Turmeric Milk: If You Like Chai, Try This
Photography and content by guest author Jacqui Gabel, CARE Nutrition Intern Turmeric Milk If You Like Chai, Try This You’ve probably heard of turmeric and all of its amazing therapeutic properties, most notably to help manage inflammation. But have you found a way to incorporate this spice into your diet more regularly? This is a […]
How to Nutritionally Survive the Holidays
Photo and cupcake decorating author: Make.Bake.Celebrate How to Nutritionally Survive the Holidays This year can be different. The week of Thanksgiving: joyous anticipation fills the air as we all stand on the starting line of another holiday season! All social media posts and chatter right now reflect this holiday honeymoon phase. Our giggles have not […]
Ancient Wheat Grains: Einkorn, Emmer (farro), and Spelt… Nutritionally Better?
Emmer Seeds (photo www.prairieheritagefarm.com) Ancient Grains: Getting Lots of Modern Attention Ancient wheat grains, as implied by the name, refers to genetic types of wheat grasses that were available several thousands of years ago. My own culinary training taught me that they were all ‘cousins’ of our modern wheat, like durum and winter wheat, used […]
Lemon Water: What’s True (and not so true)
Lemon Water: What's True and not so true... I love being asked by CARE members to dissect nutrition tidbits that they find on social media. Lemon water is one of those such tidbits that circulates every few years and is back in its full swing. When asked to dissect this ‘too-good-to-be-true‘ list of benefits for [...]
THE Most Important Step for Nutrition Success
photo: Hearty Chickpea Stew Winter e-Recipe Book The Secret to Long-Term Nutrition Success? Always Be Prepared for Your Next Meal Before It’s Time to Eat If you are ready, really ready this time, to make dietary changes that including eating more fruits and vegetables– you are going to have to befriend meal planning and prep. It is an unrealistic [...]
CARE Member Question: Integrating CARE with Paleo
Integrating CARE with Paleo ... Or Vegetarian, or Flexitarian, or Vegan, or Gluten-Free CARE Teaches You How to Make the Choices that Best Fit Your Personal Lifestyle One of the nutrition principles learned in CARE Weight Loss & Lifestyle Program is how to balance macronutrients (carbohydrates, protein, and fat) for weight loss. CARE also offers [...]
Recipe: Sautéed Leek Greens; Too Much Nutrition for the Compost Bin
Cooking Leek Greens Milder than onion, easy, and surprisingly delicious! I, admittedly, only recently found out how absolutely surprisingly delicious leek greens are (those dark green tops of leeks); and how easy to cook! Leek greens seemed fibrous to me and so I defaulted to using them for stock (or compost). I knew, just from [...]
Why We (temporarily) Feel Worse When Eating Healthy
In the spirit of CARE, let’s start this conversation by having you envision a single cell in your body. Cells look a lot like a pin cushion. Their surfaces aren’t smooth at all, but rather, are full of individual receptors (the pins). These receptors are critical to influencing how that cell behaves. Depending on what [...]
