Food from the Garden
Discover Your Path to Physical Wellness
Food from the Garden
Discover Your Path to Physical Wellness
Choose the Healthiest Cooking Oil
Grocery store shelves provide American consumers with a wide variety of cooking oils. Customers can select...
Blueberries—A Summer Favorite
Where I live, the blueberry season has come and gone. Not that it mattered much as I garnered only a small...
Portion Size—200 Calories Worth
Recently a dietitian on an EML (electronic mailing list) shared a link from a blog that originated from...
National Ice Cream Month—What’s Your Favorite
My blog mostly discusses the relationship of foods to health. Sometimes it’s good to look at the lighter...
Do You Know Your Milks?
In past years, milk referred to that creamy white liquid from contented, or not so contented, cows. Not...
Celebrate National Dairy Month
June is National Dairy Month. Before June slides into oblivion, take a moment to reflect on milk as one...
Are You Making Your Family Sick?
A former student said, “I learned a lot about sanitation from you.” I gave a puzzled look and said, “But I...
How Important Is Breakfast?
While many believe skipping breakfast is the ideal solution to cutting calories and losing weight, possibly...
Belly Fat—Does It Matter?
You may not have a white beard, but if your belly shakes like a bowl full of jelly and looks like Santa...
Do You Live Among the Fattest?
When we moved to Mississippi, I happily picked up the habit of eating “soul food” with all its abundance of...
Do You Think of Yourself as Old?
It’s a given—if we keep breathing, we will get older. How do you feel about those years piling up? Do you...
Registered Dietitian Day—March, 2013
Who can you rely on for sound nutritional advice? Check with a registered dietitian. March 13, 2013 is...
National Nutrition Month 2013—Make It Healthy
March is National Nutrition Month. The theme on this 40th anniversary is “Eat Right, Your Way, Every Day.”...
Dietary Supplement Update–Beware
Beware of taking dietary supplements. Marketers touted Reumofan Plus as a natural dietary supplement to...
Can Healthy Foods Make You Sick?
Yes, healthy foods can make you sick if contaminated with infectious pathogens or toxins. According to...