Check Your Nutrition IQ: 10 Common Assumptions You Might Have Wrong

Are you sure about what you know nutritionally? Find out the truth and make it work for you!

Thinking Twice About Calcium Supplements – NYTimes.com

“as with many other pills once regarded as innocuous, the safety and efficacy of calcium supplements in preventing bone loss is being called into question.” via Thinking Twice About Calcium Supplements – NYTimes.com. I’ll just keep saying it again and again: it’s not about how much you ingest. It’s about the ability to absorb, assimilateContinue reading “Thinking Twice About Calcium Supplements – NYTimes.com”

Inflammation & Insulin Resistance: the cause of all ills, including autism?

Immune Disorders and Autism – NYTimes.com. Like Cassandra in her corner, I have been proclaiming for over a decade that inflammation and insulin resistance (also known as Metabolic Syndrome, found in diabetics and pre-diabetics) are at the root of most auto-immune and degenerative diseases, and that these issues and the illnesses they engender can successfullyContinue reading “Inflammation & Insulin Resistance: the cause of all ills, including autism?”

Tennis Stars Tout Benefits of Gluten Free Diet

via Gluten-free Diet Now Fuels Tennis Star Andy Murray – Celiac.com. Andy Murray joins Novak Djokovic as a publicly gluten free athlete and star. If you’re gluten sensitive, going off gluten gives you a noticeable boost in energy, both physical and mental, and since athletes are always looking for anything that gives them just aContinue reading “Tennis Stars Tout Benefits of Gluten Free Diet”

Lessons in Gluten Free Dining

Celiac Nutrition and Gluten Free Health Blog. I always recommend my clients advocate for themselves and let their servers know, when they are dining out, that they must avoid gluten.  If your server isn’t clear, have them check with the chef. By the way, did you know that most restaurant french fries are now madeContinue reading “Lessons in Gluten Free Dining”

400% increase in gluten sensitivity since the 60s

Scientists analyzed blood taken from Air Force soldiers in the 1960s and compared them to blood samples taken from a group of random volunteers today. They discovered that markers of celiac disease and gluten sensitivity were 400% higher in today’s blood samples. via Celiac Nutrition and Gluten Free Health Blog. These numbers are pretty startling.Continue reading “400% increase in gluten sensitivity since the 60s”

Lady Gaga, Russel Crowe, Zooey Deschanel Are Gluten Free

What do Lady Gaga, Zooey Deschanel, Emmy Rossum, Russell Crowe and Keith Olberman have in common? They’ve all gone gluten free.

Food Sensitivity Impacts Skin and GI Disorders

“A number of chronic inflammatory and degenerative conditions improve when certain food sensitivities or intolerances are identified, and those offending foods are avoided. Conditions that respond favorably include skin problems like eczema and psoriasis, IBS, Crohn’s, celiac disease, and a number of auto-immune diseases.” via Food Sensitivity Impacts Skin and GI Disorders. Of course, thisContinue reading “Food Sensitivity Impacts Skin and GI Disorders”

You Really Don’t Have to Live With It!

Hormonal imbalance? Digestive distress? Creeping weight gain? Somehow, we seem to have signed on to the idea that falling apart and breaking down physically is inevitable. Please don’t believe it!