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The Rules

Homemade Microwave Popcorn

Strategies

The Dirty Little Secret of Microwave Popcorn

Calendar

The Rules

January Rules

Powerbar Gel

Thoughts & Observations

Unprocessed Foods and Athletic Performance

Gluten-Free Sourdough Bread

Strategies

Gluten-Free Flours

Bulgur Tabbouli

Thoughts & Observations

In Praise of Traditional Food Processing

Quinoa Salad

#1 - Eat only whole grains

More Whole Grains, Please!

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Thoughts & Observations

My take on the High Fructose Corn Syrup rebranding

Trans Fat Loophole

Fat

The Trans Fat Loophole

Eat Fat

Fat

How much fat should I eat?

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Fat

Types of fat in food

HFCS Mosaic

#2 - No HFCS

Why I don’t eat High Fructose Corn Syrup

Decide Once

Thoughts & Observations

Decide once

Willpower doesn't work, so go ahead and cheat

Thoughts & Observations

Willpower doesn’t work, so go ahead and cheat

No Gray Area

Thoughts & Observations

Don’t go on a diet

Whole Grain Stamp

#1 - Eat only whole grains

How to choose 100% whole grains

Whole Grain Kernel

#1 - Eat only whole grains

Anatomy of a Whole Grain

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