Tag Archives: nutrition

Busting nutrition misinformation. The sky will not fall-

Posted on June 22, 2014 by Julia Barrett

if your kids don’t eat their broccoli. It all begins with the senses- in particular our inter-related senses of taste and smell. The tongue can taste sweet, salty, sour, bitter and savory or what we now call umami. We also have … Continue reading →

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Eat Fat. Not That.

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Julia Barrett

The myth of low-fat and fat-free: Check out a guest article by one of my very favorite young researchers over on one of my very favorite nutrition/recipe sites- More Thyme Than Dough, Either Eat Fat or Get Fat. Low-fat/No-fat has … Continue reading →

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Another food-related post because I’m too darn tired for a writing-related post.

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Julia Barrett

You all know I have a parrot and a parakeet, right? And you all know the two live together in their gigantor cage in peace and harmony, right? We keep the birds in our bedroom because we realized that birdies … Continue reading →

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