Diets

By melanieavalon / August 30, 2016

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Today’s post on the Blood Type Diet was inspired by a What When Wine Diet reader email:  Hi! I just started listening to your book and it’s great! I’m wondering your thoughts on blood type and paleo. I am a Type A and have always done well eating little meat. I want to eat exclusively Paleo but […]

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Wine

By melanieavalon / August 17, 2016

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I recently discussed the shocking hidden ingredients in wine, and the ambiguity of organic wine labeling. The time has come to jump into the meat drink of the matter: AKA – the actual affordable organic wines available. Without further adieu, here are my thoughts on 7 organic white wines which are better for your environment, […]

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By melanieavalon / August 9, 2016

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The suspicious lack of nutrition labels on alcoholic beverages may leave you thinking vodka is just vodka, beer is just beer, and wine is just wine. At least that’s what I always thought! I mean, you’d think a wine would be just fermented grape juice, right? Wrong. The truth is, a lot of stuff can go into wines, […]

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By melanieavalon / July 24, 2016

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I’m a Star Trek girl. Like really. My first crush was on Spock, before I arguably knew what crushes were.  I watched every single episode of the original series, memorizing episode titles and studying a companion guide. I constructed a mock Enterprise manual, complete with blueprints and organized by department (The Bridge, Engineering, Sick Bay, etc.). I […]

Genetics

By melanieavalon / July 8, 2016

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Hi! My name is Melanie, and I’m MTHFR homogeneous A1298C! How about you? A large percentage of us harbor variants of a genetic mutation which cause things in our body to go awry. Unfortunately, this isn’t some cool glitch which grants you superpowers, X-Men style. Rather, it’s a not-so-fun snag in your genetic coding, technically called a […]

Studies

By melanieavalon / June 25, 2016

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Look at the color wheel below. Can you quickly identify the blue square? Before you pat yourself on the back with glorious ideas of keen color perception… it’s pretty likely that you can. (Unless you’re color blind and didn’t realize it, in which case… #moment?) But here’s the thing: in scientific studies, cultures which don’t […]

Alcohol

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By melanieavalon / June 8, 2016

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What if I told you there was an alcoholic drink which could reduce liver damage by 93%? What if I told you it’s already in stores? What if I told you the reason you don’t know about it, is because legally they can’t tell you ANY of this? True Story. On the one hand, alcoholic […]

Fruit

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Sugar

By melanieavalon / June 8, 2016

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Many of us struggle with #sweetproblems. While lifestyle changes like a Paleo diet or a bit of intermittent fasting are great for killing sugar cravings, sometimes you just need a sneaky little sugar hack. Enter two different superstar fruits, both with the savvy nicknames of “Miracle Fruit.” Though these two miracle fruits do completely opposite things, they’re pretty nifty tools […]

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By melanieavalon / May 30, 2016

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Imagine wearing your own personal medieval torture device on your wrist, perhaps in glistening neon pink, if such fits your fancy! While it invokes the spirit of the fitness-minded Fitbit , or the life-organizing Apple watch, this one is slightly more sinister… and potentially more life changing. It has the power, through the implementation of a precisely […]

Guest Posts

Intermittent Fasting

By melanieavalon / May 19, 2016

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I’m incredibly honored to bring you today’s post – courtesy of Vit Kashchuk, editor of www.eatstopeat.org! Brad Pilon’s Eat Stop Eat is one of the foundational intermittent fasting protocols in existence, and a major inspiration for my book The What When Wine Diet. When they contacted me about writing this guest post, I just about died. Plus, I get asked this question about maintaining […]