Streamlined healthy passions on Facebook

I finally just went ahead and did it. About four or five months ago when I first began to blog seriously about my passions, I had likewise fiddled with the idea of starting up a Facebook page to specifically broadcast my posts on holistic health & lifestyle, cooking, gardening, etc. I fiddled with Facebook, figuring [...]

Healthy eating: Room at the table for Fluffy and Spot?

I remember the first time I heard of someone feeding their pets “people food” as a health boost. A friend of mine would give his dogs a leg of whatever animal happened to be on the human menu that day, “to help shine their coats and clean their teeth,” he said. I was about 16- [...]

This is war! Critique on the hubris from both sides of the holistic fence

It doesn’t happen often, so when I feel the need to speak my mind, I do so passionately and without regret. Recently, I at last sat down to watch the Food Matters documentary, which had been lurking for some time in my Netflix queue. It took a class assignment for me to finally dig it out. [...]

‘Eating out’: Numbers on menus not enough to ward us off overeating

Eating out is such a major part of any social scene these days. Bowling teams, coworkers, women embarking on a girl's night: They all pile into a restaurant that can accommodate large groups of hungry people, to enjoy the atmosphere, the company, and a great, savory meal that just magically appears before them. Heck, even [...]