching every little thing I ate or eating strictly vegetarian, nor did I indulge in “bad” things like fried foods or McDonalds (except for the occasional slip).