Nutrition – Mediterranean Wellness Blog

May 18, 2022

Principles of Mediterranean Wellness: Size Matters

In healthy cultures, a big part of their success if food selection, but an even bigger part is HOW they eat all the wonderful food.

Foods associated with the Mediterranean Dietary approach

May 13, 2022

First Principles of Mediterranean Wellness

The Mediterranean approach is of the healthiest on Earth. But getting their healthy culture to fit for our culture of health requires a return to First Principles.

The words hello and may spelled in patch of green grass

May 4, 2022

MedWell in May

May is an exciting month, with all we have going on and coming up soon.

April 25, 2022

Artificial Chemicals Are Bad For You? Who Saw That Coming?

When coaching our clients on healthy eating, sticking to principles is the best bet. For example, what about those artificial sweeteners? Since we started…

Nutritionist holding wooden box with fresh vegetables

April 15, 2022

The Dirty Dozen

How do you know if your produce is “clean”? The EWG produces a list each year showing the “dirty dozen” and the “clean 15”.

April 1, 2022

For Diet, Focus on Principles Not Particulars

To get the best nutritional and dietary advice for employees, don’t follow the fads. You can focus on cultural habits of healthy people, just be sure to coach them on the principles that make it work.

March 26, 2022

Mythconceptions About Colds and Vitamin C

Carpet bombing your system with mega doses of Vitamin C doesn’t do exactly what the marketers of those products claim.

December 5, 2016

What’s Love Got To Do, Got To Do With It? When It Comes To Your Weight and Health, It Turns Out, Quite A Lot!

I was recently on a phone interview with a newspaper editor who asked me to briefly explain how the Mediterranean people can eat all…

June 21, 2016

Coffee Is Healthy, But ONLY If You Follow These 3 Rules

From a health perspective, coffee has turned a corner and is now increasingly recognized as a healthful drink. In addition to being an antioxidant, it’s…

January 26, 2016

The Nutritional Price Is Right Wheel

Are the official dietary guidelines useful to average Americans? I’m not so sure. Every five years, numerous dietary experts are tasked with putting together a summary…