Every March the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics celebrates National Nutrition Month. This year’s theme is “Put Your Best Fork Forward,” reminding us that every bite counts. As we transition from winter to spring, this is a great time to refocus your attention to...
January of 2017 is underway, New Year’s resolutions have been made, and now is the time to get down to the business of keeping them. Keeping resolutions is, of course, the most challenging part. Life can get busy and old habits die hard, but here are 6 tips to help...
The “organic” title is reserved for foods that have been produced through approved methods that foster the cycling of resources, promote ecological balance, and conserve biodiversity. While an organic product is not necessarily superior nutritionally over a...
Are you looking for creative ways to get more vegetables in your diet? Are you eating Paleo or low carbohydrate, but missing eating your favorite pasta dishes? If you said yes to either of these questions then you may want to try “spiralizing” your vegetables....
Winter farmers markets in the Seattle area are brimming full of these beautiful, nutritious, vibrantly colored root vegetables – beets! Packed with potassium, magnesium, fiber, phosphorus, iron, vitamins A, B, C, beta carotene, folic acid, and antioxidants,...
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