Last week I announced our Monthly Challenge for August: Eat Veggies With Every Meal!

I also shared 5 big reasons why you need to eat more vegetables – Check out the post here.

Since then I’ve received a bunch of messages that all say something to the effect of:

“I get the whole idea of eating more veggies but… For breakfast? That’s preposterous!”

Healthy TV | Episode 056

Last week I announced our Monthly Challenge for August: Eat Veggies With Every Meal!

I also shared 5 big reasons why you need to eat more vegetables.  Check out Healthy TV | Episode 055 or this blog post for more details.

Do you know how many people are consuming the recommended 5 or more servings of vegetables each day?

If you guessed not many, you are correct…

• Less than 1% of men & 4% of women ages 18 to 24
• Less than 6% of men & 9% of women ages 25 to 34
• Less than 14% of men & 16% of women ages 35 to 49
• Less than 24% of men & 22% of women ages 50 to 64

Basically, almost everyone (including me some times) is coming up short…

“Sugar is sugar is sugar is sugar.”

You may have heard this mantra repeated again and again by a variety of health coaches and low-carb advocates, including us…

But not all sugars are created exactly equal.

“What about honey? Is that okay?” is a very commonly asked question at our Eat by Design seminars.

First off, let’s define what we mean by ‘okay’.