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Diabetes Tours in the Seattle Area

I will be leading three upcoming grocery tours in the Seattle area geared towards helping diabetics navigate their food choices to improve their blood sugars. Topics will include meal planning, understanding food labels, and picking carbohydrate choices. Saturday, March 12th @ 10am Bothell Safeway (24040 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Bothell, WA 98021) Tuesday, March 22nd @ 6pm… Continue reading Diabetes Tours in the Seattle Area

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Round-Up 14: Banning drug commercials, Chronic dieting: the socially acceptable eating disorder, etc

Best of the Round-Up 14: American Medical Association votes to BAN prescription drug commercials Chronic Dieting: The Socially Acceptable Eating Disorder How To Help The Girls In Your Life Have Positive Body Image Menu Calorie Labeling Isn’t Doing Much to Fight Obesity FDA bans imports of genetically engineered salmon — for now Behind the Science… Continue reading Round-Up 14: Banning drug commercials, Chronic dieting: the socially acceptable eating disorder, etc

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Round-Up 13: How cultural messages can lead to eating disorders, How to eat shop, cook, eat healthy for one

Best of the Round-Up 13: ‘Eat Up’: How Cultural Messages Can Lead To Eating Disorders 10 Stubborn Food Myths That Just Won’t Die Top 10 Stubborn Exercise Myths That Just Won’t Die How to Shop, Cook, and Eat Healthy When Eating for One Oldways Common Ground Consensus on Healthy Eating Science & Research News: Belly… Continue reading Round-Up 13: How cultural messages can lead to eating disorders, How to eat shop, cook, eat healthy for one

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Round-Up 12: Guerilla gardening, Dirty Dozen Food Additives, etc

Best of the Round-Up 12: A guerilla gardener in South Central LA Why Asian Americans have diabetes but don’t know it EWG’s Dirty Dozen Guide to Food Additives 10 Ways to Spot Health Quackery The Kitchn’s Ultimate Guide for Using Up Every Type of Food Behind the Science and Nutrition Buzz: The Truth About Alkaline… Continue reading Round-Up 12: Guerilla gardening, Dirty Dozen Food Additives, etc

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Round-Up 11: What Americans can learn from other food cultures, Brazil’s nutrition wisdom, etc

Behind the Science & Nutrition Buzz: 10 Fad Diets Debunked Does the pH of Your Diet Matter? A New Supplement for Old Bones Scientists have figured out what makes Indian food so delicious Scientists have discovered a simple way to cook rice that dramatically cuts the calories In the Kitchen: Tough and Tender Cuts Substituting… Continue reading Round-Up 11: What Americans can learn from other food cultures, Brazil’s nutrition wisdom, etc

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Round-Up 10: Exercise vs Diet, Eat for real change, etc

Behind the Science & Nutrition Buzz: Front of pack symbols do not indicate healthier foods, suggests research Exercise vs. Diet: Which Is More Important for Weight Loss? What Happens in Your Body During a “Cleanse” or “Detox” Is fat the sixth basic taste? DHEA: Anti-Aging in a Bottle? 5 GMO food myths dispelled Is Coconut… Continue reading Round-Up 10: Exercise vs Diet, Eat for real change, etc

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Round-Up 08: Debunking Dr. Oz and Supplements, “Healthy Obesity”, etc

Behind the Science and Research News: Scientists Create a Pesticide That Won’t Kill the Bees—and It’s All Natural Malnutrition: Starving Children Lack Crucial Gut Bacteria Exercise Linked to More Diverse Intestinal Microbiome Explaining ‘healthy’ obesity Ice Cream Science Coffee Brewing Chemistry: Hot Brew vs. Cold Brew Diet affects males’ and females’ gut microbes differently In… Continue reading Round-Up 08: Debunking Dr. Oz and Supplements, “Healthy Obesity”, etc

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Round-Up 07: How Moms Can Change The World, Fatphobia, etc

Behind the Science & Research News: The Science of Caffeine You are your microbes Simply being called ‘fat’ makes young girls more likely to become obese How gut bacteria regulate weight gain Intuitions about causes of rising obesity are often wrong In the Kitchen & in the Grocery Aisles? The Best (and Quickest) Ways to Thaw… Continue reading Round-Up 07: How Moms Can Change The World, Fatphobia, etc

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Round-Up 06: 5-Second Rule, Fatty Lies, etc

Behind the Science & Research News How gut bacteria communicate within our bodies, build special relationship Geographic variation of human gut microbes tied to obesity Five Second Rule Debunked! Chemical change in gut is key to gastric bypass In the Kitchen and Grocery Aisles: The Complete Guide to Using and Caring for Copper Pots Take… Continue reading Round-Up 06: 5-Second Rule, Fatty Lies, etc