Foodtrainers’ Blog
Kelly Bensimon Can Make You Hot
For those of you with better taste in TV shows than I do, Kelly Bensimon was one of Bravo's Real Housewives of NYC. She’s probably best known for an episode, taped on a girls’ trip to the Caribbean, where she really appeared to have lost her marbles. I’m not talking...
Cooking Homework: Loose Tea
Had this in my purse, couldn't understand why clerk at Apple store looking at me funny We’re a few month’s into cooking homework. We’ve tackled orphaned appliances and dusty cookbooks. Last month, I encouraged bean soaking (sounds so sexy I know). As with most...
Everything's fine until 4pm
Love that she has this snack crazed look on her face In the comments section of our Hail Merry Snack post last week, I was asked: Do you have any tips for people who overeat between work and supper? Because I have a...ummmm...friend who does this sometimes. And I...I...
Healthier Than Thou
Do you have a list of books you want to read? I have a lengthy one in the memo section of my Blackberry. Some books I save for a vacation or weekend away, others I never get around to. And there’s a third category that don’t make the list because I purchase them...
Cooking Crew and Sensational Salad
Trio of salads, recipe for one below Last Friday, I got together with my Cooking Crew. Three to four times a year we get together and take a cooking class. This time, the class was with Myra Kornfield, cooking instructor, chef and the author of one of my favorite...
Foodtrainers Favorite Snacks and Giveaway
There’s a certain selection process we go through when choosing snacks for our clients; at times we feel like admissions officers. Nutrition- as nutrition nerds, we first look at nutrition. In the Foodtrainers’ admissions office this category is the “transcript”. What...
Carrots and Beets, Have One and Skip the Other.
It’s no secret that I love to juice. I understand green juices aren’t for everyone and there’s so many things to juice that aren't green. A recent study showed beet juice to be an excellent exercise aid. Cyclists who swigged beet juice (2 cups) before workouts...
Boston (but no marathon)
Thank you for those who tweeted "are you running?" Um no. I’m in Boston for Dr Weil’s Nutrition and Health Conference. This is a conference I look forward to and have attended twice before in New York and also San Diego. Presenters, at any event, are always a...
Is There A Stigma Surrounding Watching Your Weight?
Wednesday’s post ended up focusing on whether behavior change should be sweeping or small but I started out discussing the gap that sometimes exists between how we want to be (in my case patient and go with the flow) and how we really are (maybe uptight and rigid is...
I am not this person.
In a massive case of Spring-cleaningitis, I initiated a major kitchen purge. Dishes, serving trays, pantry contents and spices were removed from their homes so that I could decide what stayed and what went. What stuck me most, other than the fact that most people...
Xenoestrogens and Early Puberty Not Just A Girl's Issue
I missed a recent NYT article “Puberty Before Age 10: A New Normal” as we were away. I had a chance to read it thanks to electronic edition’s “most emailed section" (love that section). The article refers to 2010 research confirming 10% white girls and...
Nutritional Harrassment: Is Your Boss Making You Fat?
Most of us can pick healthy items from a menu. Eating well gets a little harder if you are not the one doing the “picking” and things enter especially dicey territory when the “orderer” is your boss. Wednesday I was interviewed for an upcoming story in Weight Watchers...
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