Sorry, No Shortcuts
OK everyone, I'm going to share some insider info with you. The good news is, my new book Free to Eat is now available on Amazon.com. The bad news is that Amazon.com is selling it for less than the book actually costs, so I don't make nearly the same amount of money - but hey, that's big business, eh? (Although the Amazon orders do not have my personal signature, which as you know, will be worth millions in the near future ;-) As always you may purchase my book with signature at my website: www.fiber-girl.com.I tell you this because I would so appreciate if those of you who have read Free to Eat would write a review on Amazon. Thank you. I'm looki

Other Worldly
As I mentioned in my last post, my family has recently moved. We now live in the San Francisco Bay Area, which is a pretty large place compared to our home town of Sacramento. Choosing exactly where to live in the Bay Area was difficult, but guess what it ultimately came down to? I'll be honest: lasagna and falafel. I'm serious. We found a neighborhood with a wonderful downtown, and happened upon an Italian restaurant that served the best vegetable lasagna I'd ever had. (As you know, I'm not a proponent of cheese, but every once in a blue moon I'll indulge myself, especially when eating Italian food). We also noticed a Greek restaurant across the street that s

Good Mood News
Maybe it's the shorter daylight hours and the fact I've just moved to a new city... I don't know about you, but I want to hear good news these days. So forgive me for sharing with you some evidence that avoiding meat (yes, including fish) improves mood. Now, who couldn't benefit from that? And if you do avoid meat and think your mood isn't so hot, just think how bad it could be! On a personal note, I distinctly remember experiencing a significantly improved memory after removing all animal origin foods (all meat, dairy and eggs) from my diet. I also lost 20 pounds - talk about putting me in a good mood. Just in (via PCRM.org):Omnivores who cut all mea

good nutrition news
I want to apologize to all my dear blog readers for my absence these past several weeks. My family has been in the midst of moving to another city, and today is my first day of "normalacy". The good news is, there's some good nutrition news. For example, British Journal of Cancer (2009: 101, 192–197) recently published a study of over 60,000 men and women who were followed for 12 years and observed for cancer diagnoses. They found that on average, vegetarians were 12% less likely to develop cancer verses non-vegetarians. Even though I am not presently a proponent of fish consumption, I need to state that this study found vegetarians who consumed fish

Fish: Not a Health Food
While the media touts fish as a health food, I've been preaching otherwise for some time now. Besides the Omega-3 fatty acids found in most fish, there's really no benefit to eating it, although there are plenty of hazards: mercury, PCB's (Polychlorinated Biphenals), cholesterol content (the same as red meat), homocysteine levels, Heterocyclic Amines, and of course, fish has no fiber. The one beneficial compound in fish - Omega 3's - are found throughout plant foods such as nuts, flaxseed and other seeds, legumes, whole grains and fatty fruit like avocados. But wait, just in case you still weren't convinced, there's a new study published online in the European Jour