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5 Healthy Aging Food Goals for 2023

5 Healthy Aging Food Goals for 2023

Year end lists are fun, if not always informative. Most of the Food Trends lists are thinly disguised marketing ploys. I found one at Better Homes & Gardens that predicted a “tinned fish revolution” (sell more canned tuna), increased use of gluten-free pastas (sell more 

Holidays and weather consipire against exercise

Holidays and weather consipire against exercise

When it comes to staying active, the weather and the holidays are conspiring against me. So is the calendar. These are the shortest days of the year. Despite that, I’d been looking forward to getting out in the brisk winter weather. Key word “brisk”; not 

Immune-critical nutrient check list

Immune-critical nutrient check list

‘Tis the season: for colds, flu and other respiratory infections. Viruses cause most of those but strep throat — caused by bacteria — is also making the rounds. What can you do? When it comes to immune function, be proactive. Support your immune system by 

Cabbage is the new lettuce

Cabbage is the new lettuce

Thanks to inflation, the price of lettuce has been creeping up alarmingly over the past few months. At my grocery store, it’s now $3, so I’m done with lettuce for the foreseeable future. It’s a sad situation. I love tossed green salads. What to do? 

21st Century impact on vitamin D status

21st Century impact on vitamin D status

Strictly speaking, vitamin D isn’t a vitamin at all. It’s more of a hormone, produced in skin cells exposed to UVB rays of sunlight. The form that’s produced in skin cells is metabolized to an active form by the liver and kidneys. Not just for 

Sweet potatoes: not just for dessert anymore

Sweet potatoes: not just for dessert anymore

Sweet potatoes for dessert? As I remember it, my mom’s traditional Thanksgiving sweet potato casserole might as well have been dessert. She sliced the potatoes in half, coated them generously in a mixture of brown sugar, orange juice concentrate and butter. Of course, they were