A look at two recent studies on vegan diets and eggs — I am always scouring the latest articles published in nutrition journals to find interesting new research on diet and health. Sometimes, I find studies like these two below that advertise striking findings, but actually, turn out to be all smoke and mirrors. Two recent nutrition studies separately suggested that A)…

Five sauces to make even the blandest of meals flavorful — In today’s food environment laden with junk and convenience options, it can sometimes be difficult to consistently choose or cook healthy meals. Although the preconception that healthy eating requires time and effort is sometimes true, it never has to be. Not to mention, healthy food just doesn’t taste very good…

Why yes, it is actually more important than ever. — An idea that I think about a lot is how new technologies shape the way we live as humans. It just so happens that many of the major technological innovations over the past several years have been related to our methods of communication. Gone are the days of books, memos…

It Can be Easy to Forget the Rule: Simple Stuff First — Looking back at the Covid-19 pandemic, we suffered through over two years of serious social and economic disruptions, along with a great amount of death and suffering caused directly by the disease. It took about a year since the beginning of the pandemic for the first vaccines to be rolled…

What To Do If You Suffer From Information Overload — Podcasts are one of the best media formats of our time. The magical thing about podcasts is that they provide a stream of information where one or more people can discuss topics with more thought than a tweet and provide commentary with multiple perspectives. …

When it comes to gut bacteria, it’s not about who is there, but about what they are doing — The gut microbiome has been one of the most exciting areas in nutrition science for at least a decade. Thousands of studies, if not more, have been published describing how certain types of bacteria that live all throughout our GI tract can either be detrimental or beneficial to our health. …

Let’s Look at the Context Behind the Headlines — Dietary fiber is something that most nutrition professionals would recommend as being important for our gut health and that most of us are not consuming enough of. Fiber is essentially all the “non-digestible” carbohydrates that we obtain from food, such as from fruit peels and grain hulls. Dietary fiber is…

I finally gave this game a try and was rewarded in kind — Seriously, what took me so long to get into this game? Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV), aka the critically acclaimed MMORPG with a completely free trial including the award-winning Heavensward expansion is entering a new and exciting time in 2021. …

Make sure to eat enough orange this summer — What gives orange, red, and yellow fruits and vegetables their color? Pigmented molecules called carotenoids are usually where that color is derived. Several types of carotenoids including beta-carotene, lycopene, and lutein are beneficial for humans to consume because of their antioxidant properties, which is a result of their molecular structure. …