Five Resolutions to Share With Parents of Picky Eaters
With the New Year upon us, many parents of picky eaters reflect on what they can do to help their families lead a healthier lifestyle in 2016. If you treat a kiddo stuck in the chicken nugget rut, share these five resolutions with the parents, so they can better guide their child toward more adventurous eating in 2016:
Make the kitchen the heart of the home. One of the best ways to connect as a family is what I call “parenting in the kitchen.” Ask parents to encourage their kids to chop veggies, mix a dip or line up sweet potato fries on a pan. Suggest they make a meal as a family, but it’s not always possible with ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - December 31, 2015 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Melanie Potock MA Tags: Speech-Language Pathology Feeding Disorders Swallowing Disorders Source Type: blogs
4 Tips for Managing Carbs on Wheat Belly
There is NOT a lot of counting on the Wheat Belly lifestyle, but keeping an eye on your carb intake is among the keys to success. This is especially true when you are just starting out, including starting out on your Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox when you need to reverse the metabolism/insulin/blood sugar/inflammation effects of years of wheat/grain consumption.
While we do not count calories or fat grams, we count carbs because 1) the majority of people begin this process with diabetes, pre-diabetes, high blood sugars and insulin resistance that all have to be reversed to regain control over health and weight, and 2) man...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - November 30, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle blood sugar carbs glucose gluten glycemic grains insulin net Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Let's Talk Turkey
Thanksgiving is almost upon us and time has come for that most sacred of American traditions: bemoaning the rising cost of living. Per this Bloomberg headline on Thursday, “Thanksgiving Meal Costs Most Ever as Bird Flu Hits Turkeys.”
Well, that’s complete and utter nonsense.
The headline grabbing data comes from the American Farm Bureau Federation, which faithfully records the cost of 12 items (e.g., turkey, pumpkin pie mix, sweet potatoes, etc.) that go into a preparation of a Thanksgiving meal for 10 people.
On the face of it, the nominal cost has risen by $0.70 from $49.41 in 2014 to $50.11 in 2015. Using a BLS ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 19, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Marian L. Tupy Source Type: blogs
Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Ham Skillet
Featured recipe from Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox
I’m a big fan of breakfast for dinner (though the opposite concept—dinner for breakfast—works equally well in this lifestyle.) After all, we have turned the traditional notion of a grain-based breakfast inside-out, breaking all the former “rules” of what is for breakfast and what is for dinner.
I snuck a sweet potato into this recipe for a bit of beta-carotene and flavor; it adds only 5 grams net carbs per serving. The eggs are optional in this recipe, in case you don’t want to take the breakfast-for-dinner idea all the way through.
Make...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 18, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Source Type: blogs
Trash or Treasure? Repurpose Would-Be Wasted Food to Feed the Hungry & Create Jobs
If I offered you a brown banana at the end of a buffet line, you probably wouldn’t be interested. But what if I offered you some banana ice cream on a hot summer day? I bet you’d find that a lot more appealing. And what if that “ice cream,” was just pureed frozen bananas—handled well, at peak ripeness and nutrient quality—with no added ingredients and requiring minimal labor.
It was this simple observation that inspired a new model, called the FSSM, Food System-Sensitive Methodology, for recovering would-be wasted – or surplus – food and repurposing it to feed hungry people, generate revenue and even create...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - September 3, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Food Nutrition Source Type: blogs
Foods that Nourish, Replenish and Repair
The food we eat serves many purposes. It satisfies a primal need to fuel our bodies and quell hunger. It connects us to family and friends in lovely ways, during the holidays, in social situations and at the nightly dinner table. It encourages us to be creative, to try new things, explore different cultures, and savor interesting tastes. And it comforts us, at least temporarily, when we are lonely, sad, anxious or otherwise spent.
Food has another very important purpose: it cleanses, repairs, replenishes our body at the most basic cellular level. In fact, the latest research from the field of nutrigenomics[1], reve...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - August 25, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Nutrition Source Type: blogs
Cancer is Not a Death Sentence
Life is Good!
If you or a loved one has just gotten a cancer diagnosis, I want to reach out to you with this article to let you know you don’t have to be afraid. Of course you will be in the beginning. We are conditioned to fear cancer. But, I want you to know that you have enormous hope for a high quality, healthy, even long, life in your future if you want that and are willing to listen to the message from your body and take action to heal it.
Let’s Face the Fear Factor First
I realize that having “death” in the title is a little scary, but it’s true: Cancer is not your death sentence. Being born is. At birth...
Source: Life Learning Today - May 21, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: AgentSully Tags: Green Living Happy Healthy Living How To Solving Problems Spiritual alternative cancer cures alternative cancer healing Believe faith fear fear of cancer heal yourself healing cancer healing power love yourself Source Type: blogs
Is Yacon Syrup A Healthy Sweetener?
Yacon syrup is a natural vegan sweetener derived from a root that is grown in the Andes Mountains of Peru. Yacon is a food that has long been eaten by the indigenous Andeans in the same way that potatoes are eaten; it even looks much like a sweet potato, but is more closely related to chicory and Jerusalem artichoke (sunchoke) than potatoes or sweet potatoes(1).
