Have you joined me in trying Meatless Monday yet? Here’s an interesting article about vegetarian diets. Now I’m not saying you need to go vegetarian all the way, just try it one day a week!
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February is known as Go Red for Women month, a month to increase awareness about heart disease in women. So with that in mind I decided to share a very “heart healthy” recipe this month. There is an affordable, nutritious and sustainable fish making waves in the marketplace, barramundi. It originates along the Pacific Rim, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Salmon Wild Caught vs. Farmed
At my last cooking class I was asked “how can you tell if the salmon you buy is truly wild caught”? The next evening on the evening news was a story about this very subject. It’s all about the color. Wild caught has a deep red color, farmed may have the deep red color but [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Niacin in the news!
A study using niacin to boost our good cholesterol (HDL) has just been stopped. The theory: raising HDL would protect us against heart attacks and strokes. Unfortunately, the study was stopped because it appeared that the use of niacin increased the risk of one particular type of stroke. Statistically 1.5 million heart attacks occur in [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Is it just calories that count?
I’ve been noticing lately the fast food industry is trying to entice customers by giving the impression that their product is a healthy choice because it has less than 500 calories. Does this make it healthy? Does using sea salt vs. regular salt make it healthy? Should I be looking at the fat grams? From [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Portion Distortion and Healthy Tips for Eating Out
A “portion” is defined as the amount of food you choose to eat for a meal or snack. The continuing rising rate of obesity in our country and “portion distortion” plays an important part in these statistics. Twenty years ago a portion of spaghetti and meatballs consisted of one-cup spaghetti with sauce and three small [...]
Read the rest of this entry »June Cooking Class: Summer Picnics with Peggy
Tues. June 21, 6:30-8:30pm. Cooking class – Summer picnics with Peggy Korody, RD, CLT. It’s time to pack up the picnic basket, head off to the park or beach and enjoy some good food. We’ll also talk about food safety, and cook up some tasty take along dishes. $49 (prepay by June 17th receive a [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Nutritional Myths
Where should you turn for good nutrition advice? Oprah? Oprah’s cook, her personal trainer, or best friend? How about the clerk at the vitamin/health food store, infomercials, magazines, your friends, or your doctor? What qualifies these sources to give good advice on nutrition? Good nutritional advice comes from trusted sources, and is backed up by [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The New California Menu Labeling Law
Did you know that California has a menu labeling law? The first phase went into effect on July 1st, 2009, which basically states that any restaurant chain, with 20 or more restaurants, has to provide nutritional information to it’s customers. As of January 1st of this year, this information has to be on the menu [...]
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