Category: Diet
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When I Googled where the nearest Arby’s was in relation to my house, I groaned when the ETA said 20+ minutes. Little did I know the treasure I would find. Food was delicious, went with the Arby Melt as Eat This, Not That recommends. Couldn’t avoid the delicious potato cakes, however.
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Chobani makes my favorite Greek yogurt out there. There is nothing better than a nice blueberry or strawberry banana Chobani. When I heard they had some new flavors, I was excited to try them. First on my list? Apple Cinnamon. The Good: Apple Cinnamon’s fruit-on-the-bottom is tremendous. Imagine the filling of a cinnamon Pop-Tart with…
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If you lived in the Lehigh Valley through the 1980’s and 1990’s, you were familiar with J’s Cheesesteaks and Subs. Amoroso’s rolls, or a very close imitator, book-ending fresh cold-cuts, cut thin, with stringy lettuce, ripe tomatoes, oil, vinegar, and I get mustard on mine. The cheesesteaks may even be better. I didn’t stand a…
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Day 2 started off positively not unlike Day 1 (See how that went down, here). At the recommendation of Men’s Health’s 125 Best Food’s For Men list published in the November 2010 issue, I started my day with what they listed as the best oatmeal for men, Quaker Weight Control Instant Oatmeal. The guide suggests…
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Just in time for beach season, decided to fine tune the diet. Yesterday was day 1 of my 14 day clean streak goal. Some of my goals for the next two weeks: Avoid fried foods Avoid simple sugars Eat 4-5 times daily Maintain a 1/1 ratio of grams of protein consumed to body weight lbs…
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We’ve all bought products for different reasons: because they improve our health, because they’re endorsed by famous celebrities, because they taste great, and because they are cheap. Amazingly, this product hits none of those bench-marks. Youngevity is apparently a pyramid-scheme group, not unlike Amway, which sells you licenses to sell their products. One of those…
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Today is Friday. I love Fridays. It means I’m one day away from visiting or being visited by the most awesome person in the world. It is/was/will be pay day. And while I have absolutely no scientific proof to make this claim, everyone else is just a little bit happier on Fridays. And while Friday’s…
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The term superfood has been abused across the globe and is being phased out, or not used at all, by dietitians. A superfood is generally a food marketed as something with additional benefits beyond what can be proven by science. For instance the superfood that started it all, the blueberry, can be found being marketed as…
