How you prepare your food plays a big role in the nutrient value of the meal, especially when it comes to vegetables. Here are a few basic tips and tricks to get you cooking healthy, delicious food, in no time. Cooking Methods Steaming is the best method for cooking most vegetables. It helps preserve the micronutrient…
Cranberry Sauce: A Year-Round Super Food Cranberry sauce has always been one of my favorite holiday-season foods. With so many amazing health benefits, cranberries (and the other ingredients in this recipe) deserve a spot on the table way more than once or twice a year. When I realized one of the first ingredients in the…
Paleo Banana Bread When it’s cold and wet outside there is nothing I love more than to curl up with a good book… or some new research articles! But the cherry on top is a cup of tea and a freshly baked treat. Paleo banana bread is a great excuse to get your oven cranking.…
The chia seed breakfast bowl really hits the spot if you’re looking for an alternative to a savory start to your day. This bowl isn’t married to breakfast. I love having a small serving as a snack. Plus, the chia seed pudding at the heart of this bowl can also be easily tweaked for a great…
Roasted yams, or sweet potatoes, meet all the criteria of a safe starch. They have a high micronutrient content and are full of both soluble and insoluble fiber. Soluble fiber feeds the healthy gut bacteria and slows the absorption of carbohydrates which helps moderate blood sugar…
Winter squash, in their many shapes and sizes, are the quintessential safe starch. They are packed full of micronutrients and their high pre-biotic fiber content provides important support for beneficial gut bacteria. Butternut squash, Cucurbita moshata, is a variety…
The types of food we will discuss in this article are ones that need to be avoided completely to prevent damage and disease. They are inflammatory, deleterious, and/or micronutrient poor or robbing. Consuming them will not help you toward your health and fitness goals and may…
The general rule for deciding which foods belong on this list is to limit food that has no nutritional benefit aside from calories. While these foods may not be directly harmful, consuming them in large quantities instead of more nutrient-dense options limits the amount and diversity of micronutrients, phytonutrients, fatty acids, and amino acids you consume.
Our daily behaviors play a vital role in the maintenance and decline of health through their direct influence on our physiology. Food has a particularly powerful role in the development of our internal environment and a nutrient-dense, whole-food diet is designed to take…