Tonight I made a stir fry type dinner with a few of my favorite foods: Grass fed steak, organic red beets, bell peppers, onions, garlic, and some herbs. I haven’t really ever thought to post about the dinners that I make, but this one was just so good that I felt I must share it [...]

Chefs big and small, I tend to use things that work and work hard. One thing I hate is light-weight or plastic kitchen tools. With that sentiment I was both pleased and annoyed to read a report that the Environmental Protection Agency recently released on Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and Florinated Telomers, two chemicals found in [...]

The daily value for any given nutrient is one of many dietary guidelines put into place by the FDA to encourage healthy eating patterns for the general population. As defined by the FDA itself, the Daily Values are “not recommended intakes. They’re really just reference points to help people get some kind of perspective on [...]

Ever workout so hard you get a headache? These headaches caused by strenuous exercise are called exertional headaches and are thought to be harmless. Nobody knows exactly why or what causes these headaches to occur, but the theory is when the body undergoes intense physical exercise, the bodies blood vessels dilate in order to increase [...]

I recent study has shown that tea (green or black) may positively block the absorption of mercury in fish. What does this mean? Next time your eating some fish, pour yourself a cup of green tea to go along with it. Not only will this combination of food prevent the harmful effects of mercury, but [...]