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School Lunch Gets Healthy
Local & National Programs Improve Nutrition on Cafeteria Trays School lunch — for many, the term conjures memories of tater tots, cartons of milk, and fatty, carb-heavy mystery foods that contribute to obesity and poor nutrition. But today, efforts are underway to undo the poor image of school lunches. The… Read More
Seasonal Recipes Offer Fresh, Simple Food All Year Long
Kathy Gunst Shares Her Wild Blueberry Syrup Recipe & Talks to Wild About Health About the Virtues of Seasonal Eating The delights of summer in Maine are obvious. But local author Kathy Gunst has a lock on what makes all seasons in our state delightfully delicious. Gunst is a writer, food… Read More
Cancer Study Follow-Up: Report Brings Key Nutritional Messages to Light
Food as Medicine & Colorful Diet at the Heart of New Study, Says Nutrition Expert Susan Davis This week, Wild About Health shared a new study from researchers at the City of Hope in Los Angeles that showed the positive effect of blueberries on triple-negative breast cancer, an aggressive form… Read More
New Video! Exciting Study Ties Blueberries to Breast Cancer Prevention
There is no more exciting time in the world of blueberry research. The nutritional potential of blueberries, particularly wild blueberries, is high and building as we find out more and more about the natural disease preventing chemicals sheathed by that dark blue skin. Now, a new study conducted by researchers… Read More
Fall for Apples
Shine Up a Cortland, Grab a Macoun…This Favorite Fruit Has a Lot to Offer Kiwi, guava, cactus pears, acai…the longsuffering apple can get lost in the cornucopia of today’s stylish fruit choices. It’s easy to pick up a bag during apple-picking season, cook up a crisp, and forget this favorite… Read More
Top Montreal Chef Makes a French Connection with a Wild Ingredient
Chef Jérôme Ferrer is a Montreal chef with a flair for creative, delicious food and a talent for distinctive use of market fresh produce. As Grand Chef at the celebrated Restaurant Europea, a true hot spot of creative, modern cuisine located in a luxurious Victoria Mansion in the heart of… Read More
In the Heart of Harvest Country, Wild Blueberry Research Intensifies
Last month, Midcoast Maine was a hotbed of exciting, innovative research into some of the most urgent areas of health. Bar Harbor, Maine hosted the 14th annual Wild Blueberry Research Summit this August, an event devoted exclusively to continued research into the role of wild blueberries in critical areas of health. At… Read More
Maine Chef Competition Spotlights Farm-to-Table
Harvest on the Harbor, the annual food and wine event that takes place right smack on the harbor in Portland, Maine, is putting the farm-to-table movement in the spotlight by searching out the best farm-to-table chef in this fall’s aptly named “Top of the Crop” competition. An extraordinary crop of local chefs… Read More
Walnuts: Cracking the Case of Heart Health
by GimmeFood 🙂 Nuts have always been part of our daily diet recommendations. But they are dogged by their dark side – one that likely developed as a result of their ubiquity as an over-indulged in, high-calorie snack. They can be found in the ingredient list of many processed foods, are… Read More
Good Guy Noir: Nutrition is the New Black
Whoever said black never goes out of style must have been referring to nutrition. Dark berries are certainly a runway favorite. They are high on the list of foods that provide excellent benefits to our health thanks to that dark color – it’s your tip off that you are in the presence… Read More
