How Much Protein Do You Really Need? [Healthy, Healthier, Healthiest?]

by Charlottediets, food, reader questions, researchPosted on Comments are Disabled

Post Updated: Read postscript please! Thanks:) Possibly the only question more charged in fit-minded circles these days than steady state vs. interval cardio, is the classic and omnipresent Protein Question. The Protein Question, also known as the Protein Debate or the Protein Lecture depending on who is doing the speaking, is one of the most-asked, …

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The Price of Cake Has Gone Up This Year [Intuitive Eating Fail]

by Charlottefood, guest posts, intuitive eating, personal essaysPosted on Comments are Disabled

This proves it: Team Pie people are smarter. Don’t feel bad Team Cake, at least you’ll always have Marie Antoinette. The price of cake has gone up this year. Not in the monetary sense, mind, but rather in the emotional sense. We should start here: I don’t like cake. Growing up I was always on …

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The HCG Diet: Fad or Miracle? [Plus breast milk ice cream!]

by Charlottediets, eating disorders, foodPosted on 5 Comments

In a world where losing weight is an extreme sport and the risks of failing include being socially ostracized or dying, a diet where you give yourself daily injections of a hormone culled from the blood of pregnant women can seem pretty reasonable (ancient altar and stone knife, platinum subscription only). But only if it …

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How Far Does a Parent’s Example Go When It Comes to Food? [Michelle Obama is not fat!]

by Charlottechildren, food, newsPosted on 2 Comments

Okay, this would definitely be taking it too far. Definitely maybe. Aw heck, I’d totally do this if I could fit in my fridge (and not suffocate). File this one under I can’t believe I’m giving this guy more press: Rush Limbaugh announced on his eponymous talk show yesterday that Michelle Obama is a hypocrite …

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Weird Health Food in my Pantry [I’ll show you mine if you show me yours]

by Charlottediets, food, humorPosted on One Comment

Real recipe from foodnetwork.com. My fave comment on it: LocalBoyMakesGoo: “Tried this recipe last night. The bacon was great, but the paper towels tasted awful.” “2 cups dried, unsweetened coconut, 1/2 c almond flour, 1/4 c coconut butter, 1/4 c maple syrup, 1/8 tsp vanilla and sea salt. Mix, roll into balls, refrigerate.” It wasn’t …

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When Workouts Go Bad [Turning sandbags into a healthy snack]

by Charlottefashion, fitness equipment, food, gym adventuresPosted on One Comment

Wardrobe malfunction. Three injured Gym Buddies. Lame exercises. And two broken nails! Monday’s workout – and I do not use this term lightly – sucked eggs. Oh and the best part: See the Gym Buddies all diligently picking up grains of wheat while I pose for pictures like a pageant princess? But you see that …

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Failed Experiment: Community Supported Agriculture

by CharlottefoodPosted on 14 Comments

Pop quiz: what do stinging nettles, horseradish whips and burdock clubs all have in common? They may all sound like instruments of torture but actually they are foods my CSA (community supported agriculture) farm considers edible. I, on the other hand, consider them… instruments of torture. Did you even know that you can eat stinging …

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The Breakfast Battles: Do you or don’t you? [Dueling research!]

by Charlottediets, food, researchPosted on Comments are Disabled

And now you’re not hungry are you? Gah. I shudder every time I look at this. Common sense vs the New York Times. This last week saw an epic showdown between conventional wisdom and the venerable Gray Lady over a topic everyone usually agrees on: breakfast. (Although now that I type that out, it’s not …

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What Intuitive Eating Looks Like in Real Life [A day of Charlotte’s food.]

by Charlotteeating disorders, food, intuitive eating, reader questionsPosted on 4 Comments

www.toothpastefordinner.com Chronicling my daily eats wasn’t as easy as I thought it was going to be. I have new respect for all you food bloggers. First, while I told myself that the fact that everyone on the Internet was going to be seeing and judging me from what I put in mouth wasn’t going to …

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Rejecting Food Without Being Rude [Plus a note on commenting]

by Charlottefood, guest posts, intuitive eatingPosted on One Comment

First – If you’ve ever commented on my site, you’ll notice I use a plug-in widget called Intense Debate. It’s better than Blogger’s native commenting system (allows for threading, e-mail replies, IP tracking etc.) but it’s also terribly buggy. It’ll work perfectly for months and then out of the blue go haywire and eat a …

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