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A Big Fat Surprise – Nonsense

May 27, 2014 by Joyce Bunderson

On May 6, 2014, Nina Teicholz’s article, The Questionable Link Between Saturated Fat and Heart Disease was published in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). I frequently like the articles in the WSJ, this one ….  not so much. My rationale is that it has the potential of driving people to eat in unhealthy ways, like […]

Strategies for Eating on the Fly

April 29, 2014 by Joyce Bunderson

Let’s assume you’ve been working quite a while to make your home environment a haven for safe and healthy eating. Your pantry and fridge are stocked with fresh produce, whole grains, healthy oils, nonfat dairy and lean protein choices. I should mention that you might have limited the fatty, salty, and simple carb snacks, so […]

Wanting Quick Results vs. Learning for Life

February 25, 2014 by Joyce Bunderson

The other day while caring for grandchildren at my daughter’s home I stood at the counter making chicken vegetable soup with whole-wheat dumplings. Because it entails lots of chopping of fresh vegetables, I decided to turn the television on while I was preparing the food. An infomercial for a weight loss program was playing; I […]

Two Steps in Reducing Cholesterol

February 18, 2014 by Joyce Bunderson

When groups of people eat a plant-based diet like the Mediterranean peoples did 50-plus years ago, bodies and minds stayed healthy for a relatively long time. The original epidemiologist who studied diet in populations, Ancel Keys, discovered the phenomenon of the health differences between American diet (now commonly called Western diet) and the Mediterranean diet. […]

No Matter How You Slice It

February 4, 2014 by Joyce Bunderson

My fourth hint for permanently improving your eating style is to switch to whole grains. (Hint 1: An Apple a Day; Hint 2: A Nutty Little Change; Hint 3: Whittling Away at Meat Consumption.) With a little information, this 4th one, like the other hints is do-able and not too tough. And like the other […]

An Apple a Day

January 14, 2014 by Joyce Bunderson

We’re already a couple of weeks into our new year; the holiday decorations and visitors are gone; and it seems like a wonderful time to consider making some changes in our lifestyle. It is worth making lifestyle changes that will lead to health improvements. This year, instead of making a massive, all-encompassing diet and exercise […]

Troublesome Intake

December 3, 2013 by Joyce Bunderson

An October 15, 2013 report in Connecticut College News is causing a big stir in the food industry. Certainly a headline suggesting that Oreos are just as addictive as drugs (cocaine or morphine) is fodder for media and argument. Of course this is not the first time researchers have explored the issue of the possibility […]

Freshman Fifteen

September 17, 2013 by Joyce Bunderson

Remember when the Freshman 15 was the Freshman 10? As history goes on things just have gotten bigger and bigger in many ways. Although Wikipedia says that the Freshman 15 is really not a gain of a full fifteen pounds on average, of course, some students do gain weight. The Wikipedia article is really quite […]

Soft Material with Fat-Like Functionalities

August 27, 2013 by Joyce Bunderson

A small bit of information in this week’s food technology news caught my attention. Two reasons why this one stood out from the background of so much food engineering is first that there have already been short-term failures in creating new fat-like molecules in the lab (Olestra); and second, that following the creation of the […]

Beginning to Prove What We Eat Really Does Matter

August 20, 2013 by Joyce Bunderson

Are you still dedicated to transitioning to the Mediterranean-style of eating? How are you doing? I hope well. Or are you new to the idea? The Mediterranean-style of eating is certainly not the latest fad diet, but it continues to amass a mound of statistical and epidemiological evidence that makes moving toward it worthy of […]