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Comforted by Cobbler
When a delicious comfort food comes together with an ingredient that is a powerhouse of nutrition and disease prevention, well, it’s food nirvana. Chef Jeff Buerhaus from (Maine’s own) Walter’s in Portland points to Blueberry Cobbler as one of those foods that are in the heavenly pocket. He joined radio… Read More
This Blog’s No Good For You
Why It’s Finally Time to Learn A Crucial Food Lesson Blogger Pooja Mottl made a pointed observation about our collective health recently in the Huffington Post. Mottl says that despite supermarket recipe cards and countless blogs and articles about food and food preparation, “it’s not happening — we aren’t getting… Read More
A Fervor for Fungi: Mushrooms Cover the Health Bases
As Greg Marley, Maine forager and author of Mushrooms for Health: Medical Secrets of Northeastern Fungi can tell you, mushroom poisoning should not be taken lightly. Many experienced foragers have found out the hard way that mushrooms found in the wild can harbor dangerous secrets that lead to illness, even… Read More
The Social Network
How Flesh-and-Blood Friends Influence Your Life & Your Health Those flocking to The Social Network, the story about the founders of Facebook, which is getting seemingly endless critical raves, already know that Facebook is a social revolution. The Facebook culture has emboldened old friends to re-connect, incited passionate fans to… Read More
Dave Lieberman Does Lemon Blueberry Poundcake
We can talk about healthy food all we want, but it doesn’t do any good unless we’re eating it. Dave Lieberman, known for his Food Network shows Good Deal and Eat This draws from his book 10 Things You Need to Eat for this fast and easy recipe for Lemon… Read More
At Risk for Diabetes? Be Your Own Breakthrough
Type 2 diabetes, the most common form of diabetes, affects millions of Americans. As waistlines increase and diets degrade, the Type 2 diabetes diagnosis rate continues to grow in this country. And, it is being diagnosed at unprecedented and alarming rates in children. This chronic disease, marked by high levels… Read More
One More Reason to Love a Veggie
It’s the season for putting fall veggies like zucchini to use…in any way possible. According to recent media reports, when a Missouri Montana woman was forced to fend off a 200-pound bear that was attacking her dog, she reached for the closest thing she had – a large zucchini that… Read More
High Fructose Corn Syrup: Bumpy Ride for a Fraught Sugar
High fructose corn syrup has been on a roller coaster ride over the last few years, and the fun isn’t over. Its ups are marked by big agriculture subsidies, and a starring role in everything from wheat crackers to cranberry juice. Today, the obesity epidemic has changed the way we… Read More
Spotlight On: Plants for Human Health Institute
Part Two: Betting Big on Blueberries The nutrient-rich blueberry has been lauded as an antioxidant powerhouse and true “superfruit”. It consistently tops the lists of nutritionists and scientists alike as one of the healthiest foods for anti-aging and disease prevention. Owed to the high concentrations of nutrients in its deep… Read More
Fruit & Veggie Slackers – Are You One?
We’ve said it here before. Most Americans are not eating their daily requirement of disease preventing, health boosting, weight managing fruits and veggies. A new report from the CDC this month says as much – only 33% of adults consumed two or more fruits a day, while just 26% consume… Read More
