Comments on: Ask Me

By: Darya Pino

Darya Pino — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:27 +0000

Funny you should ask. A post on that very subject will be up tomorrow

By: Allie

Allie — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:01:38 +0000

Hey Darya! I’m just wondering if you can refer me to any good, health-oriented food blogs. I LOVE food blogs, but it’s hard to find ones that don’t worship sweets. Yours is by far my favorite healthful one.

By: Darya Pino

Darya Pino — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:27:27 +0000

w00t!

By: Susan V

Susan V — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:43:22 +0000

So after months of slowly changing my health style, I got the best compliment ever as I was unpacking my breakfast & lunch at the office: “you always have such good-looking whole and real food”. Thanks Darya!

Also, if you have not tried it with yogurt: Dorset Honey Granola (gold box). I mix it with their blue box muesli on yogurt. Only 2g sugar per 1/4c serving! It’s lightly sweet, whole intact grains/nuts and tastes great!

By: Darya Pino

Darya Pino — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:19:52 +0000

*awww schucks* I just turned bright red. Thank you

By: ali

ali — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:47:29 +0000

My question would have to be: How are you so awesome?
Found you this afternoon through the Quirky Farmer’s Market Bag link, and already I love you.
The freezer rice balls are going to change my life, I can tell!
Thanks for a great site about healthy eating.

By: Darya Pino

Darya Pino — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:08:50 +0000

The paleo folks who are commenting on the rice believe grains are bad because they contain antinutrients (phytates) that prevent some vitamin and mineral absorption. I think this is true but don’t think it is relevant in developed countries. I still prefer brown rice. Orange juice has many problems. If you’re juicing it yourself it takes like 6-7 oranges to make a cup. You can do the math and see why there’s so much sugar in there. Store bought OJ, even when it says 100% is highly processed and flavors are added. So no, I don’t really recommend fruit juices at all except on rare occasions. http://summertomato.com/6-things-to-consider-before-buying-a-juicer-other-tips-for-fruit-vegetable-juicing/

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:02:31 +0000

Hello

I’m pretty new to the website but have thoroughly enjoyed the insight into food nutrition and the science involved.

I am however confused about a couple of points which I’d appreciate maybe a little clarification on.

In the article posted about Asian people eating a lot of rice there a numerous comments about white rice being as healthy if not more (possibly) than brown, partly due to brown rice blocking nutrient consumption (?). I was just wonderring what was your general thoughts on the benefits of white vs brown rice?

My second issue has been more of my own lifestyle. Trying to get my 5-a-day I’ve found that orange juice is one of my easiest and favourite forms of fruit consumption, however reading the labels theres orange juice that has upwards of 25% RDA of sugar! This suprised me and, as reading of your opinions on sugar, I was wonderring whether this is generally a poor form of fruit consumption and whether you should generally steer clear of fruit juices?

Thanks for your time

Steve

By: Dan Carranza

Dan Carranza — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:37:59 +0000

At what age do you recomend kids start to eat meat and diary products (other than milk).?

(I once heard that if your baby has blue or green eyes and you don’t feed them meat the first 3 years they don’t change color.)

By: Susan V

Susan V — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:49:34 +0000

Excellent! Please link when you do. I know the original article was quite short, but figured you might be able to find more detail with your resources.

Thx!