Harley Pasternak

Cranberries are an ultra healthy fruit, but cranberry sauces are often so sugared down that it eliminates all their healthy benefits.

— Harley Pasternak

I grew up in a typical Ashkenazi household. My bubbe actually lived with us. She'd make us the traditional colorless, beige, heavy…

— Harley Pasternak

I used to love eating canned fruit. Once I learned how to read a food label, I learned that canned fruit is…

— Harley Pasternak

While many processed foods are full of salt, and excessive salt intake is associated with hypertension and other conditions, salt is essential…

— Harley Pasternak

Cardio-based exercise involves moving at a moderate intensity, using many muscle groups at once. Think: walking, jogging, cycling, etc.

— Harley Pasternak

The idea behind resistance training is that you're basically tearing something and creating a microtrauma in the muscle. When the muscle recovers,…

— Harley Pasternak

A lot of the weaknesses we have are based on a lack of lateral movement, which can set you up for injury.…

— Harley Pasternak

All the healthiest countries don't eat a lot of tropical fruits. They stay away from pineapples, mangos, papayas, and melons and focus…

— Harley Pasternak

Don't let yourself get stuck without a healthy snack option. If you allow yourself to get famished at work, you're going to…

— Harley Pasternak

Our bodies have a finely tuned, built-in detoxifying system: It's called our liver, and it can detoxify our bodies better than any…

— Harley Pasternak

Do something active that's fun. On tour with Kanye and Common, we would have basketball games on a court in every city…

— Harley Pasternak

You want to try to keep your sleep and meal patterns attached to the time zone that you're in. It's important so…

— Harley Pasternak

One thing is to not look at fitness as something that you do at a prescribed time of day in a prescribed…

— Harley Pasternak

Creating an overall healthy lifestyle for yourself doesn't require a radical diet or significant life change. In fact, it can be attained…

— Harley Pasternak

I spent almost 11 years at university. I have three degrees. I was a nutritional scientist for the Department of National Defense,…

— Harley Pasternak

Just remember the letter 'S': salads, stir fries, scrambles, soups, smoothies and sushi. You can't go wrong with the letter 'S.'

— Harley Pasternak

Fitness isn't about being extreme and hard-core. Healthy eating is not about counting calories, weighing food, or finding less tasteful ingredients. Life…

— Harley Pasternak

While most vegetables are good sources of fiber, greens - especially the dark, leafy variety - are jam-packed with fiber and a…

— Harley Pasternak

I hate greens. I hate vegetables, but greens - especially in a smoothie - are a great way for a big kid…

— Harley Pasternak

If you wait too long between breakfast and lunch or lunch and dinner, you're more likely to be ravenous and overeat and/or…

— Harley Pasternak

The United States is far too efficient. We've lost the ceremony of eating. People don't eat at home and cook meals at…

— Harley Pasternak