Brooklyn Food Conference
May 11th, 2012
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by admin · Filed Under: Grass fed Meat · Tradtional Foods
I am speaking on a panel at the Brooklyn Food Conference this Saturday, May 12 from 2:00 PM -3:15PM.
Concepts and Controversies In Modern Nutrition
Traditional diets of the world—Paleo, Mediterranean, Japanese, French or Indian—offer healthy alternatives to the Standard American Diet, but they all have potential challenges. Discover a variety of solutions for *improving health and vitality* and learn why you should never diet if you want to lose weight.
Antonio Valladares, Fitness Expert, Certified Nutrition/Lifestyle Coach
Michele Jacobson, Certified Clinical Nutritionist and Author
2:00pm-3:15pm 6E16
They are expecting a big turn out. Workshops in cooking, local/urban farming, school projects, local/real food, farming, food politics and lots more.
Here is the schedule of workshops.
Brooklyn Technical
High School
29 Fort Greene Place,
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Why Skinny Sucks
April 27th, 2012
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by admin · Filed Under: Eating Disorders · Weight Loss · Women's Health
You want to know one of the greatest misconceptions in health as well as the single most destructive ideas I’ve encountered in the past 20 years? It’s not carbs, calories, crystal meth or cardio.
It is the preoccupation with being SKINNY.
Similar to red meat, sugar, salt, statins, cardio or dieting – most people have it all wrong. It’s not just a cute word or a harmless concept. There’s a whole sh*t storm of self-destructive ideas & eating disordered habits that are integral to it. It’s what you don’t know about it that’s most destructive.
Skinny starts out an oversimplified concept couched in cute, but most often ends in weight gain, slow metabolism (digestive issues, cold hands/feet, hair falling out) and infertility after years of interpersonal conflicts in self image & self worth. It’s twisted, not cute: skinny most often ends up making you fat.
Red Meat Runnin’ Wild
March 18th, 2012
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by admin · Filed Under: Grass fed Meat
I know you heard about it. Everyone did. It had a strong emotional influence on millions of people in less than 24 hrs. It lit a new fire under an old & sensitive topic. It swept the interwebz by tugging at your deepest fears and triggered some new discussions, heated debates but mostly reinforced long standing beliefs & prejudices.
No, I’m not talking about the Kony 2012 scam, although that was quite similar: we wanted to believe, there’s a scary boogie man, spooky, fear, death, etc. Kony 2012 fraud was the slickest BS I’ve seen in years, but this other topic is far more important.
I said before that if you want to get healthy or lose weight you need better ideas and you need to think differently. You also have to understand the media. And you have to know a little science – this is a problem because most Americans are science illiterate.
The latest ’study’ and media scare on red meat is a perfect example of faulty ’science’ and media hype.
This latest wave of hysteria helped solidify societies preexisting beliefs, taboos and eating habits with red meat, saturated fat and cholesterol. People also have emotional issues tied to food/diet, even money (meds) and other things directly connected. And red meat is a controversial or sensitive for some. So you can see how this latest red meat scare can be confusing and/or overwhelming for a lot of people.
Look at this screen shot.
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Paleo Summit
February 17th, 2012
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by admin · Filed Under: Uncategorized
This is going to be epic!
My good friend Sean Croxton (Underground Wellness), has just put the finishing touches on the first ever online PALEO Health Summit.
Whether you’re hardcore into paleo, just getting started, don’t really know anything about it, or hate the hype — this event has something for you.
You get front row seats to top doctors, dietitians, authors, researchers and bloggers in the health & nutrition field – including several friends of mine – putting their knowledge to the test – and created The Paleo Summit.
It starts Sunday, February 26th and it’s FREE.
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Survival of the Smartest
February 13th, 2012
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by admin · Filed Under: Eating Disorders · Weight Loss
So you want to get healthy or lose weight? Good luck…very few win in this game.
We’ve all heard that 95% of dieters fail. Although some have questioned that number, I haven’t seen anything convincing to tell me otherwise. I’ve seen one study that mentions an 80% failure rate, but either way, the failure is high and only a few will survive. And no, working out harder or starting a new diet, detox or cleanse won’t help you win.
If you look up ‘diet books’, Amazon shows 63,203 results and Google shows about 218,000,000 results. And when you consider the innumerable opinions by pretty much everyone these days, you’re only scratching the surface of the many challenges. And what’s up with that? Why does everyone act like they are an expert on this topic?
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Eating Seasonally
January 30th, 2012
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by admin · Filed Under: Organic Food
Even though we all have heard time and again how important it is to get in our recommended servings of fruits and vegetables, most of us rarely do despite all of the health benefits associated with consuming them. However it’s not just eating our fruits and vegetables that benefit us, but also eating them seasonally. There are several reasons why consuming seasonal fruits and vegetables ranks even higher than just eating fruits and vegetables.
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Marathon Madness
January 17th, 2012
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by admin · Filed Under: Fitness & Movement
I know I’m going to piss a few people off by criticizing something people ‘love’ or is associated with a ‘good cause’…so, let’s get to it, shall we? Here is the dark side of marathons hardly anyone’s talking about…
The Marathon. An event which captures the world’s imagination…and it’s checkbook. This ancient Greek story may have a few different versions. So here’s the nutshell:
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Cardio Conundrum part 2
November 28th, 2011
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by admin · Filed Under: Fitness & Movement · Food and Mood
In this blog, I’ll show you how cardio can damage the thyroid as well as explain the popular knee-jerk response people give when they hear that cardio is not a good idea: ‘…but it feels good.’ I also want to show you how ‘feeling good’ from exercise can contribute to the slow demise in your health. Oh, and I explain food addiction for ya…
At the end, I comment on probably the most difficult and seemingly ‘counter-intuitive’ part of for most people (including the fitness industry) to grasp…why I, an exercise professional, recommend eliminating or reducing exercise for some people.
The Cardio Conundrum
November 8th, 2011
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by admin · Filed Under: Fitness & Movement
I was going to start this blog with ‘this is kind of a rehash on this topic…’ but then I went to a fitness convention this past weekend…the same weekend as the NYC marathon. I soon realized that rehash is sometimes necessary. So my new opener is this: ‘you probably have no idea how much this topic (cardio) needs to be addressed…again.’ So I have compiled a bunch of relevant points, links and quotes from real-world experts on the topic of cardio & aerobics: what’s wrong with it, why there are better choices and how you may be damaging your health.
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