by Larry Magid
This story first appeared on CNET News.com
Tcho, a San Fransisco-based chocolate company, gets its cocoa beans from farmers in Peru, Ghana, and other countries. Although many of the families there have been growing cocoa beans for generations, some have never actually tasted chocolate, much less the products made from their own crops. Aside from [...]

By Will Magid
There are many Yerba Mate companies to choose from, so why do I drink Guayaki?
I was first introduced to Guyakaki Yerba Mate at the artist hospitality section at the UCLA Jazz Reggae Festival. I was absolutely depleted from hours in the sun and desperately in need of a pick me up. I [...]

By Patti Regehr
It’s the time of year where I start getting really excited. The Fancy Food Show is two weeks away. The holidays are over.  I have put away all of the lights and ornaments but haven’t put on any weight.
This year I have been preparing myself, not for the holidays that run [...]

by Larry Magid
It’s January 1, 2009 and, like millions of people, I’m coming to grips with the fact that my investment portfolio is getting thinner and I’m getting fatter. Neither my finances nor my waistline are in critical shape but both need a bit of attention.
Actually I think there is a connection between the [...]

An article at RealAge.com argues that greens, including broccoli, helps control blood sugar thanks to a compound calls sulforaphane.
The article explains how chornically high blood sugar can damage organs and how “adding sulforaphane to a mix of blood vessel cells and glucose cut oxidation (read damage) by as much as 73 percent.” Of course more [...]

by Patti Regehr
There is a great deal of debate over what’s best for you — a diet that is high in carbohydrates and low in fat or one that [...]

by Larry Magid

Most people put weight on during the holidays but I have a better idea. If you’re overweight, why not use the next 12 weeks to lose a [...]

Patti Regehr and Larry Magid
School is out and, if you have kids at home, routines are changing. If yours is like most families, you’re no longer having those hurried breakfasts and brown bag lunches. Instead, [...]

My late mother may have been right.  Long before it was fashionable and long before companies started doctoring it with sugar and fruit flavors, mom fed us yogurt. She wasn’t [...]

Americans spend billions of dollars a year on weight loss programs and, after years of pain staking research, I figured out why many of them actually help you lose weight but often [...]