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Fats Are Your Friend

Fats Are Your Friend

by | Feb 9, 2016 | Blog, Culinary Arts, Fitness Academy, Nutrition

Healthy fats help us in so many ways. Yet often times, when people decide it’s time to get skinny, they want to to give up fats, even the good kind. In an effort to be healthy and lose some weight, they go on a “diet”. I hate the word “diet.” It has a negative...
The Truth About Gluten

The Truth About Gluten

by | Feb 4, 2016 | Blog, Fitness Academy, Nutrition

The truth about gluten can be hard to discern. Gluten certainly has a bad rap these days as one of the latest health trends is to “go gluten-free.” One 2013 survey shows that a third of Americans are actively trying to eliminate gluten from their diets. It seems that...
Are Nitrates Safe?

Are Nitrates Safe?

by | Jun 3, 2015 | Blog, Nutrition

“Are nitrates safe?” Questions like this pop up all the time and for good reason. It seems like everyday there is a new food or substance in the news that has been linked to cancer. It can be so overwhelming that I am often tempted to ignore it in hopes...