So here we are, Thanksgiving already. Someone sent me a meeting request for November 24th, 2009 and I casually accepted thinking “oh that’s just weeks away,” when in fact it was today. Where does the time go? Alas, like many of you, this Thursday (day after tomorrow), I’ll be baking sweet pumpkin pies and bringing my contribution to the family potluck turkey dinner. Unless you’re a dietitian, a food scientist, or a nutrition know-it-all, you probably haven’t noticed how starchy the traditional turkey day meal is. So, let me lay it out for you: Sweet potatoes Yams Stuffing Rolls Mashed…

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Seth Warren and Baby. We can’t get enough of these two. A few months ago, we (re)introduced you to this dynamic duo. Seth, the adventure seeking environmentalist and the trusty (or not so trusty) Baby—a Japanese fire truck powered by veggie-oil, the wind and the sun—hit the pavement and the powder. Check out Seth’s adventures on the road and around the table in a short film series called The Elements of Food. Episode 1 was filmed in Baja and was about folks who celebrate food…Episode 2 heads north to the Rockies and is about folks who explore different types of…

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Many of our ultra-endurance athlete friends struggle with cramping issues that can put a serious wrench in their performance. In my opinion, hydrating properly is one of the most challenging aspects of being out on the road, trail, or in the water for more than an hour or two. You may have heard that dehydration of even 2-3% can slow you down. Dehydration and sodium loss is also the number one cause of cramping! When fluid and sodium losses are high, cramps can be on the menu. Replacing fluid and sodium is one of the trickiest tasks for an ultra-endurance…

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My Grandpa Eric affectionately referred to s’mores as “smears” and for good reason. There’s no way you can enjoy a good, well made s’more without the gooey sticky mess that follows; it’s all part of the experience. What’s better than perfectly melted chocolate smeared with the perfectly toasted marshmallow smashed between two graham cracker squares? Let me tell you. PEANUT BUTTER smeared together with the perfectly melted chocolate and marshmallow. That’s the way we do it at the summer camp where I volunteer each summer—Camp de Los Ninos. The Camp is specific for kids living with type 1 diabetes.…

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A few weeks ago media pushed your buttons and mine with this headline “Organic ‘has no health benefits.’“ Why does this irk me so? It’s wildly irresponsible for the media to mislead consumers with a headline based off a study that failed to address the whole story of organic food. These headlines were a result of a systematic review by the United Kingdom's Food Standards Agency (FSA) that was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The FSA asked whether “organic foods [are] nutritionally superior to conventional foods.” What they did not ask in the analysis was whether organic…

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