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Merry Brunching: Put a Healthier Twist on Favorite Recipes

Nov 30, 2022 09:30AM ● By Sheila Julson

With a few easy modifications, serve up healthier versions of tasty brunch foods over the holiday gathering season.

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Sugar Blues: The Role Sweets Play in Mental Health

Oct 31, 2022 09:31AM ● By Alora Frederick

Sugar may be playing a significant role in mental health conditions like depression, anxiety, poor memory, brain fog and dementia.

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The Gut-Brain Connection: How Food Affects Our Mood

Oct 31, 2022 09:30AM ● By Kimberly B. Whittle

Exploring the gut-brain axis and the role that microorganisms in the gut play in mental health conditions like anxiety, stress, depression and other disorders.

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Fall Beets: Versatile Leaf-to-Root Eats

Sep 30, 2022 09:30AM ● By April Thompson

Versatile, nutritious, colorful and flavorful, beets are an easy-to-grow, multi-season vegetable, packed with nutrition. Here are some delicious ways to enjoy them.

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Food Dehydration Made Easy: Best Ways to Preserve the Harvest

Aug 31, 2022 09:30AM ● By Sheila Julson

Preserving fruit, veggies, meat, fish, herbs and nuts is easy with these best tips for getting started using a food dehydrator.

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Empowered Health: Using Nutrition to Affect Outcomes

Jul 29, 2022 09:31AM ● By Alora Frederick

A frequently overlooked source of empowerment is using nutrition to affect health outcomes. Often, honing in on nutrition can be the greatest factor in positive health outcomes, both physically and mentally.

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Sustainable Shellfish: Superfood of the Sea

Jul 29, 2022 09:30AM ● By April Thompson

Shellfish is delicious, fast-growing, nutritionally dense, sustainably produced, locally available from coast to coast and comes in nature’s own sturdy packaging.

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Trendy or Taboo? Why Fad Diets Might Not Work

Jun 30, 2022 09:31AM ● By Tamara Luck

The media tries to claim one specific plan will help everyone look or feel a certain way. Unfortunately, these trendy diets take out the individualization of nutrition.

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The Healthy Food Movement: Pandemic Trends are Shaping Better Local Food Systems

Jun 30, 2022 09:30AM ● By Bob Benenson

A wide range of innovative solutions are being pursued by e-commerce entrepreneurs and food-equity advocates to get healthier local food into more hands and more neighborhoods.

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Flower Power: Edible Blooms Add Flavor and Color to Summer Fare

Jun 30, 2022 09:30AM ● By April Thompson

Today’s health-conscious foodies are finding edible flowers to be a fantastic way to eat the rainbow, adding fun flavors and colors to all sorts of dishes.

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