“Easy” is the Secret to Family Meals: Five Tools I Use
It’s no secret. I’m a fan of family meals. Eating together as a family while sitting around a table (in front of a TV doesn’t count) has been shown to reduce the odds that kids will be overweight, enhance their school performance, brighten their mood and decrease risky behavior. The reasons for these seemingly magical results are partially due to better nutrition but are also influenced by the conversations that naturally happen when a family joins together around a meal.
When I encourage busy moms and dads to make mealtime a family affair, I often get the response, “We want to have family meals, bu...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - July 10, 2018 Category: Child Development Authors: Alan Greene MD Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Family Dinner Family Meal Family Nutrition Source Type: blogs
“Easy” is the Secret to Family Meals: Five Tools I Use
It’s no secret. I’m a fan of family meals. Eating together as a family while sitting around a table (in front of a TV doesn’t count) has been shown to reduce the odds that kids will be overweight, enhance their school performance, brighten their mood and decrease risky behavior. The reasons for these seemingly magical results are partially due to better nutrition but are also influenced by the conversations that naturally happen when a family joins together around a meal.
When I encourage busy moms and dads to make mealtime a family affair, I often get the response, “We want to have family meals, bu...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - July 10, 2018 Category: Child Development Authors: Alan Greene MD Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Family Dinner Family Meal Family Nutrition Source Type: blogs
Blackened Shrimp with Citrus and Roasted Fennel
It’s been quite a long hiatus from blogging, and I for one am glad it’s over.
Nothing special made me stop blogging, just the overwhelming business of life and work. It’s a good life, but one that for the past year or two has lost the balance between work and private life that I seem to have achieved when I was blogging more frequently.
At any rate, things in general have settled down a bit and I find myself actually having free time again to write. And so the blog is back!
What’s new, you ask?
Well, I am about 30 pounds thinner, that’s one big thing.  Nothing magic or amazing, just a food delivery diet that let...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - June 23, 2018 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Fish Pasta Rice & Potatoes Uncategorized Chrimp Fennel orange quinoa shallot Source Type: blogs
Dietary rut? 5 ways to snap out of it
Why is it that despite so many interesting foods in the world, we sometimes fall into dietary rut? For busy working families, lapsing into a boring menu routine may be due to a lack of time, planning, or know-how. Years ago, when I anchored the local TV news at dinnertime, my husband Jay made noodles with takeout meatballs so often that our three kids (even the baby) would tease him about it. “I didn’t know how to cook and I didn’t give much thought to dinner until everybody was hungry,” remembers Jay, my prince who would work all day, pick up the kids, and feed them before I got home. “We’d have leftov...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - June 20, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Heidi Godman Tags: Health Source Type: blogs
Shakeology vs 310 Shake – Head to Head Comparison Â
Meal replacement shakes Shakeology and 310 Shake need little introduction. These two meal substitutes are among the most popular in the market, and there is a reason why they have finally been pitted against each other. Information on what each individual shake is capable of is widely available. What most people don’t know is how the two compare, specifically which one packs more bang for your buck. This in-depth review seeks to uncover just how the two compare toe-to-toe and what you should expect.
Shakeology reviews will tell you that it’s the best thing since sliced bread, whereas 310 Shakes reviews will als...
Source: Nursing Comments - May 30, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: M1gu3l Tags: Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Shakeology vs 310 Shake: Which One Is Better?
Showdown: Shakeology vs 310 Shake
Weight loss is a subject that involves many things. There are exercise, diets, and supplements to help with the process. Shakes are part of the subject. Many people around the world use them as meal replacement options. From customer reviews, it is evident that meal replacement shakes actually work. They have helped users drop excess pounds. Â
However, there are many shake brands in the market. It may be confusing deciding which one to buy. The easiest way to pick the best shake for you is through comparing them. For this reason, below is a comparison Shakeology vs 310 Shake. Â
Well, ...
Source: Nursing Comments - May 28, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: M1gu3l Tags: Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Shakeology Shake or 310 Shake: Which One Is Better?
Weight loss is a subject that involves many things. There are exercise, diets, and supplements to help with the process. Shakes are part of the subject. Many people around the world use them as meal replacement options. From customer reviews, it is evident that weight loss shakes actually work. They have helped users drop excess pounds. Â
However, there are many shake brands in the market. It may be confusing deciding which one to buy. The easiest way to pick the best shake for you is through comparing them. For this reason, below is a Shakeology comparison versus the 310 Shake. Â
Well, let us start with the similari...
Source: Nursing Comments - May 28, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: M1gu3l Tags: Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Eating well to help manage anxiety: Your questions answered
Does diet affect anxiety? If so, what should I eat, and which foods should I try to avoid?
People who suffer with anxiety should remember a few simple rules:
Low blood sugar, poor hydration, use of alcohol, caffeine, and smoking can also precipitate or mimic symptoms of anxiety.
Eating regular meals and preventing hypoglycemic states are therefore important.
Adequately hydrating with plain water is best, at least 6 to 8 glasses a day.
