Dr. Oz Gets it Really Wrong About Pumpkin Seed Oil
On a popular episode of Dr. Oz show, the good doctor shared two of his “best-kept health secrets”. Â While I did not watch the show myself …
Healthy Fats
How to Choose and Reuse Cooking Oil Safely
How to choose and reuse cooking oil by following these important safety guidelines to avoid the creation of free radicals and carcinogens in the oil …
How to Tell If Eggs Are Fresh
Quick and easy test using a glass of water to tell if you have fresh eggs, moderately fresh eggs, or old ones that should be thrown away. Don’t …
How to Healthfully Use Chicken Fat for Cooking
Chicken fat or schmaltz is a traditional fat, very budget-friendly and quite healthy to use. Be sure to follow these important cautions if you choose …
The Top 10 Celebrities Who Use Virgin Coconut Oil
Virgin coconut oil is making a strong comeback. Â After decades of derision and active avoidance by those who mistakenly believed it would clog their …
Rendering Beef Tallow the Easy and Traditional Way
Tallow is hands down my favorite traditional fat to use for frying. I like it even more than lard. It is ideal for this purpose as it has less than 3% …
The Many Shades of Palm Oil
More consumers are taking the time to educate themselves and wise up to the serious health problems associated with consumption of …
Cooking with Olive Oil: Yay or Nay?
Cooking with olive oil is a controversial subject with some people saying it is fine and others insisting it damages the oil. The truth falls …
Best Vitamin K2 Supplements. MK-4 or MK-7?
Discussion of the various vitamin K2 supplements on the market with a comparison of MK-4 from animal sources or MK-7 from bacterial fermentation to …
Does Cooking Eggs Oxidize the Cholesterol?
Eggs seem to be one of those foods that many folks are perpetually confused about – for a variety of reasons. On the one hand, you have the egg …
How Vegetable Oils Make Us Fat
Discussion of how consumption of processed seed oils triggers similar neurological pathways as smoking weed to increase appetite and food intake to …
Guess What? You’re Probably Still Eating Trans Fats
Beginning in January 2008, the FDA required that food labels include information on trans fats. The FDA approved this new regulation because of the …