Cozy Up to this Healthy Vegetable Chili Recipe
I originally found this recipe in Food and Wine magazine. I tried it out with my friend and marathon running buddy Rolando. He’s the kind of guy who buys stuff from the store and “pretends” he made it. I really don’t care because he is an amazing host and friend — and he always provides enough wine!
I can also say as a new mom, dinner is harder than ever to get on the table (y’all with me). This is an easy recipe that lasts and freezes well. It’s also versatile. You can change the toppings, wrap it in a tortilla with some spinach, or even add a little to a couple eggs for a savory ...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - March 27, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: cooking eating healthy food nutrition recipes healthy chili healthy stew one pot meal vegetable chili vegetarian chili Source Type: blogs
Will you survive Wheat Belly?
Dietitian Kristi King reviewed Wheat Belly for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND), full text here.
Among her comments:
” . . . there is very little guidance as to what are appropriate substitutions during meals, therefore, one who does not review this diet with a registered dietitian could potentially set themselves up for vitamin and mineral deficiencies, such as B vitamins, calcium, and vitamin D just to name a few.”
“Review this diet with a registered dietitian”? Is she serious? This is indeed consistent with the agenda that the Academy has been pursuing for many years, trying to make ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - March 23, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly counterattacks Source Type: blogs
Personalized Nutrition – Making Food Choices that Work for You
As March marches on, I’m still finding ways to celebrate National Nutrition Month’s theme of “Eat Right, Your Way”.
I was on WBAL (watch the full WBAL clip here) and Let’s Talk Live DC recently and shared some ideas to make eating healthier work for you. It’s all about personalized nutrition. My view: Not everything has to be absolutely perfect all of the time. I wrote about that in my blog for US News Health. Instead of thinking “all or nothing,” make choices that work for you and help you enjoy your meals.
We know that eating wholesome foods delivers nutrients. The “My Plate&...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - March 20, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: cooking eating healthy food nutrition recipes avocados coconut water Gorton's healthy meals Pirates Booty smoothie recipe sunchips Thomas' Bagel Thins Vita Coco Source Type: blogs
Building Unity Farm - Planting the Orchard
As Spring approaches, Kathy and I are diligently planning the fruits and vegetables of Unity farm. Our first year on the farm was about creating infrastructure and building the animal herds. Our second year will be about expanding the scope to include an extensive orchard, raised beds, a greenhouse, a hoop house/high tunnel, and mushroom farm. We're working with the town of Sherborn on an overall land management plan, respecting all wetland borders, setbacks, and regulations. They town already approved the cutting of poplars for the mushroom farm. We've resurveyed the entire property and marked all wetland borders/b...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - March 7, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Source Type: blogs
Articles Forbidden!
I received an email from Krista, one of my oldest friends in the world (not that she's old, but she's one of the people I've known the longest), and the attached file made me laugh out loud. Her email said, "I found this list in an old (as in published in 1924, and stuffed with articles clipped from various magazines from the 30s and 40s) cookbook that I got from a friend when she cleaned out an old relative's house ... anyway, thought you'd appreciate it."Oh, I did.(link to original version, which is way bigger)This list is an old-school "diabetic diet" list, and the contents read as follows:Food...
Source: Six Until Me. - February 25, 2013 Category: Diabetes Tags: Food Source Type: blogs
How I Lost More Than 150 Pounds
The picture to the right summarizes what my thoughts were one day, but of course the weight didn't just melt off after that, it took work.What started the journey was the DECISION to make a lifestyle change which entailed a major diet change and adding exercise to my life.I also had to STOP making excuses. If you keep making excuses, the list below and any type of inspirational quote will never help you get to where you want to go.The purpose of the list is to illustrate what actions I took that assisted me lose my weight. People always ask me, "how did you do it?"So I figured I might as well document "how" I did it and I ...
Source: Dumb Little Man - Tips for Life - February 25, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: DLM Writers Source Type: blogs
9 Magic Words Prove Vaccines Are Unavoidably Unsafe
Conclusion
If you decide to vaccinate your child, you do so at your own risk.
Your doctor can tell you vaccines are perfectly safe and your child will be “protected”, but the ones who are really “protected” are the doctors and the vaccine companies. What can you do? Take action right now.
Click on this link and download the vaccine ingredients. Then, look at the vaccine schedule and see what is going to be injected into your child.
References
1. www.fda.gov/drugs/drugsafety/postmarketdrugsafety…
2. www.cdc.gov/salmonella/typhimurium-cantaloupe-08-12/index.html
3. www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/CORENetwork...
Source: vactruth.com - February 10, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Jeffry John Aufderheide Tags: Jeffry John Aufderheide Top Stories Cancer National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (NVICP) Simian Virus 40 (SV40) vaccine ingredients Vaccine Safety vaccine schedule Source Type: blogs
How to Get an Alzheimer's Patient to Eat More Food
Don't approach the problems that come along with dementia with dread. Instead think positive, and find a solution. You might be able to benefit from some of these eating tips.
