Diet

George Gurdjieff, the inscrutable Armenian mystic of early last century, insisted that we humans are constantly bearing false witness against ourselves, by glibly using the pronoun "I" to refer to who we are. Rather, he pointed out that careful scrutiny would reveal that this presumably singular person we call "I" is in fact a constantly changing persona simply sharing the same name.   Read More

Have you ever experienced do-gooder exhaustion? When you've done the right things for so long, you just need to indulge your inner sinner? Or when you've given so much to others that you want to save something for yourself? Read More

Dr Michael Fitzpatrick, author of Defeating Autism, recently talked to me about how raising a child with autism can be made infinitely harder - emotionally, financially and practically - by the charlatanic ‘war on autism'. Read More

Want to know the odds that your next diet will succeed? Don't look inside your refrigerator. According to a new study, you're better off taking a trip around your neighborhood. Read More

Many dieters have an interesting sabotaging thought: "Because I wasn't perfect on my diet just now (i.e., because I just cheated), I may as well give up (and start again tomorrow)." It's a cleverly hidden excuse. Read More

While some foods are very sexy looking (tomato cleavage, the butt of a pear, a single cherry, anything that oozes) and folklore has long entertained us with tales about the aphrodisiac qualities of foods like oysters, chocolate, and snails, it's only rarely that, as a dietitian, I have anything professional to say about food and sex. Read More

How you feel about the food you eat can determine the success of your diet. Read More

Your mood is determined, in part, by the food you eat. And vice versa.

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