Protect Immunity & Lower Cancer Risk in Winter with Nutrition Eat foods like sweet potato, spinach, pumpkin, and citrus fruits which are loaded with antioxidants like vitamin C and beta-carotene. Fight infections with zinc, which is found in meat, eggs, and unprocessed grains, and get probiotics from yogurt and fermented foods. Polyphenols in green tea […]

Beef Up Your System for Flu Season Brought on by a combination of decreased sun exposure, and more time spent indoors, where bacteria and viruses are more plentiful, flu is rampant in the colder months. Arm yourself against illness with a diet rich in foods containing probiotics and prebiotics, which are especially beneficial to the […]

Eat Dinner With Your Family Week: Sept 28-Oct 2 A nationwide initiative to remind parents that what kids want most at the dinner table is their family. It doesn’t matter if you cook a gourmet meal, order food from your favorite take-out place or eat out–the important part is that you have time to talk to your […]

Media and Eating Disorders “Today’s children and adolescents grow up in a world flooded with the mass media…Over the past 20 years, several articles have proposed a link between the thin female beauty ideal and the muscular male body ideal portrayed in the media with a range of psychological symptomatology including body dissatisfaction and eating […]