How is the climate crisis changing not just landscapes, but fundamental sustenance sources such as plant foods and medicines? I’ve been leaning into this question for decades, starting as a reporter in the early aughts and now as a naturopathic doctor who...
I was reading a nutrition article in the New York Times the other day, and it made the same mistake as so much of such writing: it referred to veggie recommendation in terms of “servings” per day, a term that gives zero guidance for actual people. How much...
There was a period of time when kale was everyone’s favorite health food (whether or not they personally enjoyed it.) Then came the backlash, with dozens of articles and YouTube videos sharing titles like “the dark side of kale.” Obviously, anything...
In a recent blog post, I wrote about food sources of omega-3 fatty acids (and why I often recommend people take fish-oil supplements.) The clear winner was farmed Atlantic salmon — something I will never recommend and personally will not eat. Here’s why....
There’s an Indian-spiced winter squash dish that’s heavy in my rotation right now, and it’s making me so happy and also all kinds of nostalgic. how it started When I first moved to Oregon 30 years ago, neither my partner nor I were very good at cooking. It was all...
