Healthy Eating

Commonly touted as the most important meal of the day, breakfast often becomes the step-child of the day’s meals by virtue of its timing. First thing in the morning is not when most people want to take the time to plan and prepare…

I’m over 70, and I don’t feel like I’m aging. I’m just as active as I’ve been for the last 25 years. My recent annual physical showed perfect blood work and no ailments. Why? Because I know the difference between aging and processed foods…

According to statistics, up to 30 percent of us will experience changes in appetite as we age. This is a complaint my mom started having in her mid-60s. Foods she loved to eat as a teen or young adult just didn’t whet her appetite anymore…

Intermittent fasting is certainly a hot health topic these days, and for good reason! There are plenty of articles, books, and research papers you can read to learn of the impressive and often even miraculous benefits of fasting…

For many of us, the idea of switching to a healthy, organic diet seems out of reach because the perception is that it’s too expensive. Is that really true? It can be difficult to pinpoint the answer because we all have different food purchasing habits…

It is so important for all of us to nourish our bodies with healthy choices in food. Being health oriented, I have spent years researching different foods, making sure we get adequate vitamins and minerals in our diet. Dinner time is sacred time at our house…

With summer here, are you looking for ways to eat well without heating up the kitchen? Salads are great, but if you’re pretty active you need something more substantial than lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers to keep your energy up. I’d like to give you three…

Everyone seems to be concerned with healthy eating these days. And for a good reason! With so many hidden ingredients in our foods, it’s hard to ever really know for sure what we are putting into our bodies. Thankfully, the warmer seasons offer us…

We throw around the term ‘emotional eating’ a lot. Sometimes we even act like it is some kind of affliction that we contracted or is part of our personality. We say things like, “I have always been an emotional eater” or “I always eat when I am ____,” filling in the blank…

We eat a lot of chicken at our house. Chicken is always the ‘when in doubt’ food to cook for company. Most people like chicken and there are so many ways to cook it. Also, chicken always makes great left overs, which I love. I tend to get in a rut with recipes…