If you have kids, you’ve probably been to a few Back-to-School events to kick off the scholastic year with a guide on what’s ahead. Well, why not take this week to review what we consider our best practices in the world of food shopping, cooking and eating. We’ve heard it all before, but it’s just good to bring to mind what we already know before we forge ahead into another year of over scheduled feeding frenzy. To borrow a widely-used and very intuitive headline for this exercise, let’s call it our Clean Eating Best Practices. Clean, because when it comes to food, our bodies can only be as clean as the foods we feed them! Come and cook with us! Continue reading “It’s Back-to-School Night: Let’s Eat Clean”
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The Facts on Fat!
Diet fads might change on a dime, but there is one thing most of them have in common: stay away from fats! And while it’s true that fat isn’t an essential nutrient (our body is able to make mosts of the fats it needs – and then some) we have to keep in mind that fats are a vital component of the human diet. What matters most is that not all fats are created equal. Here are a few guidelines on the good, the bad and the ugly. Come and cook with us! Continue reading “The Facts on Fat!”
Care for a Side of Pesticides?
A study called: “Are Organic Foods Safer or Healthier Than Conventional Alternatives?” has been published yesterday in the Annals of Internal Medicine and has come to the somewhat surprising conclusion that “published literature lacks strong evidence that organic foods are significantly more nutritious than conventional foods.” However, it has also concluded that “consumption of organic foods may reduce exposure to pesticide residues and antibiotic-resistant bacteria”. Continue reading “Care for a Side of Pesticides?”
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