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 …
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Lycopene is an Antioxidant Superstar
Enjoy a variety of red and pink fruits and vegetables this summer while loading up on the antioxidant lycopene. Antioxidants help your body get rid of free radicals which …
Looking at Plant-Based Diet Benefits in 1918 Pandemic and in COVID-19
An article from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine in Washington, DC has been published this month in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine about the role of nutrition in …
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, …
Herbs and Spices Do More Than Add Flavor
One of the key features of the Mediterranean diet is that the food is flavored with lot of herbs and spices including basil, bay leaf, black pepper, cloves, coriander, …
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 …
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 …
An Amazonian Tribe Provides Clues for Slowing Down Brain Aging
There is an indigenous tribe in the Bolivian Amazon call the Tsimane whose lifestyle appears to contribute not only to healthy hearts but also healthier brains that age much …