4 Reasons Why Kale is a True Superfood
By: Austin Perlmutter, Medical Student, Miller School of Medicine
When it comes to healthy vegetables, kale may be among the best. Packing a powerful punch of antioxidants, nutrients and excellent digestive support, its role in optimal wellness is tough to dispute. For anyone still undecided, here are the top 4 reasons to make kale a part of your life.
Kale is jam-packed with vitamins. Eating one cup of chopped kale gets you over 200% of your daily value of vitamin A, 134% of your daily value for vitamin C, and almost 700% of your daily value for vitamin K! In addition, kale contains important minerals like manganese, p...
Source: Renegade Neurologist - A Blog by David Perlmutter, MD, FACN - August 14, 2014 Category: Neurologists Authors: gbadmin Tags: Nutrition antioxidants fiber kale Omega-3 Pesto vitamin a vitamin c vitamin k Source Type: blogs
Unity Farm Journal - 4th week of July 2014
Just as running a winery isn’t all romance, art, and elegance, running a farm is not all romping with your animals, a joyful harvest, and making a profit from the fruits of your labor.Farming is hard work year round, during the hot humid days of summer, the wet days of Spring/Fall and the chill of winter. There’s always maintenance and always unexpected tasks.Some of my farm related posts gloss over the details of day to day operations. This week, I’ll give you a taste of the kinds of things that require attention.Our 1.5 miles of trails, our mushroom operations, and manure management all depend on the Te...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - July 24, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Source Type: blogs
Waiting Like I Am
The line on the pregnancy test this morning is only faintly positive and in a way I’m glad it isn’t the same bold line that we celebrated with champagne seven months ago.
That night, grinning ear to ear, sugar plum babies dancing in our heads, Jen and I felt like the luckiest lesbians in the world to have gotten pregnant on our first attempt. “Guess what?” I sent in a text to Kate the next morning. My best friend from high school and Jen’s best friend from college, Kate was responsible for us getting together five years earlier and had been following our baby-acquiring progress ever since. A year ago, she...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - July 15, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: DW Staff Tags: Childbirth Children Source Type: blogs
5 Easy Ways to Eat More Fruit and Veggies
We all need to eat more fruits and vegetables! Did you know over 2/3rds of Americans don’t meet the recommendations for fruit and vegetable intake?! We typically throw away spoil fruits and vegetable two times a week on average, which translates into about $42 a week!
I am not saying you need to sacrificing taste or flavor or have to eat salads at every meal, I’m here to say “you can’t mess it up”! Just add in fruits and vegetables to any dish you’re making. No matter what the recipes says, you can always add fruits and vegetables to any dish to help bump up the nutrition. Includ...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - June 25, 2014 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: cooking diet eating healthy food fruits nutrition recipes vegetables blueberries healthy eating kiwifruit mushrooms slow cooker smoothies stuffed burgers vegetarian veggie burger Source Type: blogs
Unity Farm Journal - First Week of June 2014
As Spring begins to transform into Summer, everything on the farm is a sea of green. As Paul Simon wrote in 1973 KodachromeThey give us those nice bright colorsThey give us the greens of summersMakes you think all the world'sa sunny dayAll of the guinea fowl are in crazed Summer mating mode, with males chasing females all over the property and communal nests appearing in the forest, with clusters of 30-40 eggs. On some nights a “designated layer” sits on the nest and sometimes does not survive the prowling foxes, coyotes and fisher cats. We lost one guinea this week, so we’re down to 27.I’v...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - June 5, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Source Type: blogs
Flavorful Ways to Enjoy the Taste of Eating Right — Any Time of Day!
We’re still celebrating National Nutrition Month and I’ve had a great time spreading the word that we can all “enjoy the taste of eating right.”
You know, to “enjoy the taste of eating right” we want to focus on FLAVOR. Our food should look good, taste good and be good for us — it doesn’t have to compromise one for another. I was on WBAL TV 11 in Baltimore this past weekend sharing foods that are full of flavor AND nutrition. You can watch the full clip here, or read on below to see some of the highlights:
Get Your “Gut” Healthy With Active Cultures
We have billions of “good bacter...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - March 18, 2014 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: cooking eating healthy food life recipes vegetables Daisy healthy cooking McCormick national nutrition month post great grains Real Deal All Natural Snacks Source Type: blogs
Time-Crunched Recipe for Your Busy Weekend: Pan-Glazed Chicken with Kale and Basil
A busy schedule can make lasting weight loss and healthy maintenance feel impossible. How can you make wise food choices and maintain good habits when you're rushed, overwhelmed, and distracted?
In my book, Schedule Me Skinny: Plan to Lose Weight and Keep It Off in Just 30 Minutes a Week, I am your personal nutrition expert and I spill the secret to peeling off the pounds and eating better, even on your most time-crunched days. (Source: The ND Blog: Notes from the Nutritionista by Monica Reinagel, L.D.N., C.N.S.)
