Can You Really Be Healthy at Any Size?

Spoiler: The answer is a resounding, evidence-backed, absolutely, positively, 100% YES! While the weight loss and diet market contracted by 21% in 2020 due to the covid-19 pandemic, it’s expected…

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Sugar and Sweetener FAQ

Today, the average American consumes almost 152 pounds of sugar each year, a staggering amount of refined simple carbohydrates equivalent to 6 cups of white sugar every week. This may…

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TWV Podcast Episode 459: Gluten-Free Baking, Our Best Tips and Tricks

Welcome to episode 459 of The Whole View! This week, Sarah and Stacy share their best tips and tricks for gluten-free baking, sugar vs. sweeteners, and products recommendations they use…

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The Health Benefits of Spices

Spices are used to flavor or color foods and come from the seeds, roots, buds, bark, resin, or fruits of a plant. They’re usually used in their dried form—with a…

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The Health Benefits of Herbs

Herbs and spices are any savory, aromatic, edible plant used to flavor or garnish food (or in some cases, for their medicinal properties!). Although herbs and spices are often grouped…

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The Trouble with Stevia

While many people in various “real food” communities agree that artificial sweeteners are a bad idea (see Is It Paleo? Splenda, Erythritol, Stevia and other low-calorie sweeteners), stevia is often…

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The Health Benefits of Chocolate

Who doesn’t want some good news about chocolate?! Luckily, this food really is as healthy as it is delicious—at least when we choose our chocolate wisely. Chocolate is made from…

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The Health Benefits of Root Veggies

When it comes to nutrient-dense carbs, root veggies are hard to beat: foods like sweet potatoes, carrots, and cassava are not only delicious, they’re also great sources of vitamins, minerals,…

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Eggs: Nutritious Protein or Cholesterol Bomb?

Eggs: nutritious, delicious, and… controversial?! Out of all the animal foods out there, eggs are one of the most hotly debated in terms of their health effects on humans. On…

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The Health Benefits of Ginger

Ginger is perhaps the most famous member of the Zingiberaceae family, which contains about 1600 known species (including turmeric, cardamom, and galangal!). Botanically, ginger is a rhizome, or underground plant…

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