Healthy Habits

As a nutritionist, I educate many on the benefits of eating a plant-based diet. The importance of eating more vegetables cannot be over-stated! However, the prevailing culture of media bias and information confusion often pronounces the fresh food, in particular vegetables, as "toxic" or "harmful"... Please consider the alternative: highly processed and packaged foods with chemically altered additives that promote higher intakes of sugar, salt and fat in order to declare that package healthy. If your health is becoming more [...]

Nutritionally speaking, the swirling discussions for what brand, label, supplement or food product provides the most nutritional value have created a lot of misunderstanding for applying the promoted health information. What is understood is that the Standard American Diet and fast-food eating habits of many is not sufficient for supporting optimal health. Because of dietary deficiencies, many chronic illnesses present in our society are being treated with pharmaceutical and supplement options. But, are increased quantity of pills, as medicine or [...]

An article by: Catherine Schroeder, RD In addition to rainbows in the sky, April showers inspire the growth of a colorful array of spring fruits and vegetables to decorate your dishes, tempt your taste buds and nourish yourself naturally! Vibrantly colored produce adds visual appeal to any dish without the use of synthetic dyes or additives.  More importantly, these brightly colored foods pack a powerful nutrition punch.  Fruits and vegetables have a high nutrient density, meaning they provide high amounts [...]