Numbers don’t lie
Happy Sunday! As I was doing some research for a project that I’m involved in, some startling facts popped out at me that I feel are important to share with everyone. The American diet has undergone serious changes in the past 5 decades and we are none the better for it according to the numbers. […]
Cooking Class Gallery
It’s blasting hot here in North Carolina. I was going to bake something today but couldn’t see putting on the oven. So, I dug up some great pictures of some things I’ve made while teaching! Enjoy!
National Eat Your Vegetables Day
Guess what today is??? It’s National Eat Your Vegetables Day! This falls right in the middle of National Eat Your Fruits and Vegetables Month and it highlights the importance of adding veggies to your diet on a daily basis. According to www.healthline.com here’s the list of the most nutrient dense vegetables (these are the vegetables that are loaded […]
The “right” amount of exercise
For the last 2 weeks, I have been reading about the “right” amount of exercise from every possible source I could find. And there are literally hundreds of opinions offered and studies that have been done over the last few years. These studies, from all over the world, ran the spectrum – they discuss how […]
Just take a second and breathe!
Take a walk in my garden. Not everyone has a garden, so I invite you to peek at mine.
Women’s Health
Mother’s Day is this coming Sunday, May 12th. A day when we celebrate all the moms in our lives or are celebrated as one. A very special day. Just as important, May 12th also kicks off the National Institute of Health’s National Women’s Health Week. Hopefully, it will bring needed awareness to the challenges that […]
Arthritis Facts
Arthritis – here are the facts and many may surprise you! Can diet and a healthy lifestyle help reduce the pain that possibly results in improved movement and flexibility? According to Arthritis.org, yes, they can. Arthritis is an inflammatory disease and eating an anti-inflammatory diet will help according to the experts. So, bring in the Mediterranean […]
Do Certain Foods Increase Anxiety and Stress?
According to multiple research studies reported in US News and World Report, the Mayo Clinic and WebMD sites (among others), the answer is YES. Certain foods have a direct relationship to increased feelings of anxiety and depression. Sugar is by far one of the leading ingredients in foods that can result in feeling anxious due to it […]
Do people know how to cook anymore???
As a nutritional health educator and Certified Culinary Medicine Specialist, I have worked with literally hundreds of clients and patients who usually have one or more medical diagnoses such as Type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol and/or high blood pressure to name a few. I leave it up to the primary care provider to write the […]
The BLUE Zones
What is the Blue Zone, exactly? Here is a synopsis of what the topic is all about. I’ll also supply a couple of recipes that fit into the Blue Zone way of eating. The Blue Zone is a non-scientific name given to 5 areas of the world that are home to some of the world’s oldest people […]