Diet

Avoid Gaining Weight When Traveling

Avoid Gaining Weight When Traveling

There is only one simple way to avoid gaining weight when traveling. If you never gain weight when you travel, you would not be reading this post. Most people decide to eat whatever they want when they travel, and when…

What Are Healthy Foods?

What Are Healthy Foods?

It is a simple question. What are healthy foods? This is actually an impossible question to answer. I can name foods I consider healthy, but other people may call them unhealthy. There are two big problems with answering which foods…

Nutritional Studies are Hard

Nutritional Studies are Hard

Nutritional studies are hard to understand and often controversial. You can read an article that seems to say eggs are healthy, and you read another saying they kill you. That happens all the time. For the last week or two,…

What‘s in Your Sweetener?

What's in Your Sweetener?

Do you know what’s in your sweetener? I bet you don’t I have written about sweeteners before. I like to divide sweeteners into sugar-based or non-nutritive ones. Unless you are fit and have a low risk of diabetes, I strongly…

Coffee Is Good For You

Coffee is good for you if you don’t order anything from this display. I love Caribou Coffee. I work there several days a week. I like all coffee shops, but my go-to is the Caribou near my house. But, I…

Alternative Sugars

Alternative Sugars

A very good friend suggested I write a post on alternative sugars, specifically maple sugar, maple syrup, coconut sugar, and date sugar. I love all sweeteners, but she was asking about the health benefits, if any, of these sugars compared…

Is Coffee Good For You?

So many people don’t believe that coffee is good for them. As always, I am not giving medical advice. Consult your physician before you make a significant lifestyle change. Last weekend, my wife and I went for a run. Our…

Is Veganism Healthy?

Is Veganism Healthy?

Everyone knows that a vegan diet is healthier than eating meat, right? In many cases, no. What makes veganism healthy is eating the right foods and only the right foods on the vegan diet. For many years, meat was said…

Is Eating Healthy Worth It?

Eating Healthy

Eating Healthy Is Sometimes Worth It What does eating healthy mean? If you are trying to lose weight, eating healthy first and foremost means eating a diet that will result in weight loss. Historically, that meant eating a low-calorie diet.…