by Lauren Slayton | Sep 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
I received the following question as a comment on Monday’s post:I have been really curious about this coconut water craze. Everyone swears by it but I am not sure if it based in “buzz” or nutritional information. People are treating it like the holy...
by Lauren Slayton | Sep 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
I love freebies, don’t you? One of the perks of having a nutrition practice and blog is that fairly often I receive packages from food companies who want us to sample their “goods”. Let’s just say some of the “goods” are better than others and some aren’t very good at...
by Lauren Slayton | Sep 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
Let’s play a little game. If you’re atoning chances are you will not be reading this post anyway. When I say religion, what’s the first thing you think of? If church, temple or services came to mind, you and I are different (and that’s ok). If...
by Lauren Slayton | Sep 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
My wedding anniversary is in June and though I’m sure I could find a way to tie that to food (we did have an amazing New Orleans-inspired menu), it isn’t generally relevant to Foodtraining. Today is a different sort of anniversary, the anniversary of this blog. I’ve...
by Lauren Slayton | Sep 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
Last week, I did a segment for a local TV show called Moms and the City. A study was released revealing that 40 percent of NYC kindergarteners are overweight or obese. Even more disturbing were the numbers for certain neighborhoods where over half the children were...
by Lauren Slayton | Sep 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
I didn’t get to see Kim Clijsters win the Open Saturday night because I was in a tent at the Bronx Zoo (more on that later). I did watch her entire match against Venus Friday afternoon. I have been a Clijsters fan for a long time. She’s exciting to watch with her...
