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Specifically, "How Do I Eat Less Sugar?" There's a faulty idea at the heart of that question that I'd like to address. Eating less sugar is important for your health now and as you age. There's no doubt this is an important thing to do. Where people go wrong is thinking that the desire for su...

Dec 26, 2025 aging community cook! newsletter sugar ultraprocessed

Why Kale Is Healthier With Olive Oil (And Most People Miss This)

Also, why it suddenly tastes amazing. Despite having a self-proclaimed wide palate, I admit I turned up my nose at kale. It's good for you, there's no doubt about that. But the very qualities that make it a nutritional powerhouse also make it tough to enjoy (play on words). Kale earns its reputat...

Dec 19, 2025 calories community cook! kale newsletter ultraprocessed workshop

Are You Getting Older or Healthier?

Not a trick question. The good news: Research suggests that the lifestyle choices we make from our forties into our seventies are among the most critical predictors of healthy aging. Two recent studies add to the growing evidence. The first study, published earlier this year in Nature Medicine...

Dec 13, 2025 aging community cook! newsletter ultraprocessed vitality

I Want To Get Healthy. Where do I Start?

If the first steps to improving your health (or losing weight) feel murky, this one's for you. Almost eighteen years ago, I quit dieting for good. When you don't have meal plans, apps, or calorie restriction to rely on for quick results, it requires a deeper focus. Step one? Observe my regular ...

Dec 05, 2025 calories community cook! newsletter ultraprocessed

New features for the newsletter.

Community + Events Hi 👋Quick update, and it’s a good one. You know how this newsletter has always been about clarity, real food, and making this whole “healthy life” thing feel doable?Well… now it comes with an actual community space to help you follow through. A real-food community for women wh...

Nov 15, 2025 community cook!

This is a perfect meal 🎣

I adore tinned fish, which makes me cool and smart. Sometimes, people disagree (about any of that), but I pay them no mind. Tinned fish is not the cat food adjacent stuff at the grocery store that looks weird and smells worse. It's just a way of preserving small, highly nutritious fish that gen...

Oct 03, 2025 calories cook! fish food processing real food salad weight gain what to eat

I mean, can this work?

A reader asked, "I keep coming across ads for this brand of supplements and can't help but wonder what your thoughts are." Well, here they are. But first! I've made today's premium newsletter free to everyone. Please consider joining as a paid member. It's $12 a month for the information and per...

by Rebecca Thomas — Oct 04, 2024 cook! dubious claims healthy living mindset overeating real food sugar weight gain weight loss

I Gained 4.5 Pounds This Summer!

Here's how I'm handling it. I had a staycation sort of summer. There was loads of bike riding, fig-picking, pizza parties, splashing in the river, late dinners, pastry for lunch, tacos after mountain biking, and other assorted activities, often back-to-back. I threw caution to the wind because s...

Sep 20, 2024 accountability cook! healthy living mindset overeating real food weight gain weight loss

5 Keystone Habits For Automatic No-Diet Weight Loss

Keystone means these actions are immediately beneficial and holistically create more significant shifts in your life. They provide the structure to move through your day, enabling you to enact healthy weight behaviors without the burden of micro-managing your food.

by Rebecca Thomas — Sep 06, 2024 accountability cook! healthy living keystone habits mindset real food salad weight loss

I'm one of 4% who lost significant weight and kept it off past the ten-year mark.

I did it without apps, fasting schemes, calorie counting, or carb restriction.

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