This is the first of many posts in the Quick Tips Series!! These posts will give you: Basic information about a certain nutrient Five tips on how you can easily start adding that nutrient into your diet. To start off the Quick Tips series will be Omega-3s, the healthy fatty acids! As you may have … Continue reading Quick Tips: Eating More Omega-3 Fatty Acids
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Happy first day of Spring! The weather is getting warmer, everything is in bloom, and fresh fruits and vegetable are readily available at grocery stores, farmers markets, or in your back yard! Getting a variety of fruits and vegetables is the key to any healthy diet. Filling your meals with produce that is in-season provides … Continue reading What’s in Season this Spring?
What is the differences between folate and folic acid? Folic Acid is the synthetic form of folate, one of the B vitamins (B9). Folate is found naturally in foods whereas folic acid is the synthetic form of the vitamin added to foods that we already eat or taken in supplements. Countries across the world, including … Continue reading Nutrient Breakdown: Folate (Folic Acid)
When you think of food and health, food safety is probably not one of the first, or last, things that come to mind. However, everyone has either had food poisoning or can tell you a few stories about friends or family members that have had it. Food poisoning strikes 1 out of 6 Americans per … Continue reading Food Poisoning: What You Need to Know