Eating Cheat Sheet - May, 2005
Getting the nutrients you and your baby need requires knowing how to read a food label. Here's what to look for. It's tempting to think that taking a daily prenatal vitamin covers all your nutritional needs while you're expecting, but nutrition experts say......
Peanut Butter Goes Upscale - May, 2005
A growing number of premier chefs are using peanut butter in signature dishes. New York's Alian Bucasse of MIX, for example, starts guests with homemade peanut butter, grape jelly, and butter on country bread. Restaurants dedicated to peanut butter include...
Clean Cuts: Avoid Tainted Meat - April, 2005
It's best to assume that every piece of meat contains harmful pathogens, say's Catherine Donnelly Ph.D., a professor of nutrition and food science at University of Vermont. So cook it thoroughy. And when you're at the grocery store, remember...
Eat a Light Salad Before Every Meal - February, 2005
Can't remember the last time you ordered a side salad? Make it a regular habit and you could trim down, according to new research in the Journal of American Dietetic Association. When 42 women ate a 100-calorie salad before dinner, they consumed 12 percent...
Poach or Pitch - December, 2004
Food expiration dates aren't always the deciding factor. Three things that weigh over 300 pounds; A male bighorn sheep, A newborn elephant, The amount of food you throw out each year. That's right - the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates......
Can Large Lunches Help You Lose Weight? - November, 2004
Eating a supersized lunch won't curb dinnertime cravings according to a new study conducted at Pennsylvania State University in University Park. Researchers served 39 women breakfast, lunch, and dinner once a week for six weeks, varying the calorie counts...
Sweet, But Innocent - November, 2004
From energy bars to soda, high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is in my processed foods. The sugar alternative may have undesirable effects. Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS); For some people with IBS, fructose ferments to produce gas, cramping and diarrhea...
Goods on Crabs - November, 2004
Crabs are protein-rich and low in calories and fat, says John Kane, master taster at the American Culinary Institute in San Franciso. fortunately, there is also a wide selection from which to choose. Use this guide to hlep you decide which variety will be best please your palate...
Thanksgiving Day Tummy Trouble - November, 2004
Suffering from upset stomach (or worse!)? If serveral of your holiday-dinner companions experience the same symptoms, food-borne pathogens are likely to blame, rather then a day of gluttony, say's Catherine Donnelly, Ph.D., professor of nutrition and food science...
Apples Always in Season - October, 2004
Growing up, I rarely hungered for apples. I lived in Los Angeles, so I never once roamed through an orchard or yanked an apple off a tree, or even sliced up apples for a pie. But these days I'm making up for lost time. Over the past couple of years...