Archive | September, 2013

Marion Nestle’s Green Bean Moment

Marion Nestle’s Green Bean Moment

  Last week, I had the honor and pleasure of interviewing professor and author Marion Nestle about her new book Eat Drink Vote: An Illustrated Guide to Food Politics (Rodale, 2013). We actually did a video interview in my New York office, fulfilling one of my youthful dreams of being a talk-show host just like […]

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Anxiety as Entertainment

Anxiety as Entertainment

by guest blogger Renee James, essayist and blogger A few years ago, my husband and I watched the Ryan Gosling movie Drive. I don’t remember the plot, and even if I did, I guarantee you I wouldn’t be able to explain it. I can’t tell you why people did what they did in Drive, nor […]

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What Does California's New Toxic  Substances Law Mean for You?

What Does California’s New Toxic
Substances Law Mean for You?

by guest blogger Deirdre Imus, author and environmental health advocate Sometimes—though not often enough for my liking—companies that manufacture consumer products grow a conscience, cave to public pressure, or both, and vow to discontinue using toxic substances in their shampoo, window cleaner, or toothpaste. It’s a step in the right direction, though it often comes […]

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Alice Waters Makes Salad Dressing at My House

Alice Waters Makes Salad Dressing at My House

When I had Alice Waters over to my house for dinner, there was just one thing I wanted from her: to learn how to make real restaurant-style salad dressing the way she makes it. I’d eaten her salads before and all I can say is YUM. I needed to know the secret! I was thrilled […]

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8 Toxin-Filtering Houseplants

8 Toxin-Filtering Houseplants

by guest blogger Maria Luci, associate editor at Maria’s Farm Country Kitchen When we think of poor air quality, we often picture smoggy cityscapes and jam-packed highways, but there’s another place where we should be focusing our attention on air pollution: our own homes. Due to the airtight nature of many houses and apartments today, […]

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Making Dinner for Alice Waters

Making Dinner for Alice Waters

A few weeks ago I woke up in the middle of the night in a bit of a panic. Alice Waters was coming to accept the Rodale Institute Organic Pioneer Award on a Friday night, and on Thursday, she was speaking to our editors, so that meant…SHE’D NEED TO EAT SOMETHING ON THURSDAY NIGHT! Crap. […]

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Yoga for an Immune System "Boost-Up"

Yoga for an Immune System “Boost-Up”

by Holly Walck, devoted Iyengar yoga student and teacher There are countless studies that show that yoga improves immune functioning, most recently the one mentioned in a post here by Dr. Eliaz that describes “how yoga is actually working to benefit us on the genetic level.” The online Oxford English Dictionary defines immunity as “the […]

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Food Addiction is Real

Food Addiction is Real

by guest blogger Pam Peeke, MD, MPH, FACP, best-selling author and expert on health, fitness, and nutrition     One year ago I launched my book, The Hunger Fix: The Three-Stage Detox and Recovery Plan for Overeating and Food Addiction (Rodale 2012), on Katie Couric’s show. Within five days it became a New York Times best […]

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