3 Signs Your Football Season Diet Has Gone Too Far
It’s 3 o’clock in the afternoon on a mid-autumn Sunday and you’re double dipping a chip as your favorite team scores the go-ahead touchdown. Can life get any better? you ask yourself as you contemplate which pizza to order at halftime. While it’s important to treat yourself from time to time, football season is long—17...
How to Make the World’s Healthiest Piece of Toast
Who doesn’t love a hot slice of toast? It’s quick, versatile, and portable, making it a great on-the-go snack. That is, unless you’re going against the grain(s), practicing paleo, side-stepping sugar, or in the middle of Whole30 like the founder of fitlosophy, Angela Mader. The delicious, grain-free solution? Sweet potato toast! Head over to the fitlosophy blog for easy “how-to”...
Eating Dates Gives You These 4 Superpowers
“Dates for days.” Spend one evening in the Choice kitchen and you’re guaranteed to hear our favorite mantra uttered at least once. When you refuse to add sugar, sugar alcohols, artificial sweeteners, or “natural flavors” to your product, you need to get creative when it comes to entering the nutrition bar industry. And that’s where...
3 Healthy Fourth of July Breakfast Ideas
Before the fireworks, before the barbecue, there’s breakfast. Monday mornings may normally be manic, but thanks to the 4th of July holiday you have extra time to fix yourself a quality breakfast this week. Put that freedom to good use and try one of the below recipes to start your Independence Day off with a...
How to Become Harder to Kill
Remember when you were afraid of the monster under your bed as a kid? Or was yours the variety that lived in the closet? Either way, we humans learn to fear at a young age. And the #1 fear–despite what some say about public speaking–is the fear of death. While fatalities from monster attacks last...
I Asked a Major Nutrition Bar Company About Their Ingredients and Was Told to F*** Off
Well excuse me, Larabar. Or is it General Mills I should apologize to? General Mills, the massive corporate giant of the food industry, bought Larabar back in 2008. And apparently transparency is not one of their values. I sent a question via the contact form on Larabar’s website this past Sunday out of curiosity about...
Hide and Seek: The Curious Case of Sludge in Your Food
Soy Lecithin, a common ingredient in processed foods, including several leading “nutrition” bars Let’s play a game. We’ll present you with two groups of things, Group A and Group B. We’ll then ask a few simple questions and send you on your way with a free giveaway. Group A: Soy Lecithin, Maltitol Syrup, Maltodextrin, Sucralose, Xanthan...
