Is gluten sensitivity a real thing? New research says your bagel bloat is all in your head

Leave it to Jimmy Kimmel and late night TV to be the harbinger of the next big thing in dietary science. I mean, he is the guy famous for the “I ate all your Halloween candy” videos after all. So when I read a new study about gluten sensitivity (or lack thereof, as you shall …

What Are Ancient Grains and Should You Be Eating Them? [Angelina Jolie’s Birdseed Diet]

Do you think Angelina Jolie poops a lot? I don’t normally think of the toothy actress much but the past few days I’ve spent a lot of time wondering about her and her dietary habits, especially as I’ve been spending a lot of time on the potty thanks to her. Constipation is very rarely an …

Drink Full-Fat Milk for a Fat-Free Tummy? New Research Debunks Conventional Wisdom on Dairy

 I don’t know why but this made me laugh and just keep on laughing.  My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard. No, like literally. Tuesdays are like Christmas here, thanks to our weekly delivery of milk. Every morning we start out with “Is it milk day?” as my boys rush out to check the …

Is Bone Broth Really a Magic Health Elixir? [9 Reasons Why You Should Try Drinking Bone Broth]

Bouncing along the dirt road, listening to the box full of frozen bones clanking around like I’d car-jacked Ezekiel, all I could hope was that I wouldn’t get pulled over because I didn’t want to have to explain to a cop why there was a bloody cardboard box filled with a chopped up cow skeleton …

Where Do You Draw The Line Between Having Drive and Being Driven? [Jillian Michaels’ Fiasco Answers All the Wrong Questions]

 Nature’s Metabolic Booster Supplement: Dark chocolate covered jalapenos! Your insides will be positively volcanic! (And also possibly parts of your outside, like your anus.) So, did you hear there was A Thing on The Biggest Loser last week? No, not “the Thing” (although there’s a show I would watch!) but A Thing That Happened. In fact, …

Adventures in PMS: My Glowing Green Smoothie Debacle [The sheen of nausea counts as glowing, right??]

A honeycrisp apple approximately the size of Jelly Bean’s head. Surely if any piece of produce could imbue me with super bloat-repelling powers it would be this magnificent beast! Truth: I have one of those period tracker apps on my phone. I’d like to say it’s just more evidence of my hysterical white lady hypochondriac …

The Gummi Bear Cleanse: Attack of the Flamethrower Toting Murder Bears [Bad reactions to artificial sweeteners are so so funny]

Sugar substitutes are not my friend. From lab rat to gym rat, really they’re not anyone’s friend. And yet over the years I’ve ingested way more than my fair share. I remember one incident, remembered only to my roommates as The Day Licorice Died And Took Our Cleaning Deposit With It. I was a young …

How Bad is Sugar For You? As Bad As Marrying Your Sister, Says Science [Plus: My new favorite tip for busting sugar cravings]

“Note to Mothers: Play safe with your young ones – make sure they get sugar every day.” Egads… P.S. I want to watusi too!! The next time you’re tempted to mindlessly eat handfuls of chocolate chips or order the extra large soda with dinner or drink syrup straight from the bottle (which… I can’t really …

What I Learned From Canning My Own Peaches [That Buying Them Would Probably Be Easier and Cheaper]

We’re all about learning new stuff these days. For instance Jelly Bean is learning how to tie bows (and therefore only wears things with tie-able parts… and only ties them in the front). So when my friend Heather offered to teach me how to can peaches, I jumped on it. It helped that peaches are …

Burping Breakfast: What to Eat to Fuel Your A.M. Workout [Plus: The differences in fat metabolization between men and women]

Man, I miss Calvin! Burping noxious flavors is my primary concern when deciding what to eat pre-workout. Especially now that I have a couple of friends that I go running with a few mornings a week (friends! yay!!). We go early early to avoid both our kids and the hot sun and so this idea …