Eat a rainbow every day — Fruits and vegetables are nature’s rainbow of nutrients. Instead of worrying about which food has what vitamin or mineral, just pick a colorful variety. Every fruit and vegetable, even a dab of salsa or ketchup on your lunch contributes to your overall nutrient intake daily. … Read More
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Milk drinkers consistently out perform non-milk drinkers when taking tests. … Read More
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Did you know? 76% of adult eating is not tied to a family meal. Moms are buying and stocking the kitchen with grab-and-go, 24/7 food choices that fit each family members preferences and schedules. This is too bad because family meals shape more than food habits. Eat together today. It is more important than you … Read More
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Each time you open and close a vitamin bottle in the bathroom you add at bit of humidity and moisture. Right after a shower, the humidity in the room could be close to 100%. This high moisture content degrades the effectiveness of vitamin supplements. You can lose almost all the vitamin C in a week. … Read More
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Researchers found that women in their 70s who were the most physically active and ate the most fruits and vegetables lived the longest. A healthy diet and high levels of physical activity are the strongest predictors of health and a long life. It’s never too late to start living well. A study from Sweden showed a healthy … Read More
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We all know that we should eat more vegetables, but we don’t. Carrots are a vegetable that most people like and not a hard sell to the family. They are inexpensive, available year-round, and an excellent source of vitamin A. Vitamin A is crucial to maintaining healthy cells, particularly mucus, skin and bone cells. It … Read More
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The American food supply is plentiful, diverse, affordable, and offers high quality food. If that is the case everyone should be making healthy food choices and be well fed. Instead we are a nation whose waistline is growing and our overall health is decreasing. Why aren’t Americans making better food choices? Food choices are affected … Read More
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Heading for the train, you grab a large coffee with cream. Are you hungry? No, but you always get a coffee for the train ride home. You buy a hamburger and order fries on the side. You know fruit, which is available, is a better option but you still order fries. Why? To understand why … Read More
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You are what you eat. Most of us accept this. The problem is, exactly which foods should we be eating to achieve good health? Nutrition experts appear to change their minds often about the advice they give. Does this information flip-flop mean nutrition science is wrong? Actually no. Science evolves one plodding step after another. … Read More
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We eat more calories, fat, and alcohol on weekends. Go easy on weekend choices. We eat 82 to 115 more calories a day adding up to a weight gain of 2 ½ to 3 ½ pounds a year. … Read More
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