BEETS. They are everywhere here in LA. Every restaurant has some kind of a beet salad. It could be beets with mozzarella and drizzled with balsamic, to salad with with beets, walnuts, apples, and goat cheese. Everyone has their version and it is apparent that it is a staple here. LA is definitely onto something. Beets are a really nutrient dense food. It contains potassium, phosphorus, sodium, calcium, magnesium, vitamin C, vitamin A, beta-carotene, and folate (just to name a

Cleanses. They are all the rave these days. You’ve got the Master Cleanse, the weekend cleanse, the jumpstart your body cleanse, and of course the drink this and magically be skinny cleanse. I think everyone usually goes for that last one. When people find out what my background is in they always feel like they can ask me a ton of nutrition questions. Most of the time I really enjoy talking about things with people and helping them learn something new about a certain topic wi