Tag: nutrient dense
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Blogpost: Are you Worried about Your Health
When populations are polled about important things in their life, health almost always makes the top five on the list. The other phrase that comes up repeatedly is that they are “worried” about something concerning their health. You know the song; Don’t Worry Be Happy, but can you still be happy if you are…
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Podcast Episode 174-International Conference on Plant Based Nutrition with Addie Dulaney Majnaric RDN
Welcome and thank you for listening. I am joined in this episode by Addie Dulaney Majnaric to discuss our trip to Washington, D.C. to attend the International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine. It was great traveling with Addie not only as my daughter but representing our practice as the only mother-daughter, MD-RDN team practicing plant…
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Podcast: Episode 173-What is the Real Cost of Eating Out
Welcome and thank you for listening. Americans eat out an average of 18.2 meals each month with city dwellers in Houston, Texas leading the pack. The reported average cost per person ranges from $36.40 to$46.14 per meal. That is a lot of cabbage. It is also a lot of highly salted, fatty foods that lead…
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Blogpost: Learning to Speak the Plant Based Language
Learning to speak a new language can be very difficult especially if that language was selected for you. I took German in college because I was told that it was was a good language for chemistry majors. The most fun I had with the language was translating letters that a family friend used to…
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Noodles or noodles? Do you really know what you are purchasing?
My mother and I agree that a good cook can make something out of nothing. Translated, you look in the fridge or even better think about what simple ingredients might be in the pantry and fridge and come up with a new recipe that has great taste and flavor. Contrast that with a commercial product…
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Podcast Episode 170 with Mushroom Expert Jeff Chilton
Welcome and thank you for listening. Today I have a special guest, Jeff Chilton. He is the president of Nammex, nammex.com, a company that supplies certified mushroom extracts to the US supplement industry. He has been a leader in the field of mushroom science beginning in the late sixties and worked on a mushroom farm…
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Blogpost: Comfort Foods
What is comfort food? Google says it is food that provides consolation or a feeling of wellbeing. It often has a high sugar content and is associated with home cooking. Comfort foods are usually made with simple ingredient and often high in carbohydrates. Southern living lists Mac and Cheese, fried chicken, creamy mushroom grits, biscuits,…
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Podcast: Episode 166- What the Fork with Addie Dulaney Majnaric, RDN
Welcome and thank you for listening. Today is a “What the ForK” episode on supplements. It seems impossible that there are so many benefits from eating a whole foods plant based diet and those claims certainly can generate a lot of discussion and debate. Luckily, there are many scientific papers to back up those claims…
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Podcast: An Interview with PlantPositiverunning Kattie and Gwen during Nutriton Class
Welcome and thank you for listening. This episode features Katie and Gwen from Plantpositiverunning.com. I stumbled upon their YouTube channel of the same name and was hooked. They are two of the most positive people I have met in a long time. They are both quite the ultra running athletes and have podiumed several times in…
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Are Kale chips equivalent to Kale salad?
The word “Kale” is not the problem. It is more that “Chips” bring to mind a better image for most than “Salad”. Chips mean snack and eat what you want. Salad is associated with health food and no body wants that. Yet we are all trying to get healthy. We want health, but we…