Putting a healthy meal together can be difficult on a busy weeknight. These quick, easy, healthy meals make even weeknight cooking a breeze.
Tag: diet and nutrition
Research Shows Mangos May Help Prevent Breast Cancer
About 200,000 women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in the US this year. The disease will kill nearly 40,000. Mangos may help lower those numbers.
Mountain Dew Kickstart: The Latest in a Long Line of Breakfast Atrocities
It’s a question many of us have pondered, when trying to develop the healthy lifestyle habits that are invaluable in the quest for health and wellness. Answering the breakfast question may have just become more difficult with the release of PepsiCo’s Mountain Dew KickStart, aimed at further divorcing our best intentions from the behaviors that truly support health.
New School Food Rules Set To Improve Adolescent Snacking
On February 1st, the USDA released a landmark proposal (pdf) that sets forth new guidelines that will regulate the snacks that are able to be sold in schools and builds on improvements made to regulations guiding breakfast and lunch programs that emphasize the inclusion of more fruits, vegetables and whole grains.
‘Advergames’ and the Unhealthy Truth of Food Marketing
When are food marketing techniques considered predatory and recognized for their intent to mislead their target audience?
Wonder Bread is Back! For Better or Worse, Flower Foods to Purchase Iconic Hostess Brands
In a statement released last Friday, January 11th, Flower Foods of Thomasville, Georgia was announced as the “stalking horse bidder” for a variety of Hostess assets including the adolescent dietary staple Wonder Bread.
Avocado Nutrition: New Study is Great News for Avocado Lovers
Could eating more avocados make you healthier? A new study on avocado nutrition looked at that very question.
Healthy New Year’s Resolutions: Be a Better Influence
We tend to mimic our friends’ behaviors. What if yours were a model for healthy living? Let’s make some healthy new year’s resolutions!
Big Food, Big Marketing and Big Children
By now, we are all well aware that the state of our children’s health is in rapid decline. With nearly 30% of children identified as either overweight or obese and the alarming rate with which children are developing type II, adult-onset, diabetes, everyone is attempting to assert blame for the epidemic that has a firm grip on the health of our youth.
Prevent Acne by Changing Your Diet
When people break out they immediately open the medicine cabinet to see what they can put on their face, but they never look at their diet for the solution.
Healthy Kids: Teach Our Next Generation About Organic Foods
This month, PBS KIDS® and Whole Foods Market® announced a campaign and set of online resources dedicated to helping families learn to explore organic foods: Fantastic Organic. The Fantastic Organic [ … ]
Boost Your Energy With Magnesium-Rich Foods
Coffee and energy drinks are great for a quick boost, but did you know that magnesium deficiency is a common cause of low energy?
5 Tips for a Healthier Trip to the Ballpark
It’s time to get ready for baseball season, and that means one thing for sure: food! Unfortunately, ballpark food is often the unhealthiest of all, yet so hard to resist. Here are tips to enjoy the games while staying healthy.