So, I’m going to give ayurvedic eating a two-week trial, just for gits and shiggles (start date TBA). Once again, this is the ancient Indian health system that separates people into 3 types or “doshas.” For the best health — “balance” — each type is supposed to focus on particular foods and activity levels.
I’ve cocked […]

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My approach to managing
sugar sensitivity is to limit the sweet stuff rather than write it off completely. Occasionally I like to have dessert. By occasionally, I mean frequently.
I’ve found that in baking recipes, you can usually halve the amount of sugar, at least coming from the perspective
of someone who has mostly stripped sweets from their […]

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This recipe is the best dish I’ve made in a long while. It’s so good I want to climb to the highest peak in the land with a giant megaphone and tell the world! But it’s Sunday morning and I’m in my bathrobe and the blog will have to do.
A few notes: I’m posting my […]

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Boo to Cover Girl for running Jaslene’s spots during America’s Top Model. (I wrote this two days ago and forgot to post it! Also, I tried to find video but couldn’t.) I know she insists she’s not anorexic. OK. But I still think Cover Girl should think twice before using ads where the model looks […]

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Check out this article on “eating to support your yoga” in Yoga Journal. If the sections on ayurvedic eating and fasting (they give fasting a thumbs-down) bore you, skip straight to the “conscious eating” section.

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Have you tried to make something “healthy” or just something to use up the odds and ends in the fridge and had the experiment go horribly awry? Or had a surprise success?
Yesterday I was cleaning out the fridge and stirred together a concoction of brown rice, light goat cheese, marinated artichokes, grated carrots, and spaghetti […]

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Half of Me details the disappointment of a Starbuck’s pumpkin scone and latte, much longed for and finally eaten as a “cheat meal.” I was right there with her: Starby’s once failed me, too, in the baked goods dept. Oh, how it was a day of woe. Oh, how the skies ran with blood. Oh, […]

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Crabby takes a break from crankiness today to celebrate her healthy life (she’s on a roll this week!). Since we here are all about reveling in good health, this is the perfect topic for The Flying Trapeze. So perfect we have to piggyback: What are three things you love about your healthy life?
My list:

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Earlier I argued for taking a maintenance break — or several — during periods where you’re plateauing or just generally frustrated with The Evil Diet. Today I try to argue the cons — although not very well, I admit. My cons mostly seem limp and I can’t help but poke them to see if they’re […]

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This is only very obliquely health-related, but Crabby’s “Handy Guide to Medicine” as gleaned from Grey’s episodes had to be posted. Heh.

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