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As you prepare to start the New Year with healthful resolutions, resolve to start your day with breakfast. Since it comes after the day’s longest period without food, a healthy breakfast refuels your body, jump-starts your day and seems to influence metabolism more strongly than lunch or dinner. Foods for a healthy breakfast include whole […]

• Posted on: Jan 11 2019
• By: editor

Holidays are time for fun, family and food. Time to be thankful for many things. Time to spend quality time with parents, children, grand-children, friends and co-workers. But holidays can also be stressful. Some people may be lonely because they don’t have family close-by, same may be anxious about meeting with family and others may […]

• Posted on: Nov 29 2018
• By: editor

According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), processed food is defined as any raw agricultural commodity that has been subject to washing, cleaning, milling, cutting, chopping, heating, pasteurizing, blanching, cooking, canning, freezing, drying, dehydrating, mixing, packaging or other procedures that alter the food from its natural state. By this definition then, most foods we eat are […]

• Posted on: Nov 1 2018
• By: editor

Natural sugars occur in foods such as fruit, milk, yogurt and grains. Other sugars which are added to foods, drinks and condiments while processing or in preparation are called added sugars. Sugar in food labels goes by many names, including corn syrup, molasses, honey, high-fructose corn syrup, malt sugar as well as ingredients ending with […]

• Posted on: Sep 24 2018
• By: editor

Almonds are a healthy food to add to your diet. They can be eaten whole, slivered, sliced, chopped or as milk, butter or flour. If you soak almonds overnight, their skin comes off easily and it is believed peeled almonds are better digested. About 14 almonds have 100 calories and are a healthy snack. Almonds […]

• Posted on: Sep 1 2018
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Protein is an important macronutrient used by the body for building, repairing and maintaining tissues. You also use protein to make enzymes, hormones, and other body chemicals. Protein is made of 20 different amino acids, 9 of which are called essential amino acids because they are not produced by the body and have to be obtained from your diet. A […]

• Posted on: Jul 26 2018
• By: editor