Nutrition

Cooking with Dads is a free health initiative for dads and their children. This event fosters building and reinforcing healthy relationships between fathers, grandfathers and their children/grandchildren, while exposing them to resources and methods that will help them create healthy meals. This hands- on event for dads and their kids, kids with uncles, mentors or […]

Well if you’re anything like me, I’m sure you’ve thought that right after you have an hangover you are looking to get rid of it fast or maybe you want it to soothe your stomach. I drink GINGER ALE whenever I have a hangover or when my stomach doesn’t feel good. Its all a MYTH. […]

Well there has to be stop to this! More and more people are dying from overdosing, it has been an epidemic among adults for a while and recently has become one among teenagers. Franklin County had 520 overdose deaths last year, including 66.5 percent related to fentanyl, county Coroner Dr. Anahi M. Ortiz said. Ortiz […]

Experts on preparing a tasty Thanksgiving turkey are taking calls at the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line.  Talk-Line supervisor says it’s a good idea to buy your turkey and put it in the refrigerator instead of the freezer until Thanksgiving Day.  She says thawing a whole bird requires one day in the refrigerator for every four pounds […]

Via: NIM.NIH.Gov If you frequent your local grocer, you may have encountered this dilemma while in the produce section–whether or not to buy organic. New research has found that there is no strong evidence that organic products have nutritional health benefits. The few studies that were conducted were short term and showed to have limitations. […]

VIA:  cdc.gov As a parent, the things you do and say have a tremendous influence on your child’s behavior. Encourage your child to live a healthy lifestyle by talking the talk and walking the walk. Don’t know where to start? Here are a few ideas. Eat Right There are many ways to assure that you […]

VIA: health.com School meals matter. Just ask any teacher or parent and they’ll tell you that children who lack proper nutrition have trouble focusing in school. Medical authorities and nutrition researchers have documented that youngsters who eat nutritious meals every day and lead active lifestyles tend to excel. More importantly, our schools are on the […]

VIA: healthnews.com It’s been many years since I had to prepare lunches for schoolchildren. But I did do it for more than a decade, and mostly on a budget. With hot lunches at many schools being costly or of poor nutritional value, it is certainly wiser and healthier to pack your own. While there is […]

VIA: WebMD.com By Kathleen Doheny WebMD Health News Researchers found fast food may cause a person to be more impatient and desire instant gratification. In one experiment, researchers had two groups of college students stare at  the center of a computer screen while ignoring the outside corners. One group was asked to look at a computer screen with blank […]

VIA:  National Heart Lung And Blood Institute Why the Nutrition Facts label is important Check servings and calories. Look at the serving size and how many servings the package contains. If you consume one serving, the label clearly outlines the nutrients you get. If you double the servings you eat, you double the calories and […]

VIA:  Health.Com Prep: 5 minutes; Cook: 10 minutes. If you can’t find precut sirloin tips, have the butcher cut a trimmed sirloin steak into 1 1/2-inch pieces. Ingredients 2 teaspoons olive oil 1 pound sirloin tips 1/2 teaspoon salt, divided 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 large Vidalia or other sweet onion, cut into […]

VIA:  Health.Com Prep: 5 minutes; Cook: 6 minutes. Have everything chopped, sliced, and minced, but don’t begin cooking the stir-fry until the rice is just about ready. Ingredients •    1 teaspoon olive oil •    3/4 pound peeled and deveined large shrimp •    1 small garlic clove, minced •    1 cup trimmed snow peas •    1/4 […]