Dietary guidelines recommend that all Americans get at least 25 grams of fiber a day. This is an even stronger imperative if you have diabetes, since a fiber-rich diet can help you better manage your blood-glucose levels. Twenty-five grams...
It has such a long history as a delectable--anywhere from 10,000 years, when sheep were first domesticated, to 5,000 years--that the origins of cheese are shrouded in its own creation myth. A nomad carrying milk in a pouch made...
Are women working too hard for their money? According to Michigan State University scientists, women tend to experience more anxiety daily, which causes their brain to work in overdrive.
Researchers measured electrical activity in the brains of a group of...
Basil is more than just a great addition to your pizza, pasta or sliced tomatoes on the grill. Studies show that if you add in this culinary herb last minute to your next meal, you could be doing your...
Q: Every time my 2-year-old granddaughter feels a bowel movement coming, she does everything she can to hold it in. She cries and is obviously in a lot of pain, but she refuses to go. A warm bath sometimes...
I recently visited my local gas station and handed the attendant a $20 bill. As always, he asked which pump my car was parked next to, and he then activated it from his register. When I finished refueling, I...
Who doesn’t love walking in the door after a long workout and grabbing your favorite post exercise snack? Chocolate milk, a blueberry acai smoothie or a bagel topped off with a spoonful of Skippy? For many of us, it...
Do you want to improve your mind tonight? Consider what you eat for dinner. Our chef suggests the Brain Food Special--a tender fillet of wild caught salmon in curry sauce over a pilaf of brown rice and lentils, accompanied...
We lop off broccoli stems, snip away carrot tops and snap woody ends from asparagus without a thought. The mindless tossing of scraps, peels and other produce trimmings is the norm in today's kitchens. Flashback a generation or two...
It is impossible to stay inside this time of year with hiking trips, afternoons on the boat and live concerts urging us to go out. Summer just wouldn’t be summer without the heat, and of course, the sunburned skin...
