Making time to eat right can be one of the most challenging barriers to leading a healthy life, but with a few tips we can all make better choices. When life gets busy and crazy, we can sometimes push our healthy habits to the side. There are things that we can do from the start [...]
Will Going Gluten Free Benefit You?
May 9, 2013 by 1 Comment
Gluten is the current diet demon trending in America. In the 70′s it was sugar, the 80′s it was fat, the 90′s it was carbohydrates, and now, gluten. Everyone from celebrities to your next-door-neighbor seems to be touting the benefits of going gluten free. More energy, less bloating, weight loss, happiness….you name it and people [...]
Stress Management May Begin With the Foods You Eat
May 7, 2013 by 2 Comments
In a perfect world, life would be free from stress. However, as we all know, life isn’t perfect; stress happens. Luckily, there are ways to minimize the amount of stress we experience, and it may not be as difficult as one might think. Simply making a few changes to your diet can even improve your ability to [...]
Navigating through the Food Marketing Hype of “Health Halos”
April 30, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Walk into any supermarket and odds are you will be bombarded with powerful food marketing. Enter the world of “health halos”. Health halos are foods or words that consumers associate with better health. Companies love health halos because they bring in a lot of money, but you may be paying for something that won’t actual [...]
What Are the Best Foods In Your Freezer Aisle?
April 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
“Fresh is Best” is a great rule of thumb when it comes to grocery shopping; however, during the winter and early spring months it can become quite expensive to shop for fresh foods at the grocery store. And depending on where you live, farmers markets don’t necessarily start popping up until around the middle of [...]
The Benefits and Risks Associated with Eating Fish During Pregnancy
April 23, 2013 by 2 Comments
by Katie Serbinski, MS, RD If you’re pregnant, you might feel like you need to become a nutrition expert – or at least everyone around you has given themselves the honorary title and wants to share their knowledge with you. After all, what you eat and drink influences your baby’s development. Some advice is easier [...]
Great Veggie Challenge Day #9: Reasons to Love Fennel
April 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment
by Natalia Stasenko, MS, RD, CDN If you still choose to ignore these funny looking vegetables on the supermarket shelf or at the farmer’s market, time to shake things up! Although it looks a little intimidating, fennel is incredibly easy to prepare. If you need a little inspiration in order to give fennel a try, [...]
Great Veggie Challenge Day #8: The Health Benefits of Spinach
April 18, 2013 by 2 Comments
If vegetables were famous, spinach would probably reign supreme. After all, health and nutrition experts already love it and its one of the only veggies I know of that has ever been featured in a cartoon without anyone saying “ew” or “gross” afterwards. Yep, spinach is a vegetable rock star and if you aren’t already [...]
Great Veggie Challenge Day #7: The Benefit of Adding Any Sort of Veggie to Your Day
April 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Want to hear something crazy? Only a little over a third of US adults eat the recommended serving amount of vegetables daily! This is a real shame because vegetables have some pretty amazing benefits to offer. So if you are one of those people struggling to eat enough vegetables on a regular basis or simply [...]