Do you dread—achoo! achoo! achoo!—spring? If so, you’re not alone! We should all love spring. It means the end of cold and snow (for the most part!), and it can be a beautiful season, with budding trees and flowers and a greening landscape.Unfortunately, the reality...
Bitter and pungent-tasting foods are largely absent from the Standard American Diet (SAD diet)—a way of eating characterized by refined grains, sugar (in all of its refined and processed forms), high intake of factory farm red meats, processed meats (think bacon,...
If you’re a newcomer to gluten-free baking, you’ll want to review the following tips before you start baking anything. Unlike cooking, where you can easily swap out one ingredient for another, baking is precise and less amenable to substitutions. Gluten-free baking...
When it came to food, our ancestors never wasted as much as we do. When an animal was available to eat, EVERY part of animal was viewed as edible—not just “lean protein (muscle meats). This included organ meats, like liver; animal fat and bones. Speaking of bones…bone...
Chocolate and The Love Connection The symbolic connection between chocolate and love was originally established by the Mayans of Mexico where, in addition to serving chocolate as a celebratory beverage at betrothal and marriage ceremonies (much like expensive French...
Growing up, my mother used to cook liver once a week or every two weeks. I loved liver and regarded it as a "treat", sometimes confusing it with steak, which I also loved! As a child, I had no idea that liver was a nutrition powerhouse. It is, in fact, an original...
Come September, we want (and need) more energy! There are schedules to juggle. Places to be. People to see. Reaching for more caffeine and sugar to boost energy, however, tips most of us into hormonal imbalance, setting us up to feel more anxious, overwhelmed and...
Home cooked food is good food—and a pleasure that we don’t enjoy often enough. Here, in New York, we’re at peak summer harvest. How will you celebrate this seasonal bounty? For easy home-cooking inspiration, click on the photos (above and below) for healthy and...
In addition to Valentine’s Day, February is Heart Health month. Heart disease remains the #1 cause of death for both men and women in the U.S. We need to show our heart some love. Yet, conflicting health headlines can leave us confused about the best ways to prevent...
Now, there's something we don't often hear about...the health benefits of saturated fat! For nearly 60 years, saturated fat has been portrayed as a villain. See my post Why Saturated Fat Is Not the Enemy. Yet, other indigenous populations, like the Inuit Eskimos or...
Hi, I’m Kathryn Matthews. As a Board Certified Functional Health Coach, I help clients reclaim their energy, vitality and well-being. I want you to feel empowered about taking charge of YOUR health! To learn more, see About Kathryn.