“We blame the sun for skin cancer, but it’s not that simple. If it were, our years of slathering sunscreen and avoiding the sun would have resulted in a decrease in skin cancer diagnoses. But since sun protection factor (SPF)… — Liz Wolfe Copy Share
“When we eat more cholesterol, the body produces less,” says nutritionist and physician Natasha Campbell-McBride. “When we eat less cholesterol, the body produces more.” Why eat cholesterol-rich foods, then, if the body will produce it anyway? Because it eases the body’s burden and is associated with improved cognitive function, and because, in many individuals, cholesterol synthesis is inadequate for all… — Liz Wolfe Copy Share
“We often confuse “thin” with “healthy” and “healthy diet” with “intervention diet,” but losing weight on any given diet doesn’t make that diet—or the… — Liz Wolfe Copy Share Image
“The calories in natural, unprocessed, real foods are more than just calories. They’re full of more magic than a Disney Princess convention.” — Liz Wolfe Copy Share Image
“Paleo is not a diet. It’s not a fad. It’s not a rigid set of rules to follow. It’s not a sound bite. It’s… — Liz Wolfe Copy Share Image
“We’re an instant-gratification society, and if something doesn’t immediately decimate us like a wooden stake in a vampire’s cold, dead heart, we generally assume… — Liz Wolfe Copy Share Image
“Damn the man. Save the bacon drippings. If you’ve been staying away from natural fat and choking down highly processed substitutes for the real thing, I’ve got some amazing news: Natural, unrefined fat is perfectly healthy. Especially fat from properly raised animals. So make yourself a latte, pour in the cream, and enjoy your three-egg omelet with all the yolks.… — Liz Wolfe Copy Share
“Human breast milk is high in cholesterol because babies need plenty of it to develop healthy brains and sharp eyesight. In fact, breast milk… — Liz Wolfe Copy Share Image
“We blame the sun for skin cancer, but it’s not that simple. If it were, our years of slathering sunscreen and avoiding the sun would have resulted in a decrease in skin cancer diagnoses. But since sun protection factor (SPF) sunscreens received FDA approval in the 1970s, the incidence of melanoma in children has risen nearly 3 percent per year—throughout… — Liz Wolfe Copy Share
“Since leptin is what gives us a feeling of satiety when we’re full, our hunger can become excessive and relentless, just as it can… — Liz Wolfe Copy Share Image
“When our bodies don’t have the nutrients they need—the nutrients from fats—for basic tasks like cellular repair, hormonal function or even damage control, they… — Liz Wolfe Copy Share Image
“Backyard chickens mean eggs, meat, broth, and compost, all for the small price of keeping these birds safe and well fed with nutrition as… — Liz Wolfe Copy Share Image
“The only thing more infuriating than finding out that we’ve been lied to is finding out that we’ve been eating those lies for breakfast,… — Liz Wolfe Copy Share Image
