Green pea guacamole tastes great, and just like traditional guacamole, you can keep it on the healthy side by serving this smooth and tangy dip with fresh, crunchy crudités such as radishes, carrot sticks and sugar snap peas. View user submitted photos http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/pinterest Ingredients: 1/3 cup roughly chopped cilantro 1 (16-ounce) bag frozen green peas, thawed 1 avocado, peeled, pitted […]

Wouldn’t it be great if simple changes could result in weight loss? Wouldn’t it be great it the weight would actually stay off? It turns out that weight loss is very doable with some simple changes on your part. An article published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics studied 465 overweight and obese postmenopausal women between […]

To help you with understanding food labels, here are the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Guidelines for Common Food Claims and what they really mean: 

You know how it is. Walk into a grocery store and see the beautiful label or the great ad and you pull one off the shelf and into your shopping cart. Marketing and advertising works. Thinking about healthy eating may be enough to prime your brain to make better food choices But what if you were influenced to buy healthier foods with the same kinds of marketing and ads? A recent study […]

You probably know eating too much salt (sodium) can lead to high blood pressure and other heart problems and you probably know that French fries and potato chips are loaded with salt. But there are also other foods lurking in the grocery store that may surprise you with their salt content. Your average daily requirement for salt is 1,500 mg. But the average American consumes about 3,400 mg. The […]

My transition through menopause was one of the most important transitions of my life. I am an active yoga and meditation teacher who had just moved from Boston to New York City in my early 50’s. I was in a new city and although I am an expert at handling stress, had met my match with the move to NYC. […]

Instead of a recipe, this is article will help you create your own ingredients by starting a garden from the food in your kitchen. It’s actually easy to do and it avoids wasting food. With just a little know-how and a minimal amount of work, you can start making a garden today. The concept is called vegetative growth, which means […]

We already knew fast food was not particularly healthy. Now a new study showed that 96% of 36.923 menu entrees at 245 big U.S. chain restaurant menus exceed daily limits recommendations for calories, sodium, fat and saturated fat both for adults and children. This isn’t even addressing the issues related to trans fats and too much sugar. But every now […]

Staying healthy may be partly helped by your genes. But even those who pick the genetically best parents can improve their chances of good health. Here are 5 of my favorite health tips to help you stay well in the new year.   Eat Slow So Your Belly Fat Won’t Grow Remember your mother saying, “Chew your food?” The new […]

Obesity is a huge problem. About one-third of U.S. adults (33.8%) are obese. In 2010, approximately 17% (or 12.5 million) of children and adolescents aged 2—19 years were found to be obese.
 According to the CDC in 2010, no state had a less than 20% of the people living there obese. Thirty-six states had a prevalence of 25% or more; […]