by The Omnivorist | Dec 15, 2014 | Health
When you think about the first words people associate with unhealthy eating habits “fatty” has got to be on top of the list. It’s one of those refrains that is thrown around so often that it’s considered to be a truism by most reasonable people. Dietary fat and...
by The Omnivorist | Oct 16, 2014 | Health
We had barely sat down to our first meal in Rome that all hell broke loose. Much like seeing family, no matter how far you’ve think you’ve come, how long you have lived away from them and established your independent self, seeing old girlfriends sets off a...
by The Omnivorist | Sep 29, 2014 | baby, baby food, Health, Pregnancy & Baby
I was so excited about my little guy starting solids and thought I knew exactly how I wanted to do it: the traditional real foods way. Then a friend gave me a copy of Baby-Led Weaning, the influential book by Gill Rapley, and said that it had worked great for their...
by The Omnivorist | Sep 16, 2014 | baby, Health, Pregnancy & Baby
Upon finding out about my very international background, somebody recently asked me which culture I prefer: Turkey, my native country, the US, my home for some 15 years, or France, my current home. It is a question I don’t usually ask myself since I probably...
by The Omnivorist | Aug 22, 2014 | Health
I recently heard on Balanced Bites (one of my favorite health-themed podcasts) that adopting a new lifestyle and choices takes a good two years to really stick. That made complete sense to me. It was during my first pregnancy that I started to totally geek out on...
