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Big Sugar Summit in Florida
It was an honor to be invited to speak at the Sierra Club Big Sugar Summit in Florida, June 20, 2015. Over 300 people attended the event in West Palm Beach, demonstrating that many Floridians are...
View ArticleWhat The Pediatrician Says: Dr. Lance Gershen
I am a recently retired pediatrician having practiced in Contra Costa County for 38 years. I’d like to share a little about my increasing awareness of how food and good nutrition can impact our...
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Welcome to the IRN Team, Tony!
Anthony T. Adessa (“Tony”) is the new Director of Advancement for IRN. Since 2000, he amassed compelling breadth and depth of fundraising expertise and success primarily in Bay Area health-related...
View ArticleGuest Post: Cooking Up Nutritious Meals
I remember the first meal I ever “cooked” was a box of processed macaroni and cheese when I was 8 years old. Regardless of the simplicity of preparation or what I recognize now to be a nutritionally...
View ArticleObesity is a National and Homeland Security Issue
Obesity is a national and homeland security issue. Its impact on National Security and homeland security is already large, negative and growing. If it goes unchecked, obesity will destroy us in a way...
View ArticleKeeping It Real: Putting the Science into Action
This week I got together with Dr. Robert Lustig on the first episode of “Keeping it Real” the new webinar series by the Institute for Responsible Nutrition.Dr. Lustig is the founder of the IRN. His...
View ArticleFood As Medicine: Treating High Cholesterol With Whole Foods
Most people don’t like to hear that their cholesterol is high. It’s generally well known that high cholesterol is associated with increased risk for heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular...
View ArticleOh! That Sugar Man! Damon Gameau Shares His Sweet Story.
In the warm Australian summer of 2008, I was pretending to enjoy life as an early 30s single male. My love of self had certainly been applied well to clothing choices and facial grooming but had yet to...
View ArticleThe Slow Food Movement and Childhood Obesity Prevention
The goals of the sustainable food and preventative health community are closely aligned, and their tool kits remarkably complementary. The organization I work with, Slow Food, encourages finding joy in...
View ArticleIn Pursuit of Real Health in New Zealand
My name is Katie Bold and I’m a Naturopath in Taupo, New Zealand. This is my personal story about my journey to health.I’m an ex-smoker, ex-drinker, ex-junk food addict who has lost 20kg since changing...
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What is Real Food?
Answering this question may seem easy at first glance. But, when it comes down to it, this requires considerable thought. It is both simple and complex. We took a stab at answering this question on our...
View ArticleGood to Great
In 2001, Jim Collins published the book Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don’t. While his message is about organizational change, not food, Collins offers a relevant lesson....
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Eat Real Food
I am a kinesiologist and my goal for clients and patients is to "prevent and manage injury and chronic disease and help to reach peak physical performance". I chose a specialty in metabolism when I did...
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What the Doctor Says About Child Nutrition and Real Food
"Real food is any food that supports you in all the amazing things you achieve today and dream of achieving tomorrow. It's food that brings you joy and satisfaction while always keeping your longterm...
View ArticleNature Abhors a Monoculture
We know nature abhors a vacuum, but it also hates a monoculture.Monoculture is the cultivating or growing of a single crop or organism, especially on agricultural or forest land. It is the purposeful...
View ArticleAlong the Way to Food System Change
I am blessed to have been raised by a mother who loved food and who believed preparing meals for loved ones was a work of the soul – for the soul. Cooking together and eating together was sacred family...
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Dear Santa
Dear Santa,Just thought I would beat the rush and “sweeten” my request with a nice plate of real – clean food. All my family wants for Christmas is good health, so we are taking the 10 Day Clean...
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Clean Eating Challenge - Family, Friends, and Happiness
One of the best gifts my mom ever gave us kids was a cookbook, handwritten by her and my grandmother, that contained all of our favorite recipes, with names indicating whose favorite it was. That...
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What the Heck is a REAL Food Drive?
Nearly all of us are familiar with the good old fashioned food drive. Most of us have donated canned or boxed goods at one time or another - to a drive sponsored by our company, our church, our school...
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Added Sugars Drive Diabetes and Obesity
Numerous guidelines and health agencies provide “acceptable” upper intakes of added sugars, but many of these limits allow an intake of added sugars that have been found to cause insulin resistance,...
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