When you consider the fact that half an avocado contains 4.9G fiber, 354MG potassium, 15.3MCG vitamin K, 59MCG folate, 1.5G protein and 10.7G (good) fat, what’s not to like?
Creamy, buttery avocados get their taste and texture from good fats, those monounsaturated fats that help lower cholesterol.
Whether it’s the base for guacamole, or diced in a [...]

A new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report sheds new light on food marketing to children and adolescents. The report, “Marketing Food to Children and Adolescents: A Review of Industry Expenditures, Activities, and Self-Regulation”, finds that 44 major food and beverage marketers spent $1.6 billion to promote their products to children under 12 and adolescents ages [...]

Beginning in early 2010, California will be the first state to ban restaurants from using trans fats, which have been linked to coronary heart disease, strokes, diabetes and obesity.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a new law, Assembly Bill 97, recently that directs restaurants to stop using trans fats by January 2010, and for bakeries to follow suit one year later. [...]

There’s been a lot of talk about gluten lately, and I know that reducing gluten intake is one of the goals in this book, but with all the talk, I still don’t understand what the big gluten deal is.
I know that those afflicted with celiac disease have gluten intolerance, but what does that mean exactly?
The short [...]

If, when you think of sweeteners, immediately you start humming “Pour Some Sugar On Me”, you’re not alone.
Generally speaking, there are two types of sweeteners, nutritive and non-nutritive. Among the nutritive are sugar alcohols, honey, fruits, and syrups (including maple, sugar beet, corn, cane, golden, barley malt, Molasses, brown rice, and agave).
Non-nutritive sweeteners include Acesulfame [...]

Just when you though it was safe to go back in the water…
Oh, wait. That’s another story entirely!
But fans of fresh tomatoes can now rejoice as the U.S. government declared late last week that tomatoes are back on the market.
That being said, an APB is still out on hot peppers, including fresh jalapenos and serranos, [...]

To me, cherries are the best fruit ever. They’re fun to eat, good for you, and sweet enough to be considered a dessert. In fact, one cup of cherries is only 87 calories, and is a good source of choline, a nutrient in the B vitamin family.
Other stone fruits are equally tasty and offer their [...]

Melon is a refreshing treat for breakfast, lunch, a snack or even dessert in the summertime. Most have a low calorie count (30 calories per 1/2 cup).
Choosing melons is a snap–be sure the melon you select feels heavy for its size, smells ripe, and yields slightly to gentle pressure at the stem end.
Ripe melons will keep for up [...]

I just ordered Quantum Wellness, and I plan to schedule a 21-day diet cleanse, just as soon as I get the book, figure out when I’m not going to be out of town for 21 days in a row, and when I feel I can best give up consuming any sugar, gluten, caffeine, alcohol or animal products.
The book, [...]

The tomato investigation that I talked about last week is ongoing. In the meantime, one of the owners of Farm Fresh To You, which delivers delicious produce to my doorstep every week, put some perspective on the whole tomato harvesting issue.
Red round tomatoes are harvested when they’re still hard and green. They are harvested by hand [...]