Tag Archives: Nutrients

Befriend the Beet

Boiled, roasted or pickled – any way you make ‘em, beets can be a delicious and healthful addition to every meal.

The Peculiar Pomegranate

Pomegranates are a surprising fruit that varies in hue and harvest. The edible seeds of the plant are both flavorful and nutritious!

Daphne Oz is author of The Dorm Room Diet and the daughter of renowned cardiac surgeon Mehmet Oz. She uses both personal experience and the lessons of her upbringing to answer collegiate questions about diet and nutrition.

Sensational Spinach

Though spinach is not as high in iron as many believe, it is still a nutritional powerhouse that can be enjoyed year round.

Straight Talk On Protein

There seems to be a lot of chatter lately about the nutritional value of meatless meals. While some agree limiting meat is a healthy choice, others worry that plant-based fare won’t provide adequate protein. Truth is, by having a Meatless Monday, you not only are nourishing your body with sufficient and diverse protein sources, you’re taking strides toward better health.

The Chili Bible

As Sid Lerner, Chairman of The Monday Campaigns, says, “if you think chili needs meat, you don’t know beans!” Meatless chili comes in a variety of flavors and is a great source of protein. The Vegetarian Chili Cookbook by Robin Robertson offers 80 unique, hearty recipes that are both nutritious and satisfying.

Pumpkin’s Culinary Potential

You may be surprised to learn the culinary potential of the pumpkin goes way beyond a can of pumpkin pie mix.

An Abundance Of Apples

With over 7,500 known varieties, apples offer a multitude of health benefits in a portable package.

Make Kale Your Go-To Veggie

Steamed, boiled, sauteed or served cold, kale is a nutrient packed leafy green in peak season right now.

The Grape: Preventative Health Provider

Depicted in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, the grape is the world’s first recorded preventative health hero.

The Ever-Evolving Celery

Modern cuisine has redefined celery as more than just an edible utensil used for transporting peanut butter.

The Ambiguous Asian Pear

A cousin of the traditional European pear, the Asian pear has the shape and crunch of an apple, with the pear’s coarse texture and sweet flavor.

The Fascinating Fig

The fig is a small, pear shaped “false fruit” with a rich history. They grow in shades of green, brown and purple in warm climates throughout the world.

The High Cost Of Cheap Food

Large quantities of cheap fast food may seem like a bargain on the surface, but a closer look shows us that these highly processed, industrialized food products have a multitude of hidden expenses. Brian Walsh, a health and science writer for TIME Magazine, recently tallied up the impact that industrial farming is having on the environment, our health and the national budget. Our solution: go meatless on Mondays!

The Robust Raspberry

Raspberries may look tiny, but they’re actually a bunch of smaller, seeded fruits called drupelets. These sweet smelling, slightly tart treats are easy to grow and improve almost any dish!

The Naked Nectarine

The nectarine is a genetic twist on just the peach — whose signature fuzzy skin is a dominant trait missing in the (naked) nectarine.

Cauliflower: Choose New Hues

Cauliflower, like broccoli and cabbage, to which they’re related, is one of those powerhouse veggies that’s loaded with fiber and nutrients.

Behold the Bounteous Blueberry

The key ingredient in America’s most popular muffin, the blueberry is as good for your body as it is for your taste buds.

The Skinny on Ice Cream

Ice cream is one of summer’s simple pleasures. It comes in every imaginable flavor, and is always a hit with kids. But not all frozen treats are created equal. Many ice cream brands contain hidden calories. Often, the closer you look, the more you find dubious chemicals and questionable processing practices. To cap off a healthy Meatless Monday meal, why not try some flavorful, nutritious alternatives!

Treat Yourself to Black Turtle Beans

Beans are the finest form of protein on the planet. High in fiber, low in fat and chock full of nutrients, they’re a heart-healthy, earth-friendly alternative to animal proteins.

In Defense of Real Food

Vitamin-enriched Diet Coke, bread infused with Omega-3 fatty acids – you’d think we were getting our fair share of vital nutrients. But Michael Pollan in his best-selling book “In Defense of Food” – out now in paperback – offers a very different perspective.

Analyze Your Nutrition in an Instant

Sometimes you come across a website name that says it all: simple, direct, powerful. Conde Nast’s NutritionData does just that: providing you the info you need to make informed nutrition choices.

Strawberries to Sweeten Summer

Strawberries are sweet, easy to snack on and full of essential nutrients. Just one cup of strawberries holds more than the daily recommended amount of vitamin C.

How Sweet the Pea Is

The crunch of a sweet pea can breathe new life into a sweltering summer day. Fresh peas are easy to grow in your home garden and far superior to frozen.

Amazing Asparagus

We all recognize the green asparagus we see in supermarkets. But did you know it comes in purple too? And white?

Nutritional Glossary

Understanding all the words and terms nutritionists use can be confusing. That’s why we’ve taken the time to put them all down in one place and define them. Please use the glossary in conjunction with our weekly articles, and let us know if you’d like to see other terms added.

Protein: Healthy Amount, Healthy Sources

Found in every cell of your body, protein is essential to life. It builds and maintains muscles, bones, skin, and other tissues. It regulates basic processes like metabolism and digestion. Protein is one of life’s basic building blocks.

Calcium: An Essential Mineral

Calcium is best known as the mineral that builds and maintains strong teeth and bones. In addition, calcium is essential for the body’s basic functions, including nerve transmission, blood pressure and clotting, heartbeat and hormone regulation.

The Facts on Fat

Fats are a necessary part of our diet and something our body needs to function properly. In addition to being an energy supply, fat is used to produce cell membranes and certain hormone-like compounds that regulate blood pressure, heart rate, blood vessel constriction, blood clotting, and the nervous system.