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Focus on Healthy Foods for Weight Control
Inside the Microbiome
Your gut is home to millions of strains of bacteria known collectively as “microbiota” or the “gut microbiome.” And just like snowflakes, everyone’s gut microbiota is uniquely different...
Frozen Vegetables: Tips and Tricks
Farm to Table
“From my perspective as an organic farmer and a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, small scale, organic, local and sustainable agriculture isn't just a benefit to a community, it's the glue that bonds communities together and is the only way to improve the health of our soils, our health, and our pocket books.”
Can You Get Enough Protein from Vegetables?
Vegetables contain protein, but is it possible to obtain enough protein from a diet made up of only vegetables?
Tasty Salsa Recipes
How better to celebrate salsa month than with some fun new salsas? In this post, we've collected three of our very favorite recipes for melon salsa, olive and carrot salsa, and a mind-blowing baked banana salsa.
Pea Shoots and More Greens
Pea shoots are larger than "sprouts" but are not mature enough to produce peas. They taste like peas and have a delicate flavor. Plus, their versatility makes them delicious whether they are raw or cooked. Find out what we bought at the farmers' market this week and see the dishes we made with our finds!
Do You Have an Efficient Kitchen?
Beet Messages
Arugula Messages
Sustainability and Local Food Talk by Marion Nestle and Alice Waters
Need a Great Class Idea? Try Optimizing!
Here are the most popular themes for books right now, along with a few corresponding class ideas that make healthy eating seem really fun.
Apple A Day Savings
You may have already heard about our amazing PDF handout library, and the work continues! Now we're adding lots more while revamping a few fan favorites. Here's a redesigned and updated version of one of our top handouts: Apple a Day Savings...
Grapefruit Messages
Save the Bread for Last: Carbohydrate Timing Matters
According to a new study, consuming protein before carbs may produce smaller increases in blood sugar than eating carbs before protein...
Heart Diet Also Saves Brain
It is becoming increasingly clear that the adoption of a heart-healthy diet long promoted to reduce the risk of heart disease may also be the best way to protect the brain from not only stroke but also dementia...
Ways to Eat to Improve Your Sleep
Not enough sleep is linked with obesity, physical inactivity, mistakes at work, car crashes, and 10 chronic health conditions: heart attack, coronary heart disease, stroke, asthma, COPD, cancer, arthritis, depression, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes.
Should You Snack When You Have Diabetes?
Though many people think that snacking frequently is good for blood sugar control, weight management, and overall health, researchers have never identified an ideal pattern of eating frequency. In fact, there are several reasons that you may want to cut back on snacking…
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