Cosmetically “Fixing” Impoverished Foods by Adding Supplements
Eating real, whole foods is not the habit of many Americans; and making the change to real whole foods, is not happening rapidly. Let’s just face the facts – changing our habits is not so easy. This is...
View ArticleAnother Reason to Keep Eating Whole Grains
Did you know that there are still lots of unanswered questions regarding the benefits of fiber in the diet as related to colorectal cancer? It’s certainly an issue worth understanding; as colorectal...
View ArticleBreast Cancer and Environment
The study released last week, "Breast Cancer and the Environment: A Life Course Approach" published in the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies found that of the environmental factors...
View ArticleImproving Your Health, the Natural Way
In my blog, My Choice for All-Natural, Zero Calorie Sweetener, I talked about the FDA requiring new safety warning labels on statins to warn of the rare risk of liver damage, memory loss/other...
View ArticleMake Your Calories Count: Choose 100% Whole Grains
In his blog, Is A Calorie A Calorie?, Mark Bittman writes about his interview with Marion Nestle, author of a new book Why Calories Count: From Science to Politics (California Studies in Food and...
View ArticleStress and Food
In my blog post last week I discussed research on how stress hormones affect the brain, leading people who are stressed to choose habitual behavior - such as eating sugary, high-fat food and not...
View ArticleRe-educate Your Palette to Flavorful Whole Grains
Some years ago, I enjoyed a conversation with a school food service director from the city in which my family and I lived. I’ve never forgotten her explanation of the challenges she faced in taking...
View ArticleKeeping the Diabetes Monster Away from Your Door
On November 13, 2013, Ben Hirschler for Reuters in London reported that the battle with diabetes and its disabling, life-threatening complications is being lost. This article notes that the number of...
View ArticleNo Matter How You Slice It
My fourth hint for permanently improving your eating style is to switch to whole grains. (Hint 1: An Apple a Day; Hint 2: A Nutty Little Change; Hint 3: Whittling Away at Meat Consumption.) With a...
View ArticleBreakfast, Easy and Nourishing
Are you trying to get into an early morning breakfast routine? One easy way is to throw a box or two of cold cereal and a jug of milk on the table. My guess is that is exactly what goes on in many...
View ArticleOld Story – Evidence Ever Stronger
There is neither a single food nor single group of foods that can be consumed that offer optimal health. Balance and variety are an important aspect of diet. If we want not only to be healthy, but also...
View ArticleFood Trends – 2016
I should admit up front that I’ve never been on the cutting-edge of trends. I was never the first at school to roll up the waist of my skirt or wear multiple petticoats under my felt poodle skirt. No,...
View ArticleOatmeal and Diabetes?
I was just sharing the recognition of the approaching return of oatmeal season with my husband, Vic, this morning at breakfast. We generally only eat two different cereals; shredded wheat mostly while...
View ArticleBeyond Mush
Sometimes I ask Vic what he wants for breakfast; and he comes back with “mush.” It is without doubt not a term that entices my appetite. It’s probably one of those terms that are tied to his childhood....
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