Revolutionary Act 37: Ignore Labels
By Pilar GerasimoHelpful tips for making sense of dubious food-marketing claims.
Helpful tips for making sense of dubious food-marketing claims.
Pay less attention to your food’s calorie count and focus more on the ingredients.
Most of us would rather not talk about poop, but it turns out that what exits your body is just as important as what goes in.
When it comes to eating, an ounce of wonderful is far better than a whole mess of mediocrity.
Why knowing your food’s history can motivate you to consume more selectively.
How you eat is as important as what you eat. Here’s why.
These two ingredients have a starring role in most packaged foods we eat. More than any other culprit, they fuel our chronic-disease epidemic.
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics — the country’s largest nutritional professional society — is sponsored by Big Food.
They’re a whole lot healthier for Big Ag and Big Business than for humans. Focus on vegetables and other whole foods, and don’t let the propaganda confuse you.
Up to 70 percent of adults are intolerant of dairy, gluten, or other dietary triggers. Learn if you’re one of them. Digestive, skin, joint, energy, and mood problems may be your first clue.
Let there be protein, produce, healthy fats, and fiber in it. A good breakfast wards off energy dips, brain fog, and afternoon cravings.
Get a dozen healthy, whole-food recipes under your belt, and your lifewill be forever changed. Start by mastering one.
Our founding editor offers a quick, simple technique that will keep your mat cleaner and in better shape.
Processed ingredients, sweeteners, and chemical additives inflame your body. Here’s how to keep it real.
There’s a long list of phytonutrients and other good stuff in vegetables, fruits, and legumes that you can’t get any other way. Put plants at the center of your plate for as many meals and snacks as you can.
Trade dead, packaged goods for foods that are fresh, alive, and full of high-vibe goodness. Figure out where to find them, learn to juice/slice/dice them, and eat them with great pleasure.
Your teeth and gums are a huge determining factor in your whole-body well-being. They’re also an easy place to start demonstrating your commitment to whole-person health on a daily basis.
Toxins, poisons, and other gunk have no place in the temple. Avoid artificial flavors, preservatives, colors, fragrances, petrochemicals, and other toxic ingredients whenever possible.
Founding editor Pilar Gerasimo on the value of following your internal compass.
You don’t have to make 100% healthy choices all the time. It’s what you do most of the time — day in, day out — that counts.
Founding editor Pilar Gerasimo on recasting our current reality in hopes of tackling the seemingly impossible.