by Lauren Slayton | Mar 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
My friend Rebecca (of Beccarama) wrote on her blog about eating a steak. What made this event post-worthy and interesting was that Rebecca is a vegetarian and the post was entitled “falling off the vegetarian wagon”. Rebecca tells the story of...
by Lauren Slayton | Mar 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
I don’t want to beat around the bush, there’s no use trying to be eloquent. This week kicked my ass. The measly 1-hour spring ahead paired with single parenting while my husband was carousing traveling on business in Vegas left me with a perpetual liquor-less...
by Lauren Slayton | Mar 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
When we think about factors that affect our appetite, stress, sleep and exercise may come to mind. Each of these can influence hunger but so can something else you may not think as much about. Our eating is impacted by our eating environment and particularly...
by Lauren Slayton | Mar 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
On Thursday I am giving a nutrition talk at a preschool in Manhattan. I plan to cover a few topics: organics, healthy snacking and vitamins. When talking about snacks for kids and vitamins I find it impossible to ignore the topic of food dyes. Certain artificial...
by Lauren Slayton | Mar 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
When it comes to healthy eating I feel beef is a bad word. Wild salmon, kale and berries go along gathering dietary accolades while beef sits in the corner. While I’m not here pushing a beef-based diet I would caution you not to lump all beef in one category....
by Lauren Slayton | Mar 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
I love Lent. This sounds odd with good reason. First, as I’ve mentioned before, with the exception of culinary traditions, I am areligious. Second, my birth religion was not Catholicism but even I know that Lent is a time of sacrifice. So why the love? I love Lent...
