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Back-breaking work, without the payoff 26 Aug 2013 | 03:30 pm
I written before about Plough and Stars, Erik Jacobs's blog about a year as a farming student. Jacobs and I don't know each other, but we worked concurrently at the Boston Globe. What I expressed pre...
10 Words or Less video interview with Deb Burgard 25 Aug 2013 | 03:07 pm
Production deficiencies abound in this video installment of "10 Words or Less," but the content is great if you're willing to put up with my cut-off head and my amateurish lighting that fades with the...
To make food awareness fun 23 Aug 2013 | 01:22 am
Two years ago, Kareem Bouhafs, 23, of Arlington would have been wary of someone who wanted to warn him about genetically modified organisms, the use of pesticides on foods, or the many additives prese...
Which group gives best nutritional advice? None of the above 25 Jul 2013 | 04:08 pm
I was fascinated by the simple question put out recently by foodnavigator-usa.com — “Who is best qualified to provide nutrition counseling? RDs? MDs? a CNS? You or me?” — because I’d have to say: As a...
Not only not deprivation, it might be a step toward health 18 Jul 2013 | 06:51 pm
Let’s talk about deprivation. As in “deprivation diets don’t work,” which is a mantra of most of the registered dietitians I’ve encountered. Everything in moderation, because people won’t stick to a f...
Not only not deprivation, it might be a step toward health 18 Jul 2013 | 06:51 pm
Let’s talk about deprivation. As in “deprivation diets don’t work,” which is a mantra of most of the registered dietitians I’ve encountered. Everything in moderation, because people won’t stick to a f...
"The world struggles with the concept of food addiction" 13 Jul 2013 | 01:44 am
Welcome to another installment of "10 Words or Less," in which I ask brief questions and request brief answers of interesting people. Today’s participant is the clinical director of The Source Health ...
Too much, and not enough, in Atlantic junk-food story 11 Jul 2013 | 06:52 pm
My alert and studious friend Steve passed me this story from the Atlantic that springs from a familiar mold, taking the contrarian viewpoint on a reaction to orthodoxy. In this instance, the orthodoxy...
Acceptance is key, but what must I accept? 10 Jul 2013 | 08:36 pm
“Grant me serenity to accept things I cannot change, courage to change things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.” read more
Even if weight stigma disappears, a problem remains 9 Jul 2013 | 08:45 pm
“Grant me serenity to accept things I cannot change, courage to change things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.” read more
