The Freedom Promise Blog

Did you wake up today asking, “what do I feel like eating this morning?” or did you start the day with a set of food rules? Can you honor your hunger? Feel your fullness? Challenge the food police, respect your body? Where are pleasure and satisfaction in your food...

Can it be that the holiday season is upon us? Some of us have welcomed in the Jewish New Year with tables of food serving up memories old and new, maybe you’re hearing the call of those jumbo sized bags of Halloween candy, realizing Thanksgiving isn’t far away and...

While apples are the stuff of legend, their close relatives, pears, are considered ho-hum. People often associate pears with their bland canned form, or with rare caramelized desserts; beyond that, pears don’t usually factor into most people’s daily thoughts. In the...

Sometimes the nutrition world feels like a land of controversy. I bet you know what I mean, and often find yourself wondering just who or what to pay attention to. There are hundreds of “nutrition experts” (all with conflicting advice), new books each week...

Is coconut oil safe? The media is buzzing after the American Heart Association released a report calling coconut oil a potentially deadly fat with “no known offsetting favorable effects.” Before you start purging your pantry, let’s do some fact-checking! Here’s a...

Summer is here and so are the food-filled gatherings and celebrations. The lazy, hazy days of Summer fun in the sun make it so easy to throw our best intentions into the surf. My clients are asking what to do in such scenarios while adding the last thing they want is...