Many people think carbs are the enemy. They are not. There is room in a person’s meal plan to include carbohydrate foods. In fact, 50 to 60 percent of the total calories in a healthy diet usually come from carbohydrate sources.
Mother taught me that a person is known by the company that he keeps and that happiness is contagious. Psychologists tell us that being surrounded by optimistic people can be a positive influence.
While viewing an old western on television, I watched the owner of the general store fill an order for a pioneer woman. The basic supplies of flour, lard, salt and shotgun shells were loaded into her gunny sack and taken to the buckboard for the long ride home.
Each article that I create has a theme. At times, it is just a nutrition fact and the complicated details to substantiate the information. Yet some articles are just a story that I have to stretch to find a way to weave a nutrition fact.
There are eight food groups that are blamed for 90 percent of all allergic reactions. Peanuts, nuts grown on trees like walnuts and pecans, fish, eggs, shellfish, milk, soy and wheat.
While researching the longevity of a leftover hard-boiled egg, I discovered some very fascinating facts. This can be interesting news because a week after Easter many people may be in a quandary over the safety of the colored eggs still in the refrigerator.
The response from the news that I lowered my cholesterol numbers by changing my lifestyle has been overwhelming. In 2011, my total cholesterol and the LDL cholesterol were high enough to cause my physician to prescribe a statin drug for me.
In commemoration of National Nutrition Month, I have two announcements to make. March has been National Nutrition Month for decades, and each year I make it a point to write something special to honor the stuff that we chew and swallow.