Tag Archives: diet
What to Look For in a Yogurt
Are you overwhelmed by the variety of yogurt products available on the dairy shelves? If so, you are not alone.
Yogurt 101
If you eat yogurt to supplement milk intake: Choose low kcal with low saturated fat.
The USDA Dietary Guidelines recommend...
Berries: Big Health Benefits in a Tiny Package
After a long winter of dutifully fulfilling your fruit intake with apples, bananas and oranges, summer berries are a long-awaited treat. During the warmer months, when berries are in season, you can enjoy all the benefits these tiny fruits have...
Why We Love Almonds
Without a doubt, the almond is a tree nut so delicious and nutritious that everyone may go nuts about it. Even the ancient Romans knew almonds were special – they used to shower newlyweds with almonds as a fertility charm. These oval nuts...
More Olive Oil in Diet Could Cut Stroke Risk
Adding olive oil to your diet may reduce your risk of stroke, a new study suggests.
Researchers found that older people who used olive oil intensively — meaning they regularly cooked with it and used it in salad dressing — were...
5 Foods You Can’t Overdo
Forget the portion police. Chicago nutritionist Dawn Jackson Blatner, R.D., told us which snacks wouldn’t violate any healthy-eating laws. “The bottom line,” she says, “is vegetables are the lowest calorie food group....
3 Tips for More Sustainable Living
There are a million different ways to live sustainably and if you think about them all, they can make your head spin. I’m the epitome of ‘Give me the Cliffnotes version!” type of a person. I know there’s a saying, “There are more than...
5 Easy Body-Fat Reducing Strategies
Many fitness articles talk about “fat loss”, but I like to use the term “fat reduction”. It is a personal preference of mine that comes from a positive mindset. When you think of “loss” you typically think of something and want it...
All About Honey
An alternative sweetener to regular table sugar, honey has a long-standing history of being used in traditional or folk medicine. Calorically, 1 tablespoon of honey contains 64 kcal (compared to 46 kcal for the same amount of sugar). So is honey...
A Different Kind of Dairy – Got Goat’s Milk?
Although goat’s milk is actually consumed by more people around the world, its popularity is not anywhere close to cow’s milk in North America. However, because of some benefits that are unique to goat’s milk, it is gradually...
Pumpkins Offer Great Health Benefits
What will it be this year: Spooky face or smiling face? When most people think of pumpkins, it’s carving that comes to mind. But instead of wondering how to carve your pumpkin this year, perhaps the question should be “roasted or...
