March 1, 2022
Education, Healthy Food, Healthy Living, Nutrition 
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garden, indoor gardening
With COVID cramping activities outside the home, and supply chain issues and staffing issues playing havoc with products we need, even the calmest among us can get agitated. Finding a stress-reducing activity that also yields a tangible product may be exactly what you need right now—indoor gardening. Growing your own produce is one way to be assured you’ll have some fabulous fresh food options at your disposal.
February 1, 2022 Education, Healthy Food, Healthy Living, Nutrition Leave a comment anti-inflammatory eating
Eating your way healthy always sounds like a worn-out truism, but we are what we eat. This has never been more relevant than today, while we are living in a time with COVID. A September 2021 study in the journal Diseases indicates that an anti-inflammatory diet can help reduce the severity of the disease. COVID suppresses the immune system by causing a systemic inflammatory response, called cytokine release syndrome. This syndrome results in COVID patients having high levels of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines.
December 3, 2021 Education, Healthy Food, Healthy Living, Nutrition, Obesity Leave a comment healthy, intuitive eating, mindful eating
With obesity rates at 42.4% in 2017-2018 up from 30.5% in 1999-2000, Americans have an imbalanced relationship with food. We eat a lot of food without considering the consequences. Mindful eating and intuitive eating are two methods of becoming more aware of our relationship to food. Read on to learn more about each method.
The internet is full of brain health ideas from brain games you can download on your phone to healthy recipes to keep your brain active. Read on to find out how to keep your brain healthy.
Upcycling food is the latest trend to reduce waste in the food marketplace. If your stomach is starting to feel squeamish, remember that to “upcycle” something is not the same as to “recycle” something. According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, to upcycle something is to create an object of greater value from (a discarded object of lesser value). With that definition clearly in mind, what is involved in the upcycled food industry? Read more to find out.
December 1, 2019 Allergy, Education, Healthy Food, Healthy Living, Nutrition Leave a comment non-dairy, oat milk; milkAccording to the American Heart Association, high cholesterol affects one in every three Americans. Many factors play a role in a person’s cholesterol levels, including family history, type of diet and exercise levels. To find out more about cholesterol, and how we can keep cholesterol levels in a healthy range, read on.
November 2, 2019 Allergy, Education, Healthy Food, Healthy Living, Nutrition Leave a comment non-dairy, oat milk; milkFor anyone who is watching calories or blood sugar levels, rice is often treated like an unwanted cousin at a family reunion. This is not entirely fair. All rice is not created equal and many varieties exist that are healthy choices to the non-nutritious, high in starch, white-rice variety.
October 3, 2019 Allergy, Education, Healthy Food, Healthy Living, Nutrition Leave a comment non-dairy, oat milk; milkOat milk is the latest contender in non-dairy milks, sometimes called “nut milks.” It is similar to other non-dairy milks on the market–soy, rice, coconut or almond milks. Unlike these other non-dairy milks, it’s a bit more versatile because it has a creamy consistency and it does not separate when it comes into contact with hot beverages. It’s the perfect choice for a non-dairy latte!
Kombucha is a fermented tea, made by fermenting yeast with black tea and sugar. It has been around for thousands of years, originating in Asia. One story says that it was named after a Korean physician “Kombu” who healed Emperor Inyko of Japan with the tea. Then, the tea took on Kombu’s name, “Kombu” + “cha” (which means tea.)
February is National Nutrition Month, and in honor of that, let’s take a look at a diet theory that gained popularity in 1997 and see if it is nutritionally sound. The Blood-Type Diet Theory hit the diet scene promising wonderful results. The idea of eating a diet based on your blood-type was first published in Eat Right for Your Type, written by naturopath Peter D’Adamo. Read more about the Blood Type Diet here. Read more
