Thoughts on Life Planning For The New Year

By ns | Published: December 5, 2011

It’s been five months since my vacation on Martha’s Vineyard where I wrote my life plan in my “Lil Fat Notebook” on the beach and posted the article “Dreams do Come True (If you Make Them).” READ MORE

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Nancy Deville interviewed by Stephanie Stephens: Mind Your Body

By ns | Published: November 30, 2011

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Shopping for Real Food on a Budget

By ns | Published: November 21, 2011

My last blog “How to Grocery Shop Like a Hunter-Gatherer,” generated a lot of discussion. One complaint was that eating real food is too expensive for many Americans. I present ideals when I write about food. If only everyone could eat real, whole, living food our health care problems would decline. Unfortunately tax dollars do not go to subsidizing small farmers and ranchers, but to corporations that grow the soy, corn and wheat that go into making the factory food products that are ruining our health. Although I could go on a major rant about that, it’s more productive to think of ways to help financially challenged Americans find ways to improve their nutrition. READ MORE

 

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‘Tis The Season Of Sugar

By ns | Published: November 17, 2011

Of the 156 pounds of sugar Americans each consume every year, it’s likely that 20 pounds of that is consumed during the holidays. But before we laser focus on holiday bingeing, let’s clarify carbs. Because it’s really important to understand that it’s not just 156 pounds of sugar/high fructose corn syrup that deliver glucose into our bloodstreams. We also eat hundreds of pounds of other carbohydrates, like cereal, toaster pastries, potato chips, French fries, candy, cookies, pancakes, waffles, corn chips, pretzels, cake, pie, pastry, donuts, bread, pizza, pasta, muffins, granola, dried fruit, and cornbread. READ MORE

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Don’t forget the importance of safe food handling during the holiday

By ns | Published: November 17, 2011

Nancy Deville interviewed by Stephanie Cary

Gaining weight isn’t the only health concern people need to be wary of when it comes to eating delicious foods this holiday season.

As illustrated by the recent listeria outbreak from cantaloupes out of Jensen Farms of Colorado – which killed at least 29 people – there is an ongoing risk of food-borne illness.

To limit that risk, there are some basic guidelines to keep in mind when preparing meals at holiday time.

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