After waiting for the release of the new 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines by almost an extra month (they were supposed to be out in December, but delayed until January 7, 2016), I was pretty sure the anticipation might kill me. Luckily I made it and although I don't think the new guidelines are perfect, I was pretty happy about a few major points.
Read MoreHealthy + Happy Holiday Recap
What a great time we had in our first class!! Holidays make me SO happy, but healthy holidays make me GIDDY! I really was just beaming ear-to-ear that people have an interest in learning ways to make their holidays healthier. It was so fun to show old and new friends, that holiday food can still taste AMAZING, and be nutritious for you! You can even "gorge" yourself on plants and not have that super-stuffed, sick-as-a-dog feeling after Thanksgiving. Fiber = Full with lots less calories. Just eat plants. Simple as that!
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EASY Homemade Vegetable Stock
STOP! Save those veggie scraps!
This might be the easiest Martha Stewart-like thing I've ever done. Seriously.
And bonus, it's about the most frugal thing you can do, you're getting TWICE the use out of your vegetables!
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Is America's love affair with bacon actually dangerous?
From bacon and eggs, and apple-smoked bacon burgers, to maple glazed bacon donuts, Americans are consuming more bacon now than ever. In the past decade, bacon has grown into an industry generating more than $4 billion in annual sales. It has moved from a breakfast meat to a massive food trend, now having it's spotlight in everything from fast food to fine dining.
The Pork Industry couldn't be happier about the trend, but do we as consumers, stand anything to gain from consuming this wildly popular product?
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School Lunches: Food for Thought
s I tour schools, one issue that comes to the forefront for me is, what is their school lunch policy? What do they serve? How do they teach about nutrition, if at all? And what force drives the decisions about the foods that are served, or the advertisements lining the school hallways? This is a hugely important issue because my daughter (or your child) will be spending more than half of her daytime hours there! It is where her thought processes will be influenced and opinions formed, in a way I have little control over. This is super scary considering the fact that one in three children are overweight or obese right now, will have type 2 diabetes, and are already at increased risk of heart disease.
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Let's celebrate KALE
I'll be totally honest that when the hype around kale started, a number of years ago, I didn't just jump right on board. I'm like that about most things actually...
It took me a while to even TRY it, and then it took me years to find out how to LIKE it! And it is definitely one of those things, that if it doesn't appeal to your taste buds right away, it's definitely worth (for the nutrients alone!) trying the 17 or so times it takes to help develop your taste buds love for it.
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