Archive for October, 2012
Fats: Old & New
Posted by Kyle Knapp in Eat Naturally, Food, Health & Wellness, Nutrition on October 30, 2012
The more I hear about how “saturated fat is bad for you” and how we should replace things like animal fat and butter with vegetable oil, the more frustrated I get. Just from a common sense perspective, how can this be good for us? Old, naturally occurring fats we have been eating for thousands of […]
Making Better Choices
Posted by Kyle Knapp in Eat Naturally, Food, Health & Wellness, Nutrition on October 28, 2012
I often talk to people about making better choices. Progress taking priority over perfection. Like anything else, making better choices takes some attention, discipline and practice. Once you get a feel for making smarter choices it becomes easier and easier until eventually it is programmed into your overall way of life. One of the best […]
Why We All Don’t Get Cancer
Posted by Kyle Knapp in Food, Health & Wellness, Human Function, Nutrition, Research on October 25, 2012
Cancer. Something that scares so many people and is almost everywhere these days. Thankfully we are making such remarkable advances in the world of research and treatment of cancer, it is becoming much less scary each year. This is certainly the thought of many people on the front lines of the battle against cancer. I […]
The Champ
Posted by Kyle Knapp in Connect, Health & Wellness, Perspective on October 15, 2012
A Go-Getter: an aggressively enterprising person. Over the weekend the world lost one of its classic go-getters. After 82 years of go-getting, the man many knew as “The Champ” has moved on. To others, he was a passionate, good hearted, driven, focused and diligent man. To me, he was a client, mentor, father figure and […]
Rethinking Sodium (& Salt By Default)
Posted by Kyle Knapp in Eat Naturally, Food, Health & Wellness, Nutrition, Rethinking... on October 9, 2012
In 2010, the revised US Dietary Guidelines were released. One of the revisions was to restrict sodium intake to 2300mg per day or 1500mg if older than 50, or of any age who are African American, have hypertension, diabetes or chronic kidney disease. This is unfortunately a further reinforcement of the mantra that sodium (and […]
Thanks, Haagen Dazs
Posted by Kyle Knapp in Eat Naturally, Food, Health & Wellness, Nutrition, Perspective on October 1, 2012
Yes, I am saying thank you to an ice cream company. And this is why… Cream, milk, sugar, egg yolks and vanilla extract. That’s it. Simple, old fashioned ice cream. If you’re going to eat ice cream, this is how you do it. Forget the chemicals, colorings, emulsifiers and other fillers. Stick with the good […]


