Category: Heart-smart eating

– posts here focus on what we put into our mouths

While we’re at it – and I am always at it…

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by Carolyn Thomas   ♥  @HeartSisters  

I read an article in The Guardian recently. It happened to be about menopause, a stage of life I have already graduated from (thank goodness!)  But it was still interesting to me, as a person who once exhibited world-class projectile sweating during an event at which I was the guest of honour.

But that’s another menopause story entirely.

One particular line of this article leaped out at me. Not about menopause at all, actually, but about women who have opinions.    . Continue reading “While we’re at it – and I am always at it…” →

Did you hear this? Oatmeal is now your enemy

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by Carolyn Thomas  ♥  @HeartSisters  ♥  July 1, 2018

Screen Shot 2018-06-25 at 7.49.53 PMDoctors, are you frustrated by failed attempts to convince your heart patients to follow your sound advice on lifestyle improvements? Are you exhausted from trying to figure out why they won’t stop eating junk and start eating heart-healthy foods just like you are recommending?

Stand back, please. I think I have finally figured out WHY YOUR PATIENTS WON’T LISTEN! Continue reading “Did you hear this? Oatmeal is now your enemy” →

Report card: my month of eating Mediterranean

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by Carolyn Thomas  ♥   @HeartSisters

May, as you may recall, was National Mediterranean Diet Month, celebrated at our house with a helpful Oldways calendar posted on the fridge with 31 daily suggestions on how to introduce more heart-healthy Med Month changes into our regular routine. As threatened promised, here’s how I did:  Continue reading “Report card: my month of eating Mediterranean” →

Dear Cleveland Clinic: It’s food, not poison, for crying out loud!

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by Carolyn Thomas  ♥  @HeartSisters

Earth to Cleveland Clinic dietitians: please stop sharing your joyless, preachy, pinched-face, finger-wagging lectures about foods you consider to be evil. In a rush to convince the great unwashed out here to improve our daily diet, many so-called “experts” like you seem to believe that nagging and food-shaming are the most effective ways to change behaviour. Trust me, they are not.

Today, I offer two examples of dietary advice, one that I plan to not only ignore but publicly mock, as well as one terrific example (definitely NOT from Cleveland Clinic) that’s already printed and posted on my fridge door. Continue reading “Dear Cleveland Clinic: It’s food, not poison, for crying out loud!” →