Apr
5
Fibered-up Food Products: Friends or Foes?
April 5, 2010 | 7 Comments
You know you need enough fiber. To feel full, eat less, and lose weight. To stay regular and maybe prevent colon cancer. To lower your cholesterol. To control your blood sugar or prevent diabetes.
Great. The cereal bars and high-fiber yogurt you bought last week will do the job.
Or won’t they?
Let’s see what fiber is all [...]
Mar
18
No Sleep…No Healthy Diet
March 18, 2010 | 5 Comments
I’m having a rough week. Trying to keep up with grad school, part-time consulting work, blogging, and family, it just seems that I’m going over my limit.
Why am I writing about it?
Because when there are more than 10 things to do on my list and nothing is getting checked as soon as I would like [...]
Mar
2
Healthy + Kids + Restaurant: Can They Coexist?
March 2, 2010 | 16 Comments
When Janet Helm, registered dietitian, from Nutrition Unplugged wrote about food trends for 2010, I was thrilled to see that healthy kids meals were on the list and on chefs’ minds.
At last–I thought! But some restaurants are still falling behind.
On Sunday, we had brunch with some friends. Here’s what the kids got:
Now I have to [...]
Feb
9
More on Mindful Eating
February 9, 2010 | 4 Comments
On Saturday, I posted “Stop Emotional Eating.” We were snowed-in here in the Mid-Atlantic area. What that meant is being around food, food, and more food.
According to one of my readers,
Nothing to do and no food?..no way
Your comments along with a video that I stumbled upon inspired me to write about mindless eating, again!
Your will-power [...]
Feb
6
Stop Emotional Eating
February 6, 2010 | 3 Comments
With 24 hours of continuous snow (and still coming), the idea of being stuck at home–and a fully loaded kitchen–is a little daunting.
Will I find myself wandering to the kitchen numerous times?
Snowed-in or not, at some point in time, you’ve probably fallen victim to undefined urges to eat. Have your eyes ever wanted something that [...]
