Tag Archives: fruits

Super Fruits!

Posted on April 7, 2015 by L. M. Asta

You can’t go wrong with fruits. But even in the fruit world, some have more vitamins and fiber like guava, watermelon and kiwi. The chart below award gold, silver and bronze medals to the most nutritious. Read the full article … Continue reading →

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A Day’s Worth of Food: for Adults

Posted on March 31, 2015 by L. M. Asta

Pyramids and plates and portions—for adults, here’s the day—

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Resolution 3: Hungry Enough to Eat an Apple?

Posted on January 19, 2015 by L. M. Asta

I’m hungry! Wait, are you really? Try this: pick a food for the family that’s healthy and good in it’s own right like a pear or an apple. When someone is hungry, do a gut check: are you hungry enough … Continue reading →

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Resolution 2: Small Plates

Posted on January 14, 2015 by L. M. Asta

Make it fun. Pick a new food for the family (or revisit a healthy one that never got traction). Have the kids find the smallest plates in the house to serve this food on—this could be a doll plate or a … Continue reading →

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Resolution: 1

Posted on January 2, 2015 by L. M. Asta

Resolutions are great. The problem is we almost always set our expectations too high. We are going to eat right, get active, straighten up and fly right. And as soon as we fail, we feel terrible. We give up. Instead, … Continue reading →

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Reduce Your Risk of Diabetes

Posted on October 15, 2014 by L. M. Asta

Fail not! Start with one small, easy change and work from there. Make lasting change one small success at a time.

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Stop Trying to Sell Vegetables

Posted on September 7, 2014 by L. M. Asta

Eat your vegetables, they’re good for you! How many times did we hear this as kids, and how many times have we told our own kids? A recent study published in the Journal of Consumer Research may teach us all an … Continue reading →

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How Can I Make My Child Taller?

Posted on September 6, 2014 by L. M. Asta

Your child’s height is a combination of many things: family genetics and growth patterns, sleep and nutrition. If there were an easy way to predict your child’s ultimate height, there would be an app for that! Pediatricians approach this question … Continue reading →

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Kitchen Rules

Posted on May 14, 2014 by L. M. Asta
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Homemade Baby Food

Posted on April 30, 2014 by L. M. Asta

This article made me stand up and cheer the great job families are doing: As Parents Make Their Own Baby Food, Industry Tries to Adapt – NYTimes.com Parents are now the number two producer of baby food. That’s a win … Continue reading →

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