Tara Lohan, AlterNet. October 27, 2009. A controversial organization promoting foods high in animal fats has some ecstatic. Others think they're whack jobs.
Katha Pollitt, The Nation. September 7, 2009. Julie & Julia is that very rare movie about women's struggle to express their gifts through work. Not a boyfriend, a fabulous wedding, a baby or escape from a serial killer.
Sarah Krupp, Divine Caroline. September 3, 2009. The real story behind every perfectly round patty and golden fry is something the fast food industry would prefer you not know.
Jessica Hester, Bitch Magazine. August 28, 2009. If porn serves as a repository for images and ideas expelled from society at large, feeding porn seems inevitable.
Ari LeVaux, AlterNet. August 8, 2009. Recent studies indicate cutting your diet by 30 percent of what you're supposed to eat can extend your life, but living longer isn't everything.
Janet Paskin, Ode. July 27, 2009. For more than three decades, we've been told that fatty foods are deadly. But new research suggests that fat can be good for you.
Stacey Folsom, AlterNet. June 24, 2009. McDonald's refuses to take responsibility for the skyrocketing rates of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Brie Cadman, Divine Caroline. May 11, 2009. Here are a few hard truths the diet/food industry isn't going to tell you, but might just help you take a more realistic approach to weight loss.
Brie Cadman, Divine Caroline. April 20, 2009. It's come to light that fat, the much maligned macromolecule, doesn't deserve the reputation it's been dealt.
Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. December 9, 2008. Most dietitians say people already have too much protein in their diets. So why is increased meat consumption being promoted in medical journals?
Geoffrey Lean, The Independent UK. September 8, 2008. A new study shows that children exposed to pesticides in womb are twice as likely to be overweight.
Allison Gaudet Yarrow, Women's eNews. July 15, 2008. A multi-billion-dollar wedding industry peddles the perfection myth more intensely than ever before.
Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. April 15, 2008. In lieu of exercise or a healthy diet, Americans now have the option of losing weight with a drug that causes bowel incontinence.
Nicole McClelland, AlterNet. April 1, 2008. If you're disgusted with our culture of waste, wasting resources, wasting money, then swallow your pride and start sifting through supermarket trash.
Marco Visscher, Ode. January 14, 2008. Why Arnold van Huis wants us to eat cricket pies, fried grasshoppers and mealworm quiche. With four insectalicious recipes.
Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. December 12, 2007. Author Gary Taubes challenges common myths about obesity and explains why Atkins might well have been right.
