Issues We have all been hearing the buzz around childhood obesity and the connection with a need for healthier school…
Back to School Nutrition Part 3: Top 10 Strategies for Healthy, Kid Friendly Brown Bag Lunches
Top 10 Strategies for healthy kid friendly brown bag lunches: Plan the upcoming week of lunches together. Consider their likes…
Back to School Nutrition Part 2: Brown Bag Lunch Basics
Ideally, the early formative years of a child’s life include parents providing healthy foods and teaching children about healthy food…
Snack Attack: Hummus
Hummus is made from the chickpea which is technically a fruit but is categorized as a legume. Chickpea means “small…
Back to School Nutrition Part 1: Breakfast
Breakfast Breakfast is a term coined from breaking a fast of 8-12 hours overnight. A healthy breakfast kick starts metabolism…
Kid Friendly Breakfast Ideas
The following kid friendly breakfast ideas are well balanced to include a variety of grains, milk, fruit, vegetables, meats and…
Top 8 Kid Friendly Cereals
Top 8 kid friendly healthy cereals are based on a one serving size portion that contains 6g or less of…
6 Ways to Strike a Balance of Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fats
Here are 6 strategies to help strike a balance between Omega-3 and Omega-6 fats in the diet: 1. Eat Fish…
Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fats in the Diet
The brain is an organ made up of mostly fat, a substance that many of us try to keep under…
Coconut Products
Coconut products including coconut water, coconut creamer and coconut yogurt are the latest foods to hit the mainstream market and…