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Don’t Resolve. Rethink.
This week, most of the chatter about New Year’s resolutions is about how terrible we are at keeping them. But there’s another side to the failed resolution story. While some eschew joining the resolution bandwagon altogether, still others are motivated by the promise of a new year and the change… Read More
The Year in Health: Our Top Posts of 2010
Getting the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables is one of best things you can do in the new year. It’s no wonder that in 2010, posts that involve fruits and veggies top the list of those you found most interesting. You also enjoyed posts about the wild blueberry harvest,… Read More
Wild About Blue: A Conversation with Dorothy Klimis-Zacas
The UMaine researcher talks to Wild About Health about the paradox of treating disease, the role of the wild blueberry, and what message she would most like to pass on to the American consumer. Dorothy Klimis-Zacas was initially drawn to the blueberry because of its powerful antioxidant properties. She was… Read More
Psyched! Healthy Eating is All in Your Head
Dieting and healthy eating can be a mine field of magical thinking. It seems that if we really have a desire to make a poor eating choice, we can rely on the trickery of our mind to allow us to do so guilt-free. A recent study from Northwestern University brought… Read More
Groceries Online: The Key to Smart, Healthy Shopping
Have a love-hate relationship with your local grocery store? You’re not alone. Shopping is the ultimate onerous errand when it comes to time consumption, and it’s riddled with temptations that sabotage our diet and budget. It’s nothing for most of us to hop online (we’re probably there anyway) to buy,… Read More
New Heart Data “Scary & Disturbing”
Not meeting heart health criteria? Unfortunately, the chances are pretty good that you aren’t. Recent findings from the American Heart Association characterize the extent to which we are taking care of our hearts in pretty ugly terms. Following the presentation of the latest data at an annual meeting of the… Read More
Recipe Round Up Part II
Last Minute Favorites for a Healthy, Delicious Thanksgiving There’s simply no excuse for not incorporating sweet, delicious, healthy foods into your holiday meal this year. Sure, plenty of Thanksgiving recipes pack in the calories, but forking up some lesser-known ingredients and unsung vegetables could be worth it if it helps… Read More
Thanksgiving Recipe Roundup
Antioxidant fruits and veggies must feel like they’ve hit the jackpot when November rolls around. Lauded as helping our bodies defend against free radicals – unstable oxygen molecules associated with cancer, heart disease and the effects of aging – antioxidants are the champs of Thanksgiving. Working antioxidant-rich foods into pies,… Read More
Juice: The Beverage with Benefits
If you’re a juicer, you’re familiar with the benefits of getting fruits and vegetables in liquid fashion: drinking juice can be a fun, easy way to get your daily servings of fruits and veggies, as well as a way to incorporate some you might otherwise not eat. At the same… Read More
Frozen Fruit Myths…Debunked!
With ample evidence that frozen is just a good as fresh when it comes to getting delicious, healthy fruits into your diet, you might still hear that voice in the back of your head – the one hanging on to the notion of “fresh” – the one that makes you… Read More