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Childhood Obesity Gets Hot As Summer Approaches
Topics Education Three Sticks: Childhood Obesity Gets Hot As Summer Approaches. It makes a lot of sense–processed food is cheap so those lower income families eat more of it — and summer time it can be worse because families can’t rely on the schools to handle some of the daily meals. It’s a vicious cycle…
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Beef and Quinoa Meatballs
Sneak whole grains and veggies into crowd-pleasing meatballs with this easy recipe that will stretch your food dollar, too. Serve with your favorite pasta and marinara sauce or on a hoagie with cheese for a dynamite meatball sub sandwich. Beef and Quinoa Meatballs | WholeFoodsMarket.com. A friend of mine, Michelle, suggested this recipe yesterday. She…
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Kiwi For Everyone!
Let’s talk Kiwi! Did you know a study by the University of Oslo in Norway reveals that eating two to three kiwifruit a day has similar benefits to the daily dosage of aspirin recommended by physicians to improve heart health, without the side effects? I was at lunch with a few friends this weekend and…
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Can Food Make Kids Smarter? A Free Event for those in Loudoun
A Free Event for those in Loudoun County or for those that want to drive there! (thanks to my friend Patty for sending me this info) Food for Thought: Can Food Make Kids Smarter? Tuesday, May 4, 6:30-8:00 Curiosity Zone By popular demand, Beverly Seng will return to the C-Zone to talk about nutrition and…
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Saturdays in Suburbia
Some of you may remember that I was scheduled for the Bluemont Vineyard 5k today. Well – Scott had to go to NYC yesterday for business and will not be home until this afternoon – so I had to bow out of it. I was bummed until yesterday when I realized that Thursday’s Plumbline workout…
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Developing a healthy relationship with food
One of the things I have been thinking about since watching this video from Dr Oz with Carnie Wilson is how Dr Oz gave the advice that you need to be more in touch with the food you eat – meaning you should make most of the food you consume. Knowing what is in the…