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Cocktail Hour? 3 Summer Slimmers & 3 Summer Sabotagers

This weekend kicks off a host of summer events and celebrations. My own recent celebration pool-side got me to thinking about fun yet healthier choices for those spirited summer cocktail hours. Here are my picks for the top 3 “summer slimmers” and the 3 “summer sabotagers.” (Yes, yes, we are making up words for this post.) Let’s start with the sabotage and just get these out of the... [Read more]

FUN: Finding Ultimate Nourishment

Remember when you were a child and you got so wrapped up in playing, imagining or creating that you didn’t want to stop when it was time to eat? My kids are notorious for this. Do you remember leaving your meal half-finished to run off and continue playing? Mine do this too.  Children innately understand that food is secondary to what is most nutritious and primary in life: fun and play. As adults... [Read more]

Hiking as Exercise

Healthy Alter Ego goes to the mountain top! (At least the shirt did.) Last week while on vacation in Arizona with my girlfriend and co-fitness-ego, Robin, she had the insatiable urge to go hiking. Now mind you while on vacation the only urge I have is to lay on a raft in a body of water somewhere.  So we compromised and went hiking three different times. Not much of a compromise in my opinion. Arizona... [Read more]

WHO Scandal: Don’t Get Mad, Get Even

Legal and ethical transgressions by pharmaceutical companies are so routine these days that they hardly make a blip on the media’s radar. I saw yet another a few weeks back and wondered if it was worth mentioning to our readers. I opted not to as it’s not a positive story and I have no need to be seen as an industry watch dog or whistle blower. Then a headline I can’t ignore smacks me in the... [Read more]

2 Cheap & Mega Energy Foods

Some people who dip their toe in the “healthier eating” pool sometimes pull back because the cost of fresh fruits and vegetables just seem too expensive. And boy oh boy is it tough to compete with the drive-thru $1 value menus, especially in these busy and tough economic times. The good news is even though government subsidies give an unfair advantage to meat and dairy, turns out the cheapest... [Read more]

The Best Way to Clean Your Produce

Recently a fine young gentleman asked me the best way to clean pesticides from produce. We get a fair bit of interest about pesticides and ways to clean produce, so we decided to feature the reply to the question as a blog post. The quick answer is that there is no reliable way to remove pesticides from produce. However, there are other reasons to consider techniques of cleaning your fruits and... [Read more]