Foodtrainers’ Blog
What Would You Do With An Extra Hour in the Day?
I’m of the mindset that the more you have to do the more you get done. I like a day filled to the brim. I like getting up at 5am, love to-do lists- you get the picture (and I’m sure have a few choice adjectives to describe me and those like me). When a meeting is...
Bye Bye Bloat
The 4 C's One of the most common words used by clients in by office is “bloated.” Nobody likes to feel bloated, especially during beach and bathing suit season. I spoke to Tanya Rivera, of GMA Health, about the bloating basics and thought Monday, post...
My Idea of Stadium Food
Last weekend, a friend emailed asking if my son would like to go to the Mets game with her son and husband on Tuesday (notice she wasn’t going). There was no need to consult my son, I replied and accepted on his behalf. My husband said “we should get tickets and...
Just how bad are pesticides?
Last week EWG came out with their annual “dirty dozen” (and here’s a CBS segment on the subject I was interviewed for). The dirty dozen summarizes the most highly contaminated produce and there’s also a “clean” list. Jenn, of Peas and Crayons wrote a...
Psychology of the Candy Bowl
unrealistic that the hand appears to be taking a singular candy For years. I have seen entries like this on client’s food journals “2 mini Reese's” or “4 Starbursts”. I know full well the source of this candy and it’s not the vending machine or a well-planned...
Popsicle Test Kitchen
photo by Ali Schalop (Samantha's sister), pretty, right? In our June newsletter we discussed many of our favorite summer treats. While we mentioned some of our favorite store-bought brands, we’re huge fans of making your own popsicles. You can control the ingredients...
Have you lost your freshman 15?
Thigh (not mine) post freshman year Exciting news, we have a new Foodtrainer. Her name is Carolyn Brown. She’s a Tulane grad and has taught nutrition at the NYC Greenmarkets, she’s a blogger and a dodge ball player, smart and snarky. She’s running our 4-week “Summer...
What I Wish LeAnn Rimes Would Say
I first remember seeing LeAnn Rimes accepting an award for her rendition of Blue. She was 13 or 14 and wearing a white strapless dress. She looked so young, had yet to be made over and still had that “baby” fat I see in my photos from that age. Only I wasn’t getting...
Don't Let Summer Make You Loosey-Goosey (or just "Loosey")
For the last 9 or so months Friday morning for me went something like this. Wake up at 5:00am, finish up the day’s blog post, return emails, hop on a phone session with a client in Taiwan, get the kids up, take them to school and go for a run. Today is a little...
Don’t Let Summer Make You Loosey-Goosey (or just “Loosey”)
For the last 9 or so months Friday morning for me went something like this. Wake up at 5:00am, finish up the day’s blog post, return emails, hop on a phone session with a client in Taiwan, get the kids up, take them to school and go for a run. Today is a little...
Superfruits or Super hype?
Source: NY Times, is this in your fruit bowl? Recently, I was contacted by one of my favorite writers who was working on a story about superfruits. She asked me if I had time for an interview and said “I'll be talking to some hard core sciencey types, but also...
Shallow and Selfish
Would be sort of nice if there weren't a million people, a roof overhead and germs lurking We all go through life assuming we are good people. Perhaps I should only speak for myself. I have always felt I was a good friend, a good daughter (year 14 an understandable...
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