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[1] Can grains be functional foods? Yes: This rice mix adds high-nutrition chia seed to deliver more “functionality” with each bite (photo © RiceSelect). Functional foods are a hot topic. The first functional food we remember, long before the term existed, was Tropicana Orange Juice fortified with calcium and vitamin D. We quickly understood…
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March is National Nutrition Month, so we’re opening with a mini-tutorial on carbohydrates. Most people will concur that “carbohydrates are bad for you.” But just as there are good oils and bad oils, there are healthful and bad carbs. COMPLEX CARBS = GOOD CARBS “Good carbs,” more scientifically called complex carbohydrates, are important in your…
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Gummie vitamins are as good as gummie candies. Photo courtesy NatureMade. We never looked forward to taking our vitamins, but we did so, dutifully, every day. We knew that there were gummie vitamins for kids, but never took much notice of the category. Recently, we were given a bottle of Nature Made’s Adult Gummies,…
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While our “day job” is to try lots of specialty foods and cook and bake alluring recipes, we aim to make the right choices when we’re not working. If we’ve been heavy on the healthful eating tips lately, it’s because we’re struggling even harder after the onslaught of Valentine chocolate. So today we’re passing along…
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Mmmm…a fun way to eat more veggies. Photo courtesy Nature Box. Trying to turn over a new leaf, eating more kale and other good-for-you veggies, without giving up flavor and fun? One of the major paths to better eating is to eat less meat and more vegetables. Yet many of us are veg-averse. Even…
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