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If you have not discovered this popular pinkish-red fruit, this year, now is the time. It is in season and that means two things: the price is right and it is delicious! This luxury with its juicy and nutritious seeds is one of my all-time favorites. If you want to spruce up your Thanksgiving or Christmas table, add pomegranate […]
Every Monday I take three young adults frolfing. Or do we go frolicking? Sometimes I have so much fun, I feel like a dancing fairy in the forest! We start by choosing our weapons. J. likes “The Reaper” disc so he can warn the others, “FEAR the Reaper!” before he sends his sailing. S. likes the red disc because […]
On a cold, windy day while starting to make banana bread, I heard a knock at the door. It was my 6-year old neighbor Carter. He wanted to practice putting on my indoor golf putting machine. Of course. When he found out I was making banana bread, he asked if he could help. Very much “Of […]
We are in the thick of the 2015 Screen-Free Week according to the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood. Back in my public health days it was called it “Break Free from TV Week” but since then, more screens have been added: video games, computers, cell phones, tablets, etc. The goal is still the same: limiting children to 2 hours […]
When was the last time you taught a child to cook? I have great memories of inviting eight children to my house to do a test run on a cooking demo I was creating. We made a variety of “panini” sandwiches using a George Foreman grill and a variety of ingredient options for their sandwich creations: Sun butter, jelly, bananas, pickles, turkey […]
This is Molly, a peppy 14-year old I met at a Health Fair where I had a booth. Molly first caught my eye as she was juggling two pieces of fruit and be-bopping around. I got a kick out of her because she took a gigantic bite out of a huge apple, then stayed with […]
You may have heard already about the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics leadership being criticized for partnering with Kraft (i.e. taking their money) and putting a Kids Eat Right stamp on processed (i.e. not real) cheese. This has caught the attention of the Dairy Council, consumers, health professionals, and the media. More than anyone, though, it has […]
Last month I read an article in the LA Times, “A Brief Timeline Shows How We’re Gluttons For Diets” (February 28, 2015.) It outlined a history of dieting, starting in 1825 with a low-carb regimen by Jean Brillat-Savarin. The timeline brought back memories of the grapefruit diet, cabbage soup diet, Zen macrobiotic diet, Atkins, Beverly Hills, Zone, Sugar Busters, […]
I read that Puerto Rican Sen. Gilberto Rodriguez is suggesting that parents be fined if their children don’t meet their “ideal weight.” I wonder if Senator Rodriguez and his staff have considered the multitude of undesirable consequences of such a bill. Will this lead to children being put on fad diets or being denied food […]
On February 4th, Michelle Obama announced a $500 million dollar donation from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation toward the “the fight against childhood obesity.’ Yes, $500 million toward the phrase I want to eliminate! (Let’s Not Talk about Obesity in 2015) Here we go again. First of all, I think it’s great anytime any money […]