It truly is a natural sweetener that is processed in much the same way maple syrup is, so you can rest assured that it’s not a highly-processed chemical-laden artificial food. In fact, yacon syrup requires such a small amount of processing that some companies hav...
Source: Immune Health Blog - January 6, 2015 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Kerri Knox, RN Tags: Digestive Health Food and Nutrition Reviews superfoods #review yacon and ketosis yacon benefits yacon syrup Source Type: blogs
The Benefits of Yacon Syrup- The Healthy Sugar Substitute
There are many purported benefits of yacon syrup. From diabetic control, to weight loss, to digestive health and improved immunity, let’s find out if these claims are true. First of all, in case you didn’t read my previous post on Yacon Syrup, it’s a completely natural and minimally-processed(1) sweetener from a starchy sweet potato-like root indigenous to the Andes mountains of Peru that is often eaten raw and has a long history of use. What makes it unique is that much of its sweetness comes, not from sugars, as we traditionally think of them, but from a soluble carbohydrate fiber called Fructooligosaccharide, or F...
Source: Immune Health Blog - January 6, 2015 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Kerri Knox, RN Tags: Digestive Health Food and Nutrition superfoods fructooligosacharrides health benefits of yacon syrup Source Type: blogs
Broiled Salmon with Mushrooms and Farro – Inspired by Lyfe Chef Art Smith
One of the highlights of my visit to the Medicine X Conference in Palo Alto in September, in addition to my poster presentation and meeting all the amazing e-patients, docs and tech gurus there, was dinner at Lyfe Kitchen.
Founded by former McDonalds CEO Mike Roberts, Lyfe (which stands for Love Your Food Everyday) is the first of a growing chain of healthy, pretty fast food franchises that “put sustainability, our planet and our employees first”.
As soon as I entered Lyfe, I was hooked.
There was a gorgeous live herb garden forming the centerpiece of the place and lending a deliciously fresh scent to the roo...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - April 2, 2014 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Fish Brolied Salmon Farro Lyfe Kitchen Art Smith mushrooms recipe Source Type: blogs
Diabetes Australia bungles dietary advice
A Wheat Belly Blog reader passed this exchange between his father and a dietitian representing the Australian Diabetic Association onto me. While nearly all of you are no strangers to the ignorance exhibited by defenders of the dietary status quo, it occasionally helps to hear their arguments articulated. You are readily reminded just how many “holes” there are in their arguments to consume more “healthy whole grains.”
My father was a very serious diabetic, but I slowly got him off the wheat last December. Now his diabetes is the best it’s been in 20 years!
He was so disappointed with Diabet...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - March 17, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Diabetes 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: Roasted Carrot & Turmeric Soup
Happy Meatless Monday!
I can’t believe how quickly December (and this year!) have flown by! I wanted to end this incredible year by sharing with you one of my favorite insanely nutritious and delicious vegan soup recipes: Roasted Carrot & Turmeric Soup. I love cozying up in the winter with a huge bowl of nourishing soup or stew and basking in it’s warmth, especially as the day’s continue to shorten. This vibrant soup is loaded with warming and healing spices that will make even the darkest nights glow and excite everyone at your table. Who wouldn’t love a golden orange soup with a good piece of ...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - December 30, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: cooking eating healthy food nutrition recipes carrot healthy recipe meatless monday soup spices stew turmeric vegan vegetarian Source Type: blogs
Best Dairy Free Vegan Cheeses for Christmas
Top 10 Dairy Free Vegan Cheeses for Christmas Yep, it's true, even vegans, those with lactose and dairy allergies and food in-tolerances or those who avoid dairy for ethical or other health reasons can enjoy a cheesey Christmas.Here's a list of our top 10 favourite Christmas dairy free vegan cheesesVegusto Piquant Dairy Free CheeseSwiss dairy free vegan cheese to smile forA delicious, award winning Gruyere-like, good mature cheddar alternative that could rightfully take it's place on any cheeseboard in any restaurant without having to provide a warning with a wag of the finger introducing it as "The Vegan Cheese". Aw...
Source: Healthy Eating and Nutrition News - December 17, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Tags: cheese cheeseboard cheeses cheeze cheezly christmas dairy free food freefrom health risella scheese sheese sheeze vegan vegerella Source Type: blogs
Robotic Delivery: Easier With Restaurant, Fresh Food?
For general parcels the hardest part for robotic delivery trucks is the last dozen few hundred feet to your doorstep. The truck can get near the destination but can't take the final step. A friend was telling me how he uses a web site to order restaurant food. The service places the order with the restaurant, picks it up, and drives it to your home. That got me thinking: It is easier to do robotic pizza delivery than robotic delivery of non-cooked goods. Why? You are usually there waiting for the hot food to get delivered. Suppose you order a hot pizza or (being more health conscious) hot turkey, sweet potatoes, and beans....
Source: FuturePundit - December 15, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Randall Parker Source Type: blogs
