Nutrition Basics


  • Brussel Sprout Nutrition

    Brussel Sprout Nutrition

    Brussel Sprouts are nutritious, easy to roast and make for a flavorful, crunchy salad or side dish using these recipes.


  • Weekly Trailmix Tips: Nutrition, Exercise and Mental Health

    Weekly Trailmix Tips: Nutrition, Exercise and Mental Health

    Nutrition U.S. News & World Report Best Diets Overall 2021 The Mediterranean diet wins for the fourth year in a row. Eating Processed Foods Increases Risk of Heart Disease by 58% Pizza, pancakes, bacon, sausage, high fructose corn syrup may be cheap and convenient but they are bad for your health if they are eaten…


  • Banana, Berry, Apple Bread

    Banana, Berry, Apple Bread

    Make traditional banana bread more nutritious by tripling the fruit and swapping milk for Greek yogurt. My Dutch grandma taught me how to make banana bread when I was old enough to mash a banana and sugar together. It was my “special job” as she put it. The smell of it baking in the oven…


  • Top 10 Foods of the Decade Twisted Healthy

    Top 10 Foods of the Decade Twisted Healthy

    The NPD Group is a major market research firm on consumer shopping trends. They surveyed American’s about their eating habits from 2004-2014 and the percentages below represent the greatest change in consumption rates over the two-week period measured. They found that while we are eating more foods in the home and dining out less, we are not necessarily cooking…


  • 6 Easy Tips to Destress Your Holidays

    6 Easy Tips to Destress Your Holidays

    Tips on how to have it all this season without turning your merry jingle into a bitter jangle.


  • The MIND Diet, Power Your Brain

    A 5-Star diet for your mind, your heart and your health.


  • Chicken Satay Kabob

    Take the heat out of your kitchen and onto the grill with this spicy, sweet kabob. Served on a crunchy bed of Asian Salad, it’s a complete meal for under 350 calories/serving. Any leftovers are perfect your next day’s lunch as the cabbage salad hold up well. Ingredients: (Makes 6 kabobs) 1/3 cup Peanut Butter…


  • The Top 10 Addictive Foods List

    Your taste buds will adapt and they do learn to love the one they’re with, so reward them in a manner that doesn’t harm your health.