What is it about gluten, why so many people feel compelled to banish it from their diet? “Gluten Free” is the new hot label that seems to be placed on the packages of every grocery item even right down to the most obscure chewy candy or fruit snack. Items baring the infamous “Gluten Free” label […]
The sugar season is upon us once again, Thanksgiving desserts, Christmas chocolates and candies, New Years champagne and alcohol based cocktails for toasting! Can we truly blame the holidays for overdosing us on sugar? No! Everyday foods are loaded with hidden sugar content – such as canned soups, salad dressings, packaged fruit cups and even […]
The Monday to Friday routine is usually well structured and helps to maintain a diet and exercise routine with ease. Then the weekend comes along and whatever structure we once had during the week gets tossed to the side. It happens to the best of us. There are the family dinners, meeting up with old […]
Where Did the Term Meatless Monday Derive From? Meatless Monday was launched in 2003 by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The first non- U.S city to go meatless on Mondays was in Ghent, Belgium in 2009. Following that Sir Paul McCartney brought the idea to the UK. Since then, about 36 countries […]