Is Eating a High-Sugar Diet Killing Americans?
Most people have a sweet tooth because we all love to eat brownies, cookies, candy and ice cream. These foods are actually considered comfort foods in today’s world. Medical research has been suggesting for years, high sugar intake is the main culprit in increasing your risk of all of the killing diseases in America.
Sweet Potato Pecan Salad
Sweet potatoes are rich in dietary fiber, vitamin A, vitamin C and loaded with carotenoids which are powerful antioxidants which help decrease our risk of both cancer and heart disease and also helps to boost our immune system as well. This a good tasting nutrient filled sweet potato salad.
Blueberry Jerky Snacks
My grandkids love these type of fruit snacks but I don’t like all the food additives. These snacks are easy to make but they take a while to cook. I usually double or triple the recipe but I have lots of grandkids. They love these fruit snacks. Blueberry and strawberry jerky snacks are their favorites!
Recommendations on Proper Food Storage?
Keeping your family safe and healthy begins with proper food storage. It all starts when you come home from the grocery.
Black Bean Sweet Potato Chicken Enchilada Casserole
Here’s an easy-to-fix Mexican recipe the whole family can enjoy. Sweet potatoes contain important vitamins like beta carotene, vitamin C, and are high in the mineral potassium. They also contain soluble and insoluble dietary fiber.
Nutritional Strategies for Gaining Weight by Building Strong Muscles
Nutritional Strategies for Gaining Weight by Building Strong Muscles By Barbara Day, M.S., R.D. Calorie Needs If you want to build strong muscles and gain weight as you grow, you first need to know how many calories you need per day, how many calories you are eating daily, how many calories you are burning. To […]
Crispy Chicken Nuggets
This is one of my grandkids favorite recipes, their parents and their grandparents, love it as well. Any leftover tenders I use in salads.
A Potassium-Rich Diet Can Lower Your Risk of High Blood Pressure
Americans need to get more potassium in their diet to help lower the risk of high blood pressure, kidney stones, osteoporosis, and stroke. Women should get 2,600 mg and men should get 3,400 mg of potassium every day. Most Americans don’t meet that goal on a daily basis.
Specific Spices Can Help Prevent Disease
Some spices contain important antioxidants properties. An antioxidant helps to prevent free radicals oxidative damage which can cause cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, obesity and autoimmune diseases.
Vegetarian Chili
Vegetarian Chili By Barbara Day, M.S., R.D. This is one of my favorite vegetarian chili recipes! I like it because it’s loaded with vegetables but my friends and family are clueless that it does not contain MEAT. The bulgur wheat gives it a taste that is like a meat taste but it’s not. I have […]
