The appearance of rhubarb leaves peeking through the ground in my garden is one of the first signs of spring sets my heart aflutter: it brings anticipation about the bounty of local produce soon to come. Local rhubarb, along with asparagus and strawberries, is just one of the treats that start off the parade of […]
It’s the time of year to celebrate the Mediterranean Diet. While the diet may be centuries old, it was the Boston-based think tank Oldways who reclaimed it and put it back on the map and onto the dinner plates of North Americans. As a dietitian, I was familiar with the research of Ancel Keys, the […]
While it may be smart for us to follow safe sun practices and use sunscreen, we can still reap the vitamin D benefits of sun exposure. Just eat vitamin D mushrooms. Mushrooms, like humans, produce vitamin D when they are exposed to ultraviolet light of a certain intensity. They are the only naturally occurring plant-based […]
At one time, nutritionally speaking, mushrooms and their exceptionally low caloric content was their only claim to fame. They were a dieter’s best friend as they could fill you up with minimal caloric damage – provided, though, that they weren’t sautéed in a sea of butter or paired with cream in a soup. But mushrooms […]
Do you know what a fundamental difference between the food and produce industries is? For the most part, it seems that many in the food industry want to maintain the status quo in offering consumers all kinds of products with not much in the way of real nutrition. True there is a segment trying to […]
Over the years, the word diet has come to mean an eating pattern that will likely leave you feeling deprived. But in fact, it really refers to whatever it is that you eat. The Mediterranean diet is a perfect example. It signifies the eating regime identified back in the 1950s when American scientist Ancel Keys […]
Doesn’t it seem as though, on a regular basis, one food or another is given star status as THE one that’s the key to longevity? Well forget it folks. No one food can provide a complete arsenal of weaponry to defend against illness and death. A dietary pattern, though, is a different story. And none […]
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