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room
As Alzheimer's or dementia progress getting a patient to eat a nutritious meal, or to eat enough, can become a problem.
This can cause the Alzheimer's caregiver to become frustrated, confused, and even angry. It can also bring on feelings of sadness and hopelessness.
There are a long list of potential problems that cause dementia patients to eat less. There are also many ways that can be tried to...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - January 24, 2013 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs
Get Your “Green Smoothie” On – A Delicious Way to Drink Your Veggies
Smoothies can be a smart food choice any time of day. They make a quick and healthy meal when you’re pinched for time. They’re great for exercise recovery because they have carbohydrates and protein. They’re an easy way to get more fruits and vegetables, which are packed with vitamins and minerals to give you energy.
My favorite smoothie is “green” – super simple. Just add frozen banana, spinach, and protein powder to a blender. Toss in a little ice and push GO!
But your smoothie can be any color of the rainbow. So get creative.
Basic Fruit and Veggie Smoothie “Recipe”:
This is a basic recipe t...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - January 23, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: eating healthy food nutrition recipes banana healthy recipes smoothie spinach Source Type: blogs
Avocado Overload.
I hate cooking and I am terrible at it and anyone who tries to sell me the whole, "But anyone can cook!" has clearly never seen me get mad at a frying pan for simply existing. But the trouble is, being human, I tend to get hungry several times a day. Which means I have to deal with food things.Sigh.Thankfully, I've found some very easy (both to make and easy-on-my-blood sugars) food wrangling opportunities to keep me from existing solely on coffee and mental trail mix. You need: Trader Joe's Just Grilled Chicken StripsOne avocadoRaw baby spinachOlive oilPreheat the frying pan. (Do you preheat a...
Source: Six Until Me. - January 22, 2013 Category: Diabetes Tags: Food Source Type: blogs
New to Diabetes: What's Next? (Part 3)
By Amy Campbell
Last week I focused on blood glucose monitoring and logging as essential tools to help people new to diabetes (well, actually ANYONE with diabetes) get a handle on how factors like food, alcohol, physical activity, and illness affect blood glucose.
If you don't have a blood glucose meter, or if you have one but haven't been using it, now's the time to start. Remember that it's your diabetes, and it's up to you to learn how it affects you so that you can effectively manage it. Don't be afraid of the numbers, learn from them. And if you're not sure what they mean, take them to your doctor or to a diabetes ed...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - January 22, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Amy Campbell Source Type: blogs
48 Questions.
Cherise (PYT!) fleshed out a little "getting to know you" meme for #dsma, and as my synapses are not properly firing this evening, I'm grabbing this to get the gears going again. (And while it's not a diabetes-centric meme, this one is.)1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?Not that I know of. But I do know that my father named my brother, my sister, and I. And there isn't any rhyme or symmetry to our names. 2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?I can't remember - I think it was October.3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
I like it enough. It's suffered tremendously since I started using the c...
Source: Six Until Me. - January 22, 2013 Category: Diabetes Tags: Oh, The Memes! Source Type: blogs
Fake Food.
"Here is an orange and a clementine and here is an avocado and some cheese and spinach and a banana and oh, here's a strawberry - two strawberries! - and some gwapes and a potato, some eggies, a carrot nose, and if you want to have a pear I have a pear right here." Birdy verbally rips through her little shopping basket of fake food, offering up her stash of delicious plastic pieces."And if your blood sugar is low, you can have glupose tabs or some of that gwape juice." She furrowed her brow thoughtfully. "Or a croissant. But not this one, because it's just PWETEND and it won't hel...
Source: Six Until Me. - January 21, 2013 Category: Diabetes Tags: Diabetic Mommy Source Type: blogs
Wheat and spina bifida
Spina bifida and neural tube defects are a devastating condition that affect 1 in 800 births. They represent the failure of the spinal column and overlying tissues to close in utero during the first trimester of pregnancy, leaving the spinal cord, and sometimes the brain, exposed. It is attributable in large part to dietary lack of folate, a B vitamin.
If pregnant mothers obtain 400 mcg per day of folate, the incidence of spina bifida is slashed by 72%–not eliminated, but markedly reduced (since there are causes outside of lack of dietary folate). Given the severity of this condition, it is an incredibly small ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - January 18, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Nutritional deficiencies Source Type: blogs
‘Only A Tenner.’ David’s Journey Into Exclusion. #Poverty #Unemployment #mh
This short piece follows a conversation with a chap I met on a bus. I hope I have represented David’s feelings and words correctly in this semi-fictional story of his journey into exclusion from the world of Dine for 2 for a £10.
(All details of benefits, work experience and final thoughts, are in Davids own words, and reproduced with his permission)
“And it was busy, absolutely packed even. A tangle of shopping trolleys their distracted drivers intent. They tutted, sighed and grabbed at shiny packets and colourful boxes, and I just had to know, even if that knowledge would leave me desolate, so I ventured in....
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - January 14, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: *Special Guest Writers* Source Type: blogs