Source: The ND Blog: Notes from the Nutritionista by Monica Reinagel, L.D.N., C.N.S. - March 7, 2014 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Tags: Recipes cooking dinner food lunch nutrition Source Type: blogs
In Defense of Fake Foods
By Crabby McSlackerYep, Crabby is feeling all contrary today and thought she'd try to stir up some controversy by contradicting every normal sane health blogger in the world with this daring pronouncement:It's perfectly OK to Consume Fake, Processed, Non-Natural Foods...!...Sometimes.Well, so maybe it doesn't sound quite as controversial with that qualifier, but I'm not a total idiot.Natural Is Better, Right?There is a fun video making the rounds (which runs a bit long for my tastes, but whatever) that spoofs commercial dishonesty and consumer gullibility when it comes to claims that various processed foods are "natural."B...
Source: Cranky Fitness - February 27, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Forget the Diet Plans: The No-Brainer Way to Eat Healthy AND Lose Weight
During my life I’ve had a love/hate view of “the meal plan” segment of diet books. I want to make it work, but often it just takes too much time and effort to follow the plan and so I don’t stick with it for more than a couple days.
I’ve read many many books and articles on nutrition, food as medicine, and weight loss. In that time I’ve come up with a simple formula that I use to eat healthy and lose/maintain weight.
What follows is a simple approach to eating that is both healthy and conducive to losing/maintaining your desired weight.
The 5 Pillars of Healthy Eating
Remembering...
Source: Life Learning Today - February 2, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: AgentSully Tags: Exercise Healthy Living How To Motivation Personal Development diet diet plan eat healthy healthy diet healthy diet plan how to lose weight weight loss Source Type: blogs
Meatless Monday Recipe: Garlicky Kale with White Beans & Tomato
Happy Meatless Monday and Merry Christmas!
Today I wanted to share a delicious and vibrant side dish I am confident you’ll want to have make an appearance at your holiday table: Garlicky Kale with White Beans & Tomato. This beautiful vegan side is not only loaded with healthful fiber, nutrients, and comforting flavor, but it’s red and greens from the fresh kale and tomato are sure to get everyone into the Christmas spirit.
This recipe should make more than enough for 4 hungry eaters, but if you’re having more people at your table it can be easily doubled or tripled. This dish make...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - December 23, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: recipes beans garlic healthy recipe kale meatless monday nutrition tomato vegan vegetarian Source Type: blogs
Cram Three Superfoods Into One Side Dish With This Healthy Kale Recipe
Meet our December recipe blogger, Chef Calvin Harris! He famously slimmed down America's favorite dishes on ABC's Recipe Rehab and is also CEO of Inspired Food Solutions, a company with the mission of transforming the way we eat by providing great tasting and better-for-you alternatives for a healthy and happy life. (Source: The ND Blog: Notes from the Nutritionista by Monica Reinagel, L.D.N., C.N.S.)
Source: The ND Blog: Notes from the Nutritionista by Monica Reinagel, L.D.N., C.N.S. - December 18, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Tags: Recipes diet food healthy kale nutrition sides superfood Source Type: blogs
Yum: Rhythm Superfoods Kale Chips
Imagine if there were Zesty Nacho-, Texas BBQ-, Honey Mustard- and Kool Ranch-flavored chips that are actually good for you. Wouldn't that be amazing? Well, Rhythm Superfoods has launched all these flavors with chips made from one of our favorite superfoods, kale. We're just so pleasantly surprised how delicious they are, to be honest! (Source: The ND Blog: Notes from the Nutritionista by Monica Reinagel, L.D.N., C.N.S.)
Source: The ND Blog: Notes from the Nutritionista by Monica Reinagel, L.D.N., C.N.S. - December 12, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Tags: Nutrition calories diet grocery store find snacks vegetables Source Type: blogs
5 Weirdest Ways to Lose Weight
Losing weight is tough, and conventional methods don't always work quickly or easily. So it's not surprising that people will try tricks and tips that promise shortcuts to shedding pounds, even if they sound kinda offbeat.Me included!But what constitutes a truly "weird" weight loss approach?Well, when I googled, many of the "weird but helpful weight loss" tips were ideas that weren't all that strange.According to Allure Magazine, snacking on whole foods instead of refined junk, and watching less TV are a couple of "weird weight loss tricks." While eating at home and riding a bike were some of the "unusual...
Source: Cranky Fitness - December 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Put a Little Green in Your Life! Easy Kale Recipes You Will Love
Kale can be used in salads, pastas and even baking. The next time you want a little green in your life, try out one of these kale recipes.Contributor: Melissa MattersPublished: Dec 06, 2013 (Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content)
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - December 6, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs
My Green Mama Confessions
I live in organic kale smoothie, non-BPA, gluten-free, cloth diaperin’, homebirthin’, breastfeed them till they go to college, crunchity green land. That is, we live in the mountains outside of Boulder, which is like Boulder, but one step closer to your friends living in an Ashram and serving up their placenta for Thanksgiving dinner. And I am an active participator in this culture. Well, not the whole placenta-eating-part.
But I do have some confessions to make to my friends and neighbors: I had an epidural…twice…the very moment that I could and I would never ever ever consider the possibility of n...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - November 12, 2013 Category: Pediatricians Authors: Joelle Wisler Tags: Perspectives Parenting Source Type: blogs
