Why I’m Against Coke
"The road to excess leads to the palace of wisdom; for we never know what is enough until we know what is more than enough." –William Blake After having been flown to NYC to teach Yoga + Chocolate at...
View ArticleDon’t Believe The “Diet” Hype!
This post was originally posted on Vitality Health Hub. Following on from my last post about sugar and how addictive it is, I wanted to discuss one of the common substitutes that people use for sugar...
View ArticleCoke’s Sticky Situation Is a Warning Not To Market Sustainability You Don’t Have
On a wall in Honest Tea’s office is a Chinese proverb that cautions Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the people doing it. It’s a prescient warning given the story I’m about to...
View ArticleHow Diet Soda Makes You Fat – and Other Food and Diet Industry Secrets (Part 1)
How do you lose weight? Substitute diet drinks for sugary drinks. Eat low fat foods. Just eat less of the bad foods – it’s all about the calories. We are told, “Just have more willpower”. These ideas...
View ArticleGot Proof? The Lack of Evidence for Milk’s Benefits
There is no biological requirement for cow’s milk. It is nature’s perfect food but only if you are a calf. The evidence of its benefits is overstated, and the evidence of its harm to human populations...
View ArticleCoca-Cola Wants You to Think Aspartame Safe
If the Coca-Cola company were first and foremost concerned with public health, they would have picked a different product. There’s just no way to argue that soda is healthy by any stretch of the...
View ArticleAmerica the Beautiful is Still America in Multiple Languages
By now you’ve probably heard about the controversial Coca-Cola ad that aired during the Super Bowl. The spot featured “America the Beautiful” sung in various languages and displayed images of various...
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