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Q&A Roundup #6 by Andy B. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Time for another rundown of questions I have received over the past two weeks via e-mail, Twitter, and Facebook. If you have a nutrition question you wo ... Read on »

5 Important Food Lessons From This Past Week by Andy B. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Over the past few days, several important food-related stories captured top headlines. Rather than dedicate a lengthy blog post to each, here is the Sma ... Read on »

Giveaway: Good Eats & Good Karma by Andy B. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating There are two reasons why I love Small Bites giveaways. First, I take great pleasure in the enjoyment of food good food and like to share my favorite ... Read on »

1100 Miles, 3 Observations by Andy B. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Last weekend, I drove from Seattle, Washington to Las Vegas, Nevada over a three-day period (with stops in Meridian, Idaho and Ely, Nevada). Though both ... Read on »

Q&A Roundup #5 by Andy B. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating To make up for the recent lack of posts (in my defense, I was in the midst of an inter-state move and road trip), here is a supersized Q&A roundup. Thank yo ... Read on »

A Fair & Delicious Giveaway by Andy B. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating As a nutrition professional who champions the health benefits of high quality cocoa, I am thrilled to announce the latest giveaway: Theo Chocolates . ... Read on »

Q&A Roundup #4 by Andy B. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Time to answer some questions I’ve received via Twitter, Facebook, and e-mail over the past few weeks. Enjoy and keep the queries coming! ... Read on »

Rise of the Healthwashed Vending Machines by Andy B. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I’ve seen a glimpse of the future and it frightens me. Behold “H.U.M.A.N healthy vending”machines . You know, H.U.M.A.N as in “Helping Unite Man And Nutrit ... Read on »

Fail! US News & World Report on Dairy-Free Calcium-Rich Foods by Andy B. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I was hopeful when I initially came across the headline for a recent article in US News & World Report “5 Non-Dairy Foods With Calcium” . “Finally,” I ... Read on »

Beyond Pink Slime by Andy B. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating This ammonia-treated scrap meat the same one some fast food giants recently phased out has been widely used since the early 1990s , is reportedly present ... Read on »

The Fallacy of “Better” Peanut Butter by Andy B. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Much has been written about unnecessary additives (i.e.: modified cornstarch, partially hydrogenated oils, and high fructose corn syrup) in many commercial ... Read on »

The 4 Biggest Nutritional Hoaxes by Andy B. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I believe the four foods and beverages below have enjoyed an unwarranted nutritional halo for too long. While not equivalent to soda and trans fat-laden f ... Read on »

Q&A Roundup #3 by Andy B. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Here are some more questions I have received from Small Bites readers over the past few weeks. Enjoy! If you would like to submit a question for these r ... Read on »

Come and Get Your Sea Vegetables by Andy B. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I have often said that sea vegetables are criminally underrated. Like their terrestrial brethren, they offer significant nutrition, but sea vegetables also ... Read on »

Giveaway: Make Your Own Whole Food Bars by Andy B. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Time for another giveaway. This time around, you have a say in the final product, since the prize is your very own case of You Bars (a company I blogged abo ... Read on »

Mars, Inc.’s Deceptive & Self-Congratulatory “Downsizing” by Andy B. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Candy bar manufacturer Mars, Inc. made news this week following an announcement that by the end of 2013, none of its candy bars would surpass the 250-calori ... Read on »

3 Little-Known, But Crucial, Vitamin D Facts by Andy B. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Vitamin D is a nutrient (well, technically a hormone) that has had a substantial amount of research devoted to it over recent years. As someone who enjoys k ... Read on »

Big Dairy’s Latest Smear Tactic by Andy B. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating There was a time, not too long ago, when one’s milk options were relegated to different varieties of cow’s milk (i.e.: full-fat, reduced-fat, skim, lactose- ... Read on »

The Handy Dandy Cooking Oil Comparison Chart by Andy B. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating A few weeks ago, Andrew Wilder of the Eating Rules blog asked me if I wanted to help build a cooking oil comparison chart that would help people make sense ... Read on »

On Paula Deen and Diabetes by Andy B. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating UPDATE (1/17): Paula Deen has announced she has been living with Type 2 diabetes for 3 years. Oh, and she’s endorsing Novo Nordisk. UPDATE 2 (1/17): D ... Read on »