The nutrition in collard greens is often overlooked, especially in the mild-summer climates where growing broccoli, cabbage and kale during the summer is the norm. However, in the 100-degree heat of Southern U.S. summers, the only member of the Brassica family that can be grown successfully is the collard green. Following are some of the [...]
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If salads are an integral part of your healthy diet, there is no domesticated green that can compare to Romaine lettuce. You can buy it year-round and it adds a slightly bitter crispness to your meal. If you don’t care for the bitter flavor or somewhat tough (compared to leaf lettuces) texture, but don’t want [...]
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I am so excited that I finally have asparagus growing in my vegetable garden! I love the sweet flavor of the steamed young stalks, and it is so nutritious – but also so expensive at the grocery store. I also have a hard time finding fresh-looking stalks at the store. The tips are almost always [...]
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Whatever your health goals, whether to simply avoid the cold and flu or to support your body in healing itself from a degenerative disease, the first place to start is in improving your nutrition. The keys are Eliminating all processed foods; Consuming at least nine servings of fruits and vegetables, including dark leafy greens and [...]
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Based on what I’ve read and heard over the last couple of years, it sounds like more and more schools are getting on the healthy diet bandwagon. One article that just came out revealed that one school district will be serving more whole grains and fruits and vegetables, and reducing the meat. Sounds good, doesn’t [...]
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Think you need to get your kid on a special child nutrition program? They refuse to sit down and eat with the rest of your family. They eat only one thing for days, then switch to something completely different for another several days. Or maybe if the food doesn’t look pretty on the plate, they [...]
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In their quest of a healthy diet, more and more people are seriously considering those foods that have a high antioxidant value. The pomegranate is one. In fact, the most widely touted of the health benefits of pomegranates is that it has a powerful ability to eradicate those free radicals that so often, if not [...]
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Did Nathan Pritikin provide the world with a healthy diet when he came up with his “Pritikin Plan”? He was a believer in the dietary fat/cholesterol leading to heart disease. So, when he came out with his diet in the 1960′s, one of the main components was that fat provided no more – preferably less [...]
Anyone figuring out a healthy diet plan knows that water should be the number one “food” they consume every day. You probably know it. I know it. Yet, whenever the weather suddenly becomes cold (there is no gradual temperature change in north Texas; one day, it’s 85 degrees, the next, it’s 50 with a forecast low [...]
There are a lot of claims out there as to what constitutes a healthy diet. Some say unpasteurized milk products are dangerous; others say they are not only safe to consume, but extremely healthy. Some say meat is bad for you; others say you need it daily if you don’t want to risk nutritional deficiencies. [...]
