Why You Need Fats: Good Fats Not all fats are bad (Also see Rating Fats from Best to Worst); you just need to know the difference between fats you need, and fats you don’t need. Here are some of the top reasons why you need fats: Fats provide energy Gram for gram fats are the […]
What to know: Hydrogenated fats The nutritional “bad word” every label reader should be aware of is “hydrogenated.” Zapping an unsaturated oil with high pressure hydrogen can turn the oil into saturated fat. (Hydrogen is forced into the empty parking spaces on the fat molecule.) This hydrogenation process is how vegetable oil is turned into […]
Understand Fats from Best to Worst Understanding how we rate fats from best to worst, you first need to know the sources of fats. There are three separate sources you need to look at when rating fats from best to worst. In the complex world of fats, it is important to understand that there are […]
Smart Fats Your Brain Needs Fats make up 60 percent of the brain and the nerves that run every system in the body. So, it stands to reason that the better the fat in the diet, the better the brain. So, with all the fat eaten by the average American, why don’t we have more […]
Facts on Factory Fats Tastes like fat, looks like fat, but it’s not fat! A dieter’s dream? Read on. The newest fake fat (e.g., olestra) is so fake that the body rejects it, even though the mouth seems to get the pleasure of fat. This fat substitute is made by joining together molecules of vegetable […]
Essential Fats and Omegas: All About Omegas Fatty acids are the basic building blocks and the main nutritional component of fats. The body requires about twenty fatty acids in order to live and operate. It can make all but two of these: linolenic and linoleic. These two are called “essential fatty acids” (EFAs) because they […]
Kids are often passionate, and sensitive, about how “tall” they are. I remember each of our kids getting excited with each incremental pencil mark up our kitchen wall. While it is true that a person’s height is primarily determined by genetics (i.e., the height of their parents), the new sciences of nutrigenetics and epigenetics reveal […]
Selecting Smart Supplements Let’s take a moment to talk about supplements. If we all lived in a perfect nutritional world—one where we grew our own food on our own farm, and ate only what we grew, fished, or hunted—we probably wouldn’t need nutrition in a pill. “Supplements” are just that. They fill in the nutritional […]
As we jump back into another school year, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed – “How am I going to handle the new schedule?” “How am I going to keep my child healthy?” “How can I make sure my kids are getting proper nutrition to help them learn?” Start by focusing on these five areas: […]
Ways to Get the Whole Family to Enjoy Healthy Smoothies I really want to get my family into drinking a daily smoothie. My kids are two, five, and ten. Do you have any tips to make this fun and sustainable so that they enjoy smoothies? Making a daily smoothie has been a Sears’ family nutritional […]
5 Ways to Stop Your Child’s Cravings for Junk Carbs My nine-year-old has consistent cravings for junk carbs, particularly unhealthy treats and anything sugary. How can I guide her toward more balance without creating unhealthy body/food issues? Most of us moms, including myself, have struggled with keeping our children on the path to eating healthy […]
Tips to Ease Baby Constipation What can I do to help my baby’s constipation? He also has silent reflux. I have tried pears and prunes, and they seem to make the reflux worse. Constipation is painful for children to have and painful for mothers to watch. As I have said many times in my Mondays […]
