by Lauren Slayton | May 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
via CNN Have you heard? There’s a new Nutrition Facts label but this newness will not be implemented until 2018. FLOTUS announced the changes in Washington on Friday. The labels have the sugar people (how do they sleep at night?) freaking. You see, there’s a new...
by Lauren Slayton | May 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
We’ve covered the weight loss supplement Garcinia Cambogia before but its popularity has only soared despite receiving a “step away” in our Yay? Or Step Away (YOSA) criteria. I spoke with CBS about garcinia. I had to beg the reporter not to purchase the supplement...
by Lauren Slayton | May 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
Today kicks off the second session of our Pre-Summer Squeeze program. As I was reviewing our participant’s information forms, I scrolled through Instagram. One of my favorite healthy sites posted a quote with commentary “your body is perfect just the way it is.” And I...
by Lauren Slayton | May 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
I try to be in the know when it comes to nutrition trends and I’ll freely admit I had no idea “teatoxing” was such a thing. Snobessentials (love that name) asked me to weigh in on this trend. So, what is a teatox? Teatoxes are generally teas sold in sets with...
by Lauren Slayton | May 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
Expo West is the capstone of natural food shows. Carolyn and I love a challenge and decided we could cover this massive event in one day. Before every one of these expos we make a pact not to oversample. Let’s just say that at 9am, when Carolyn found me, I had gluten...
by Lauren Slayton | Apr 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
If you’re procrastinating with your Monday to do list, let me help you continue. Carolyn and I have been working away at our Foodtrainers.com NEW WEBSITE. It has been some time and we needed something fresh. One of my favorite parts of the site is a Q andA...
