Eat a rainbow of color
And I don’t mean Skittles! Phytonutrients are chemicals produced by plants. Phytonutrients give plants their pigmentation, which simply means the more colors you eat, the more phytonutrients for your body.…
Nutty and nice
Read health and food magazines. ‘Eat more whole grains’ is the charge. Although nutrition experts recommend increasing dietary fiber, grain confusion and carb-phobic attitudes prevent whole grain intake from being achieved.…
Up the ante with veggies
A goal of mine as a dietitian ‘that the Dietary Guidelines for Americans also recommends‘ is variety. Not only does food diversity ensure an abundance of vitamins and minerals, it keeps boredom…
10-spice vegetable soup
The ultimate bowl of comfort food, made with a decadent creamy broth and loaded with an array of health-boosting spices and vegetables. Be sure to soak the cashews in water…
Summer’s bounty
I chuckle as I title this blog post and credit dear friend and writer, Mark Jenkins, with it. He wrote health messages for ten years for a website devoted to…
Color code your day
Years ago, the idea of using color to rate my day based on four aspects appeared via a project I was working on at the time. The four areas to…
Veggies for breakfast?
I challenged a client. He’s worked supremely hard, improved his cholesterol and blood pressure by outstanding standards, but still is pre-diabetic. He heroically gave up a convenient and tasty McDonald’s…
Summer time’s about making it easy
Fresh from the garden Over and over, I hear, “I just don’t have time for healthy eating.” Yet in the same conversation, complaints of not feeling 100% are voiced loud…
Need breakfast to lose weight? Maybe not!
Smoothie time For years, weight management experts have staunchly promoted eating breakfast (I prefer to call it your ‘morning meal’) as a mainstay of a weight loss diet. Well, hold…
Perfect portions, please
Disgusting. Overbearing. Way too large. Yes, restaurant portions is what’s got my dander up. This Butterflied Chicken Breast from the Cheesecake Factory is about 4-6 ounces too many for one…