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You Can Trust Allison Fishman
The “Skinny” Cook Finds the Recipe for Healthy, Shameless Eating The author of You Can Trust a Skinny Cook talked exclusively to Wild About Health about the myth of the microwave, how to maximize servings, and why wild blueberries make her happy. Allison Fishman admits she kind of loves the… Read More
I Ate Pizza for Breakfast
5 Nutritional Travesties That Aren’t So Bad Photo by Richard Jones The thought pops into your head before you even stop chewing – this is a nutritional travesty. We know eating healthy food and loading up on colorful fruits and veggies is the path to feeling good and preventing… Read More
Lowering the Price of Healthy Eating
Is a truckload of veggies as desirable as a truckload of flat screen TVs? Skyrocketing food prices, a difficult economy, and lifestyles that depends on good nutrition may have created a perfect atmosphere for these produce thieves who stole a truckload of tomatoes and cucumbers valued at $42,000. The veggie… Read More
Can You Dig it? It’s Not Too Late for a Vegetable Garden
Why plant your own vegetables? In previous posts we’ve discussed the viability of backyard gardening. While all that still rings true, having a home vegetable garden is actually hotter and hipper than ever. Home veggie gardens are no longer novelties. They help families save money, and provide chemical-free edibles that… Read More
Milk, Eggs, Butter….and Frozen
Recently, we came across an article at EatingWell.com which posed the question, “Are we sacrificing nutrition by opting for frozen?” Our first thought was: Are they living in the dark ages? Then, we saw the date: 2007. It all made sense. Four years ago, they would have been forgiven for… Read More
A Healthy Pour? Syrup as Superfood
by anolobb If it’s true, it’s nutritional gold for Vermonters and Canucks and everyone in between: maple syrup could be considered the latest superfood. Something supersweet and superhealthy? Only a sap would be unmoved. It’s smart to be cautious, however. The term “superfood” gets a significant amount of media play, and… Read More
Got the Message? How We Learn About Health & Nutrition
Lately, the American public has been looking at itself in the mirror. What we see before us is someone overweight or more likely obese; someone with unhealthy eating habits that include large portions, high fat, high sodium, and highly processed food; and someone who either has or will have a… Read More
First Spring Look: Maine’s Wild Blueberry Barrens
A panoramic view of wild blueberry barrens near Meddybemps in Maine’s Washington County, taken today, March 24th. Over 60,000 acres of blueberry farmland stretch across Maine, providing an average 70 million pounds of berries each year. Photos courtesy of Geoffrey Leighton. Spring is officially here, and for fields being prepared for… Read More
Are You Maxing Out Your Fruits & Veggies?
6 Ways to Strrrrretch Their Nutritional Value It’s the stuff of late-night commercials: What if we could max out on nutrition without maxing out on food? With food prices on the rise and fruit and vegetable serving requirements firmly set in stone, extracting the most nutrition and disease prevention from… Read More
The American Plate
Rethinking It Can Change Your Health & Your Life by Ronmerk Why rethink the plate? Focusing on the plate means focusing on something concrete. Our health is not about abstractions like calories, pyramids, and nutritional labels, but about what is actually on that circular piece of pottery directly under our faces.Whether… Read More
