Healthy food choices have an allure of well-being and vitality, and make unspoken promises of making you fit. What you may not realize is that these energy-boosting foods top the list of healthy myths that will knock you right out of the diet ballpark and disrupt your plans to be slim and trim. Our bodies can be viewed as highly evolved machines that need quality fuel to … [Read more...]
Childhood Diet has Lifelong Impact
A diet that includes eating too much fat and sugar as a child can alter your microbiome for life, even if you later learn to eat healthier, a new study in mice suggests. The study by UC Riverside researchers is one of the first to show a significant decrease in the total number and diversity of gut bacteria in mature mice fed an unhealthy diet as juveniles. “We studied … [Read more...]
3 Recipes to Step Up Your Culinary Game
Not all of us are master chefs that can whip up a new recipe in no time and serve it to our families. Cooking is a necessary skill, but it's not always an easy one to master. If you're looking for recipes to give your family more variety in their meals or just want to find something fun and new to cook, we've got you covered. Whether you’re looking for something sweet or a way … [Read more...]
How to Cook on an Indoor Grill
If you want to be able to enjoy grilled food all year long, an indoor grill is essential. No matter the weather or how much space you have in your home, you can grill indoors with excellent results. A word of caution, though: outdoor grills are NOT for indoor use. Don't use an outdoor grill anywhere inside your home - not even in your garage, in a shed, or in any other … [Read more...]
Eggs for the nutrition babies need for brain development
One of the best foods for a baby's healthy brain development is already in most refrigerators: eggs. In an historic first, the newly released 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans include recommendations for birth to 24 months old and specifically recommend them as an important first food for infants and toddlers, as well as for pregnant women and lactating moms. "The … [Read more...]