Increase the iron, calcium, magnesium, potassium, & fiber in your diet. . . Many people are deficient in important minerals like calcium, iron, potassium, and magnesium because they aren’t getting enough of these minerals in the foods they eat. Focusing your diet on whole, unprocessed foods is a good way to get more of these […]
Author Archives: Sheila Kealey
This Week in Food, Health, and Fitness
This week, read about nutrition for travel and jet lag, health benefits of nuts, clarifying nutrition claims about milk, nutrition headlines and click bait, flavonoids in foods, reducing household food waste, parallels of dietary fads and religion, and more. Nuts, peanuts linked to reduced risk of death from cancer, other diseases. Another study adds the the […]
Banana Mango Sorbet with Lime
Here is a light, refreshing, and healthy dessert that is deceptively rich tasting. It’s also a great way to use up bananas when you have too many ripen at once. Just slice them up and freeze – if you don’t use them for this sorbet, they’ll make your smoothies extra creamy. Adding yogurt to this […]
This Week in Food, Health, and Fitness
This week, read about keeping the elderly moving, how looking at nature helps your brain work better, how sleeping affects your food intake, new recommendations for standing at work, how much fluids athletes need, and a powerful cyclist. Aging and inactivity: Stop killing the elderly with kindness. This is a terrific article by Travis Saunders, […]