Tag: heart health

Superfood! Quinoa

Quinoa is an ancient, plant-based seed that has been cultivated in the Andes for 7000 years.  It is a pseudo-cereal that cooks and eats like a grain but is …

An Avocado a Week for Your Heart

A new study has been published in the Journal of the American Heart Association finding that eating two servings of avocado a week, with each serving being half of an avocado, …

Why Are Plant Foods So Important?

By now you’ve heard over and over that eating a plant-based/plant-forward diet is better for you and helps prevent disease, but you might not understand why.  You know plant …

What You Gain When You Leave the SAD

As you make progress towards ditching the Standard American Diet and embrace a more healthful one like the Mediterranean diet, you will also reap numerous health benefits.  This is …

Heart-Healthy Eating Lifestyle

The American Heart Association has published a “2021 Dietary Guidance to Improve Cardiovascular Health” this week in their journal Circulation.  This guidance focuses on the role that nutrition plays in …

Immune Boosting Bell Peppers

As fall arrives and we begin to spend more time indoors, it becomes even more important for us to strengthen our immune systems.  Not only are we getting less …

Pear Up!

As the summer comes to an end, pears become more plentiful and there are a lot of reasons to eat them. They’re a great source of flavonoids, specifically flavonols.  …

Have a Mango!

There is a bounty of fruits available in summer, including mangos which are at their peak from May through September.  In addition to being delicious, they are also highly …

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