November 2010

Myth: Vegetables Are Expensive

One excuse used time and time again for not eating vegetables is the PRICE. It is NOT a good excuse! Vegetables don’t have to put a hole in your wallet. You can make a delicious and healthy stir fry any night of the week that saves you money. I found a vegetable gem close to my house called Stanley’s Fruits & […]

Putting the Tinsle in Your Holidays!

Have you seen the target video with the lady on the elliptical? Watch it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ht_X19LtSg. Let me start by saying I don’t get any money from target, but still thought this commercial was worth sharing. I actaully saw it the other day, while I was walking on the treadmill and started cracking up! I know […]

Think Twice About the Twinkie Diet

A nutrition professor at Kansas State University named, Mark Haub, recently went on a diet that consisted mostly of the famous yellow snack cake known as the Twinkie. Mark’s story was recently reported in the Chicago Tribune. His diet seemed to cause an uproar in the nutrition realm. Twinkie diet…what? As stated in the Chicago Tribune, […]

America’s Diagnosis

Guest post by: Summer Porter, Dietetic Intern and PhD candidate at UIC America has an eating disorder. Diagnosis: poor quality food too much, too often, in the wrong place, and at the wrong time. Confused? You should be- you’ve likely been exposed to nothing but imitation crap food and crap culture your entire life. The […]

Over Consumption

Today, I thought I would bring up a few questions I get asked a lot! Can I eat this? Is fruit ok? How much wheat bread is ok? I always respond to these questions the same way…Too much of a good thing is still too much! It is funny to me how many people believe they have […]

November 2010

Myth: Vegetables Are Expensive

Putting the Tinsle in Your Holidays!

Think Twice About the Twinkie Diet

America’s Diagnosis

Over Consumption

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