Dietary fats have been on a popularity roller coaster over the last few decades. Eat fat, don’t eat fat, fat is good, fat is bad. Where fats land today in the public eye is still up for debate. One thing we do know, is that [continue reading]

Eat more fiber. How many times have you heard that? You know you are supposed to eat lots of fiber, but do you? About 95% of Americans do not eat nearly enough fiber. If you are one of them, then you are missing out on [continue reading]

There are far too many scary things floating around the internet about soy consumption.  Everything from man boobs to excessive hair growth, cancer + infertility. For every piece of information you find against soy consumption, there are those that sing the praises of eating soy. [continue reading]

I love snacks.  I don’t love oil.  When Mr. MVF + I first embarked on our oil-free journey we were hard core oil-free.  We spent hours in the grocery stores and searching the internet for what to use to replace the beloved oil in everything [continue reading]