Consumer interest and demand for natural meat products, including grass-fed beef, has risen in recent years. The foremost reason for this trend is purportedly different fat content or composition differences between beef from traditionally raised (grain-fed) cattle and grass-fed cattle.  Personally I know one or two people who exclusively buy grass-fed beef, at sometimes exorbitant prices, citing [...]

A new study out with some interesting results. What happens when you add extra calories to people’s diets by making them snack on lots of candy? Do the same changes occur when the snack is something else, say fat and protein from peanuts, instead of just sugar? 

A research team in Sweden asked just that, and published [...]

I love reading new studies. I can admit I like it most when they confirm what I recommend to my clients.  It helps me know I’m not leading people away from the truth, but toward it. Of course, I do sometimes learn new things, and in that case, it helps me redirect my message to be more [...]

To marathon or not to marathon….that is the question. The NJ marathon is in just over 2 weeks, and prior to this month, I expected to do pretty well. But getting sick at *precisely* the worst time has thrown a wrench in things. Now I’m well, but having missed the critical weeks of distance training leaves [...]