Colors of Your Food – Full of Nutrients

by | Mar 3, 2021 | Diet & Nutrition

Eating a meal from the rainbow colors is tantalizing to the palate, is candy for the eyes and is packed with vital nutrients. Mothers have been drilling us to eat our vegetables, and for good reason, they are good for us. The scientific community has unlocked the code...

Fiber

by | Mar 3, 2021 | Diet & Nutrition

The health of an individual can be determined in many ways; one can say that one is healthy because there is no pain, or that because blood work is normal, therefore one is healthy.  How does one measure health?  According to the World Health Organization,...

Standard American Diet

by | Mar 3, 2021 | Diet & Nutrition

Our country is experiencing the greatest epidemic of obesity ever seen and the Standard American Diet (SAD indeed) is the main culprit. The grocery store isles are lined with refined and overly processed foods that are addictive and lack nutrients...

Antioxidant Packed Valentine’s Day Meal

by | Mar 3, 2021 | Diet & Nutrition

Heart healthy for Valentine’s Day As Valentine’s Day approaches the thought of sweet chocolates, wine and dinner come to mind.  There are numerous tasty choices that can have a positive impact on heart health and can tantalize the palate. A Valentine’s meal that...

Food and Your Health

by | Mar 3, 2021 | Diet & Nutrition

Listening to the new media we are reminded daily of the health insurance crisis in our country.  The cost of health care surpassed $2.2 trillion in 2007, more than three times the $714 billion spent in 1990 and over eight times the $253 billion spent in 1980. So...

You are What You Eat

by | Mar 3, 2021 | Diet & Nutrition

As the Holidays approach, one thinks of the family gatherings, the food, drinks, and the likely expanding waistline that comes with the territory.  For some reason, the Holidays often present with those favorite foods that seem to be made only at that time of...