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What would you do if we told you that chocolate was healthy? Would you nod and agree, knowing the truth behind the deception of Big Nutrition? Would you screw up your face in your best skeptic impression and write us off? Would you settle in to hear us out? As it turns out, chocolate isn’t necessarily healthy, because the chocolate we get everywhere is milk chocolate. It’s chocolate that is packed with sugar and cocoa butter and cream and more sugar, and any health benefits of the chocolate at the core are by far overwritten by the bad stuff on...

Protein bars are one of a huge array of "healthy" food items, snacks, and meal replacements that have hit the market over the last few decades. They exist to give people something to eat that they don't have to feel bad about when they're trying to lose weight.  Are they worthwhile, though? After all, with the flavors and ingredients in some of these protein bars, it sure seems like they aren't all that much different from candy bars, and candy bars certainly aren't going to help you lose weight. Let's get to the real skinny on protein bars, and find out....

Maca is a plant native to Peru, where it was an herbal remedy used to treat a wide range of medical conditions, as well as improve energy and, of course, boost fertility and libido. Today, it's widely available as a health food supplement, though it has not been approved as a medical treatment of any kind. If you're interested to read about the history of maca, we covered it here. As far as benefits, while there are few studies that prove one way or another, the ground-up powder of the root is supposed to help with memory, anemia, fatigue, libido,...

You've probably seen any number of cooking and food blogs talk about meal prep and making large batches of meals, so they can freeze or fridge them and eat them throughout the week. You can probably picture it in your head; the image of seven or ten identical Tupperware containers, all with the same food in them, ready to be packed away and pulled out one at a time. There's just one problem with this. It's boring! Who wants to eat the same dang meal every night for a week? Variety is the spice of life! Changing up meals every...