Jo-Ann Heslin, MA, RD, CDN

We love to try new foods. Some are great. Some don’t measure up and some become staples in our kitchen. See what you think.  The founder of Healthy Joy Bakes is a third generation baker whose motivation for creating Omega Power Bread was to provide his grandmother, who had diabetes, with a good tasting, low carb, … Read More

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It may sound strange, but what you eat can directly affect your feet. Many health concerns that can be prevented or treated by diet also have a significant impact on a person’s feet. Why, you ask? The human foot is a very complicated structure with 28 bones and multiple soft tissue and skin structures. Each … Read More

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We love to try new foods. Some are great. Some don’t measure up and some become staples in our kitchen. See what you think.  Seapoint Farms, founded in 1996, was the first company to introduce edamame into US supermarkets and educate consumers about this versatile soy product. Seapoint Farms uses only non-GMO certified (no genetically … Read More

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Let’s get practical about selecting, storing, and using herbs and spices. First, which is which? No one can quite agree. Herbs are usually the leaves or flowers of plants that die away in winter. Spices, more pungent because they contain more essential oils and flavoring compounds, are usually from the seeds, bark and roots of … Read More

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We love to try new foods. Some are great. Some don’t measure up and some become staples in our kitchen. See what you think.  You simply add cold water to flapJacked Protein Pancake Mix and let the batter stand for 3 to 5 minutes to thicken before baking on a hot griddle. flapJacked can be bought … Read More

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Vitamin D is rarely listed on food labels. Most of us remember it as the sunshine vitamin we learned about long ago in high school biology class. And, few of us think about this vitamin daily. Maybe we should. Vitamin D may be more important to your health than you realize.  Vitamin D protects your … Read More

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We love to try new foods. Some are great. Some don’t measure up and some become staples in our kitchen. See what you think.  Many people are trying to reduce their sugar and salt intake. Pyure Organic Stevia and LoSalt might be options to try.  Pyure Organic Stevia is a calorie free sugar substitute made from stevia … Read More

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Faced with stiff competition, small profit margins, numerous food scandals, massive meat recalls, and health violations for unsafe practices the industry is reeling. The landscape of the American food shopping experience is changing and supermarkets chains are not changing fast enough to keep pace. From the 1930’s through the 1980’s the American supermarket was the … Read More

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We love to try new foods. Some are great. Some don’t measure up and some become staples in our kitchen. See what you think. We highlighted NoOodle  in an earlier New In The Market. It is one of our most widely read features. Chef Terri Rogers, the company founder, has taken the NoOodle yam noodles, … Read More

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Your doctor has told you to “watch your cholesterol.” Your numbers are up and you want to bring them down. You leave the office and then think of questions you wished you had asked. You aren’t alone. Here are some common questions people frequently ask us about cholesterol. To lower my cholesterol, do I have … Read More

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