From our friends at Healthy Monday…
As we opened the October 2009 issue of Gourmet magazine, an impossibly good coupon fell into our lap. “Gourmet is having a very special white sale,” the promotional card announced, “12 issues for $15. It’s like getting 8 issues free!” We were suspicious of the enthusiasm behind the offer. “Is [...]
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Entries Tagged as 'Eat Healthy Monday'
The Legacy of Gourmet
Meatless Monday: Pack a Healthy Lunch
From out friends at Healthy Monday…
This interview was contributed by Kerry Truman of The Huffington Post.
Food products created just for kids are a relatively new phenomenon; back in the day, children ate the same foods that grown-ups did, only in smaller quantities.
In recent decades, however, we’ve witnessed the rise of ‘fun’, kid-centric cuisine–i.e.,those processed foods [...]
The Grape: Preventative Health Provider
From our friends at Healthy Monday…
Depicted in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, the grape is the world’s first recorded preventative health hero. Although its high concentration of vitamins B, C and K work to boost your immune system, it is the supplement Resveratrol, found only in grape skin, that makes the grape a standout preventative power. Resveratrol [...]
Eating Green At “The” Garden
This blog post comes to us from our friends at Healthy Monday…
The beginning of autumn marks the point when many of our favorite fruits and vegetables are ripe for the picking. This year, harvest has become a national affair. Michelle Obama’s famed White House garden is in bloom and ready to offer its bounty to [...]
Good Nutrition Starts at School
This post comes to us from our friend Kerry Trueman at Eat Healthy Monday.
I haven’t got much in common with Whitney Houston; I’m not tall or thin, and I can’t belt out show-stoppers. Oh, and I’m white. But, like Whitney, I believe that children are our future. We all agree – whatever size, shape [...]
The High Cost of Cheap Food
From our friends at Healthy Monday…
America has a well-earned reputation for serving up large quantities of cheap, fast food. Such meals 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 [...]
Go Flexitarian For Your Health
From our friends at Healthy Monday:
Dawn Jackson Blatner, a registered dietitian, considered herself a vegetarian. Her diet consisted almost entirely of plant-based foods, but she didn’t want to deprive herself of the occasional hamburger at a back yard barbeque or her favorite family recipes. Rather than remain a “closet meat-eater”, Dawn redefined her habits. She [...]
Healthy Monday: Who Will Be Tomorrow’s Julia Child?
The day Julia Child flipped her potato pancake onto the stove on her live show The French Chef was a key moment in culinary history. It reminded viewers that mistakes happen; it took some of the fear out of cooking. In this summer’s box office hit Julie and Julia, Meryl Streep plays Child and muses [...]
Heathly Monday – Meatless Goes Mainstream in Southern California
From our friends at Healthy Monday…
Here at Healthy Monday, we’re deeply committed to supporting people and organization working to improve personal health around the country. This Monday we highlight The Veggie Grill, well known in Southern California for serving classic American comfort food. Their menu includes such favorites as BBQ Wings, Chicken Caesar Wraps and [...]
Dr. Kessler Takes On Overeating
Monday is a fresh opportunity to recommit to a healthy lifestyle. However too many of us are derailed by the very notion of our favorite comfort foods. Approximately 70 million Americans suffer from conditioned hyper-eating, or the loss of control when encountering trigger foods. One such individual is Dr. David Kessler, a Harvard educated pediatrician [...]












