Artificial sweeteners: Helpful or Harmful?

Artificial sweeteners: Helpful or Harmful?

Artificial sweeteners have been all over the news this month. A new study took a look at how four common sweeteners (aspartame, saccharin, stevia, and sucralose) influence our health. This is one of the first studies to look at their effect on human metabolism and the...
10 Tips For Hosting a Stress-Free Thanksgiving

10 Tips For Hosting a Stress-Free Thanksgiving

Are you trying to create the perfect (and ideally stress-free) Thanksgiving dinner for your guests? When we reflect on past holidays, it’s the bloopers and mishaps that we tend to remember the most (and often hold dear). At the time, we’re frazzled when we...
I Want Candy: 4 Tips for Managing Fun Foods on Halloween

I Want Candy: 4 Tips for Managing Fun Foods on Halloween

If you’re reading this blog, you’re most likely a parent who cares about your child’s sugar intake and/or you want to help your kids strike a balance between the 5 pounds of candy in their Halloween bag with everyday nutritious foods. Maybe you realize that a...
4 Ways to Navigate Diet Talk

4 Ways to Navigate Diet Talk

We’ve all experienced diet talk at some point–either personally or secondhand. Think you haven’t heard diet talk? Consider these examples: “I deserve this, I was good yesterday.” “I’m really trying to not have carbs,...
Apple Farro Breakfast Bowl with Currants and Pecans

Apple Farro Breakfast Bowl with Currants and Pecans

Ready to shake up your bowl of oats and open your eyes to this farro breakfast bowl? If there is one commonly eaten whole-grain food for breakfast, it’s oats. Yes, oatmeal is a fiber-rich, whole-grain carb, but it’s not the only grain in the field. 🙂 I was...