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Rethinking the American Diet

It is time to step back and reevaluate our national diet. Chronic diseases, which are closely linked to diet, are at an all-time high. Perhaps we should reconsider the dietary guidelines that influence our choices in the grocery store and restaurants.  

As New York Times bestselling author, Nina Teicholz, puts it, "What if the very foods we've been denying ourselves -- the creamy cheeses, the sizzling steaks -- are themselves the key to reversing the epidemics of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease?" What if, indeed?  

We are a results oriented culture. The low-fat dietary paradigm has been an epic failure. There are other ways of eating... As mothers, it is time that we say, 'Enough.' It's time to take back our grocery carts and our dinner plates, and go back to ways of eating that have stood the test of time. Vintage eating. Here are some options.

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