Bumps on your arms. Or your back. Or your legs. “Chicken skin arms”. This is not acne, nope, you can’t make this skin condition go away with the latest upgrade to the ProActiv skincare line shilled to you by some of-the-moment celeb. This is Kerastosis Pilaris & if you’ve got it, you know it. And… [Read more…]
March 20, 2012
I attended an online summit recently centered around all things paleo & anti-inflammatory. It was nothing short of incredible – with many of the top industry leaders giving presentations on the latest evolutionary nutrition news, and doing so for free, it was like college but so much more awesome. I took notes on the gluten… [Read more…]
December 4, 2011
A quick update before we decide today if being gluten-free is ‘enough’! Since last post – I moved! I didn’t kill Drew or anyone else, although they likely wanted to end me at a few points along the way – but I’d say it was a reasonable success! We now live about 20 mins drive… [Read more…]
April 23, 2011
It’s guessing game time! I’m going to give you a clue, you guess what it is, then we’ll both find out if you’re on pace to win what’s behind door #1! The big prize here could be a longer, healthier life – if you’re down for that prize then giddy-up, let’s play, WHATS. THAT. HEALTH FOOD!!!! 1) It… [Read more…]
February 20, 2011
Most people, at some time in their life will try to lose weight. After a baby, after college binge-ing, before a wedding, before a race – at some point – everyone will probably try to shed some weight. And there are thousands of gimmick-y ways to drop that weight – what you don’t think about… [Read more…]
December 26, 2010
With the holidays came at least a few conversations around most dinner tables about exercise, nutrition, and health for the New Year. Here are the top misunderstandings I heard over the holiday about gluten intolerance, and the truth about each of them. Being misinformed is a dangerous thing (think Atkins diet and the ‘all carbs,… [Read more…]
November 26, 2010
I’m rushing around today getting ready to leave for vacation with Drew – it’s our 3rd one together – and I just got news that it’s going to be the one that I go into with the best health out of all the years he’s known me!! You see, our first vacation together was before… [Read more…]
September 22, 2010
500 days of living gluten free living. I had no idea that mini-milestone was fast approaching, but from Day 1 to today, #500, gluten free eating has gone from “oh, poor you….what’s gluten?” to the “HOT diet trend of athletes everywhere!” Thankfully, gluten free eating is NOT a diet trend like low-carb, sugar-free, etc. It is a real, scientifically… [Read more…]
June 6, 2010
I am non-Celiac gluten sensitive. It means I don’t have Celiac disease, but absolutely should not eat gluten if I want to live to my full life expectancy, as a happy, healthy, fit person. There’s a 1 in 33 chance you, yes YOU, are also non-Celiac gluten sensitive, and a 1 in 133 chance you’re… [Read more…]
April 6, 2010
As you know if you read this blog for any amount of time, I am gluten intolerant. Not Celiac level intolerant. Mildly gluten intolerant. And if you read posts here, or have heard me on my soapbox, you know that “mildly gluten intolerant” does not mean it’s ‘more OK’ to allow a little gluten to sneak… [Read more…]
May 30, 2012
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