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Carbon Footprint Of A Cheeseburger

Posted April 22nd, 2008 by Alyssa Royse

My family and I spent yesterday evening at a lecture called The Challenge of Climate Change, which was given by Dennis Dimick, editor of National Geographic, as part of their National Geographic Live Lecture

Life span and cooking

Posted December 4th, 2007 by joanifland

As an experiment, I decided to stay out of restaurants as much as possible and do my own cooking. I wondered what benefits I might get. I was surprised. I thought I had a good strategy for portion control in restaurants but I was wrong. I ask for a take-out box when I placemy order. I put half of the meal into the takeout box as soon as it comes to the table. I eat the other half fo

One ripple creates a wave

Posted December 3rd, 2007 by joanifland

Yesterday, I attended services at the church where I conducted my doctoral internship. I sat in the pew at St.

How to prove that an addiction exists?

Posted December 2nd, 2007 by joanifland

I had the pleasure of hoting Kay Sheppard this weekend. She is the first person to describe the disease of food addiction in her 1989 book, Food Addiction: The Body Knows. Kay has 30 years of recovery from addictive foods. She talked alot about the research that needs to be done to determine the course of disease and to validate assessment and treatment methods. Fortunately, th

Thoughts on Kingsolver book

Posted November 27th, 2007 by joanifland

Barbara Kingsolver has turned out another page-turner on the plant and animal world. The premise of the book is that the Kingsolver family sources all of its food from the Virginia county where their farm is located. It's beautifully written, even evocative. And just try to put it down before you find out what happens to the turkeys' reproduction efforts!

Holidays and Food: One Solution

Posted November 26th, 2007 by joanifland

Sorting through food issues during the holidays is a chore. Even when we are really clear about what we want to eat, we can be thwarted by the fact that we are away from home, without our valued routines. This year, my younger daughter, Camille hosted Thanksgiving. She did a fabulous job. Everyone was very happy with the food in spite of the fact that all four of us eat differently. W

Simple Start to Health and Combating Obesity

Posted November 9th, 2007 by Byron McCann

Joan Ifland's Cause, Refined Food Addiction (ReFA), gives us simple steps to take to immediately turn around the impact of unhealthy eating habits without stopping to eat great food and good portions too.
I've known Joan for many years and have a great respect for her robust research and applied methods.