Bellevue Nutritionist Angela Pifer writes: While some trans fatty acids (trans fats) occur naturally, most trans fats are the result of hydrogenation, a process that occurs during the production of commercial foods. Once upon a time, only true diet detectives knew whether a particular food contained trans fat, a phantom fat added to thousands ofRead the rest of this entry…
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I'm a certified nutritionist, blogger, writer, and mom. My passion is teaching people how to live a healthy diet-free life. Most of us don't grow up with an education in nutrition. The food companies and the diet industry take advantage of this fact by marketing foods and products as healthy, when they're not. Eating healthy shouldn't and isn't a complicated process. I want to help people make sense of this information by transforming these conflicting messages into a simple straight forward plan of action towards better health.
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Living Well: Beauty drinks? You’re better off eating and sleeping well
December 22nd, 2008 by Angela, NutritionistSeattle PI article that ran today! By BOB CONDOR SPECIAL TO THE P-I, CONTRIBUTING NUTRITIONIST ANGELA PIFER Let's put this product idea squarely in the you-decide category: This fall, Nestle U.S.A. debuted its first "nutricosmetics" beauty drink, Glowelle. It is sold at Bergdorf Goodman and 45 Neiman Marcus stores. "We're Nestle but we're also aRead the rest of this entry…
