When people want to reduce salt, they typically focus on the salt shaker. They believe if they don’t add salt to their food at the table or when they are cooking, it is enough to keep their salt intake low.
Is it enough?
Get this answer plus learn that that nutrition claims on the food label really mean – it may surprise you!
Vitamin D is one of those vitamins that keeps popping up in the media as beneficial for our health and it’s a vitamin that many of us are lacking. I created a recipe high in vitamin D using Atlantic cod, orange juice, bran cereal flakes, and chipotle. The result was a divine vitamin-D rich Orange Chipotle Cod recipe.…
Yes, shrimp scampi can be heart healthy! With a few adjustments, this dish becomes low in saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium and yet is still chock full of flavor. I believe a traditional scampi would include lemon and butter; but I used what I had on hand from the wonderful UNF Ogier Gardens. I ended up with a…
There are no magic foods or techniques to heart-healthy eating. There are just four basic ideas to consider for planning and yummily living a heart-healthy lifestyle. (Yes, I know yummily is not really a word!). I recently was asked to be part of a panel for a talk about nutrition and health. My section of the panel…
Planning a heart-healthy balanced meal can be a challenge. To help with the concept of balance, I bring you a Five Food Group (FFG) Friday meal. I’ve based these FFG meals on the Choose My Plate model, which is the US Government’s initiative to promote healthy eating habits. MyPlate is an easy-to-understand visual of a…
I did it! I ate completely vegan for five days! Well, except for that one bite of celery with ranch dressing that snuck into my mouth before my brain thought about it… There are no pictures or foods listed for this day because it was an exact repeat of yesterday. There is a joy that…
Alexia Lewis R.D. 