Nature’s candy bowl: make a homemade trail mix with nuts, seeds, dried coconut, dried fruit, chocolate chips, whole grain cereal (packaged choice: Nature’s Path Agave granola)
Smooth Move: In a blender or magic bullet grab ingredients like frozen fruit, milk or unsweetened milk replacement, honey / agave, cinnamon or cocoa, peanut or almond butter and blend! [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Top 5 List of “Kid-Tested, Parent and AKApproved” Snacks
Posted in For Kids, General Health on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How Do We Feed Vegetarian Kids?
Posted in For Kids, General Health on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For different reasons, significant numbers of kids are choosing a vegetarian diet. As I recently discussed on Good Morning America and GMA Health (watch them here), a vegetarian diet can be an extremely healthy nutrition plan for a child as well as an adult. I wanted to follow-up those pieces with more tips for parents [...]
To Cleanse??
Posted in General Health on April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Spring cleaning? In prep for bathing suits and beach fun, many are trying to think of the fastest and most effective way to shed winter weight, winter skin, and achieve that summer glow. The question is are all cleanses created equal? And if not, which ones pass muster.First, keep in mind that we can’t outsmart [...]
Wonder Twin powers, Form of a…supplement?!
Posted in Supplements on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With so many supplements on the market today, one question I get (or one that I often point out) is does the form of the vitamin – tablet, capsule, liquid, powder, spray – matter? My answer – indeed, yes!
I spend a lot of time explaining that the type of nutrient in a supplement matters a [...]
Eating fresh from the Farm…in Manhattan
Posted in Favorite Things on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It sure makes a difference when one can stumble off the dreaded red eye to a tea spot serving herbal organic teas with fresh, locally grown mint. Or sit down to a meal of local produce. Were I in LA, I wouldn’t think twice about such abundance (we are so lucky to be that jaded), [...]
Don’t be an April (nutrition) Fool…
Posted in General Health, Planning / Preparation, Word of Caution on April 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With all the marketing messages and nutrition info out there, sometimes it feels so hard to keep it all straight. In honor of April Fool’s, I wanted to arm you against some of the most foolish mistakes folks make in the name of nutrition.
We need more calcium for stronger bones. Marketing and research have done [...]