While nicotine does not cause anxiety, withdrawal from nicotine can mimic anxiety, and people with anxiety may smoke to soothe themselves. It may become a problematic behavior, as nicotine c...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - March 14, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Uma Naidoo, MD Tags: Anxiety and Depression Health Healthy Eating Mental Health Source Type: blogs
Recipe of the Week
MedlinePlus, the National Library of Medicine consumer health resource, recently created a new feature, Recipe of the Week. Here you can find healthy yet tasty dishes to cook and serve. Each recipe includes the ingredients, prep and cook time, number of servings, and nutrition information for Quinoa Black Bean Salad, Quick Beef Casserole, Baked Tilapia with Tomatoes and more. Recipes are provided by NIH institutes and use fat-free milk, small amounts of vegetable oil, lean cuts of meat, poultry without the skin, fish, beans, fruits, vegetables, and lots of fresh herbs and spices for flavor in order to promote a heal...
Source: BHIC - March 13, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Carolyn Martin Tags: General Websites Source Type: blogs
3 New Year ’s resolutions all families can (and should) make
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It’s the beginning of a new calendar year, that time when we resolve to do new and better things. This is such a wonderful idea, because doing new and better things can make us healthier and happier. Resolutions can be particularly good for families to make. Not only is it good to work together on something, it’s a good way to keep everyone accountable.
The best resolutions are the ones that are simple. By simple, I don’t necessarily mean easy (if they were easy, we wouldn’t have to resolve to do them). I mean that they are resolutions that you can lean into and work toward, achievabl...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - January 2, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire McCarthy, MD Tags: Children's Health Exercise and Fitness Healthy Eating Parenting Source Type: blogs
What Spirits Are Safe?
Spirits are a mixed bag, but you are likely to find at least several that you can enjoy without provoking health problems. Beware of flavored varieties of vodka or rum, as they are loaded with sugar and/or high-fructose corn syrup. In general, simple unflavored spirits are safest.
Here’s a short list to help you navigate through your holiday cocktail parties and toasts without exposing yourself to the harmful effects of grains.
Vodkas brewed from nongrain sources, including Chopin (potatoes; outside of North America you will have to ask or examine the bottle for the source as there are also wheat and rye vodkas from ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - December 7, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Alcoholic beverages Undoctored Wheat Belly Lifestyle blood sugar Dr. Davis gluten-free grain-free grains Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Real-life healthy dinners (for real people with real busy lives)
At the end of a long workday, my husband and I will often trade texts figuring out who will pick up the kids at my mother’s, and who will deal with dinner. Thankfully, we’re equal partners in all responsibilities (except spider-killing, which is strictly Hubby’s job) and dietary preferences. We’re both health-conscious foodie types. We want good food that’s good for us.
An unvarnished look at family dinner
The kids, on the other hand… I’m not sure how this happened, but we somehow raised creatures with tastes vastly different from ours, and each other. We’ve never tried to cook an evening family meal that e...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - November 29, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Monique Tello, MD, MPH Tags: Health Healthy Eating Source Type: blogs
Here ’s why we don’t care about our health
A little ways back, I was at a gathering of friends and family and was in the kitchen setting out a dish of black bean and quinoa dip. Suddenly, I heard someone from behind me exclaim: “What is that? If that’s something healthy, I am not eating it.”
Although somewhat intended as a joke, there was no doubt a truthfulness to what was said, just as exists in similar comments which often sound like this: “My doctor said I have to start eating healthy because my numbers (i.e., cholesterol, blood pressure) are bad.” Even in the doctor’s lounge, where physicians have spent much of their life being educated about the e...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 17, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/jim-schroeder" rel="tag" > Jim Schroeder, PhD < /a > Tags: Physician Cardiology Primary Care Source Type: blogs
Are sprouted grains more nutritious than regular whole grains?
My local farmers’ market was busy with the Saturday morning bustle of people buying homemade goods and locally grown fruits and vegetables. One of the vendors had a swarm of customers inspecting freshly baked breads. “They’re sprouted-grain breads,” the baker told me, and explained that they tasted better and were healthier than regular whole-grain breads. A sample was delicious — the recipe included sprouted Kamut and spelt, and the bread had a nutty flavor — but was it more nutritious than the regular whole-grain bread I’d just purchased from another vendor?
About sprouted grains
For more on the subject, I ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - November 6, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Heidi Godman Tags: Health Healthy Eating Source Type: blogs
This Is Not The Paleo Diet
With all the talk about reverting back to the dietary roots of our species, some may ask: Isn’t this the same as the paleo diet, the popular interpretation of diet prior to agriculture?
The Wheat Belly and Undoctored lifestyle and the popular notion of a Paleolithic diet overlap substantially, but there are differences. So let’s discuss the points of difference.
First of all, I am not bashing the ideas promoted by followers of the paleo concepts. The ideas they follow are much better than conventional notions of healthy eating, and wonderful results can indeed be achieved on a paleo diet. Many authors from the paleo co...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 20, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Paleo Diet Undoctored Wheat Belly blood sugar diabetes diy health Dr. Davis grain-free grains low-carb prebiotic resistant starch Wheat Belly Total Health Source Type: blogs
