Here's what I've learned.
One thing about me is that I'm never short of ideas. That's one of those good and bad qualities we all possess. Helpful in some ways, and problematic in others.
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Protein bars. Yay or nay?
A practical guide to the weird world of protein bars.
Protein bars are what happens when we lose touch with the wholeness of a food. I say that as someone who consumes them, although after writing this missive, it will be far less.
Protein bars encourage us to look at the front of the package with their bold claims in grams. 10 15 20 grams per bar! No added sugar, 1g of sugar, 5g of sugar!
We...
Would this have fooled you?
I was wearing a glucose monitor on a long bike ride when I ate a bag of jalapeño cheese puffs. What can I say, things happen (even to healthy living advocates).
My blood sugar rose to 170.
And not just for a few minutes. It stayed elevated for hours after.
That got my attention.
Not because cheese puffs are “bad.” Not because I think every spike is a crisis. But because this is exactly how m...
