Have you ever wondered what three nutrition gal-pals talk about while eating lunch? In my world it goes something like this: The men in our lives— Our work projects— Our favorite digestive enzymes (occupational hazard)— Mammograms vs thermograms— The rapid pace of our world today— The wisdom and fun gained in your 40’s versus your…
Three Healthy Discoveries have come across my desk this week and I wanted to pass them onto you. The Fourth Annual Gluten-Free Culinary Summit – I attended the Gluten-Free Baking Invitational in Denver last spring. I wrote about that event here. This year The Gluten-Free Summit and Baking Invitationals will be in Hyde Park, NY…
Today I am organizing my workshops supplies; I’ll be teaching in Nashville next week. I often tuck the “Normal Eating” hand-out into my master folder and read it aloud when I teach. I think this speaks to adults as well as kids. Normal Eating– an excerpt from Ellyn Satter’s book, How to Get Your Kid…
On Monday I went to The Organic Dish in Boulder. This is such a cool “Healthy Discovery”! I am giddy about this find, but let me back up and tell you how I ended up there in the first place. Planning ahead for meals is not my forte. I don’t like to aimlessly wonder through a grocery store searching for ingredients at…
Even if you aren’t a regular vegetable eater can you identify these fruits and vegetables? According to Diet Blog, kids in the UK had a hard time naming the fruits and veggies pictured below. The answers: 1- Pomegrante 2- Artichoke 3 – Turnip 4 – Eggplant Granted I can’t tell you the last time I…
In my wellness workshops one thing I often focus on is, reading food labels. I travel with various food boxes, cartons, bottles and packages (the original food is long gone) but the ingredient paragraph and Nutrition Facts remain. My audiences love this portion of the class. People are always shocked when they READ THE INGREDIENT…
