So have you clicked on this article hoping to find some new, never-before-heard-of, recently discovered,  “secret-mojo-way” to losing weight that the food industry doesn’t want you to know about? Sorry.  There’s no such thing.  Let me say that again so you can stop your frantic searching — there is no secret way to losing weight.  All you have to do …

The term “organic” seems to be one of those “in” things that keeps cropping up on TV food commercials and product labels.  But what exactly does “organic” mean? Contented cows?  Butterflies gliding slowly over green fields of clover?  Close, but not exactly. In order to be classified as “organic” by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and be able to …

You’ll find the word “organic” just about everywhere these days.  From candy to ice cream, the word “organic” has quickly become more of a marketing term than a statement about how the food is produced.  Administered by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the National Organic Program is responsible for defining what “organic” means and how the term is used.  …

Was “get on a diet” one of your New Year’s Resolutions? If it was, how’s that working for ‘ya? According to a national survey by the American Dietetic Association, over 40% of Americans choose being on some form of diet as one of their New Year’s Resolutions.  Unfortunately, only 1 in 5 are still on it by the time February …

The older I get the louder I hear my “life clock” ticking.  All of us only have so much time on Earth.  All of us only have so much life in us, and when it’s gone, it’s gone. Now I know that most people believe in an afterlife but that’s not what this post is about.  This post is about …

OK, if you’re like the rest of us, you made it through the Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Year holidays with 5-10 extra pounds you swore you weren’t going to put on, but ended up with anyway.  Only someone with rock-solid will power (or someone who doesn’t get invited to parties much) could have avoided it.  The point is that for the rest of …