Summer is the perfect time to focus on eating plenty of delicious, ripe seasonal fruits and vegetables. Fruits and vegetables are loaded with disease defying vitamins, minerals and fiber. An adequate intake is good for your skin, immune system, digestion, and will help ward off high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes. Often our…
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2 Foundational Principles for Defeating Childhood Obesity
Are you Worried that your Kids are Headed Toward Obesity … before they Grow Up? We’re a culture obsessed with media-glorified body images and yet our lifestyles are mostly sedentary with a high caloric intake. We live in a contradiction that’s challenging to win. The grocery check-out highlights our dilemma with these two messages: (1) Follow these…
Healthy Snacking
Dream Dinners has you eating homemade meals at dinner time, but we want to help you avoid ‘famished-overeating’ by incorporating healthy snacks into your diet. Why healthy snacks? Because sugary snacks make you crave more sugar causing your blood sugar levels to vacillate like a yoyo. Low blood sugar makes you feel hungry and therefore…
A Heart Healthy February
February is American Heart Health Month. Staying heart healthy can be challenging with all of the high calorie, high fat and salty foods readily available as mealtime solutions for you and your family. This month we have 7 heart healthy* dinners and 4 of those can be served in 30 minutes or less.
New MyPlate icon helps families plan meals easier
The Federal government’s MyPlate icon was created to help everyday consumers think about eating healthier at dinner time. This icon provides a visual representation of what your dinner plate should look like in the way of protein, vegetables, dairy, fruits and grains.
Get motivated with a little help from your friends
If you want to lose weight or change your eating habits, let your family and friends know what you are doing, and be specific about how they can help you.
“…but Doc, I don’t add salt to my food!”
It is countless the number of times that I hear this or a similar response from patients when the topics of “low salt” or “heart healthy” diets arise during an office visit…
5 Diabetes Superfoods
Here is a list of 5 foods you should incorporate into your diet with a low glycemic index and will help provide the key nutrients…
Convenience of grocery store frozen dinners could be costing your health
Frozen dinners from the grocery store often promise a quick solution for dinner…
Kara Lee loses 161 pounds!
Everyone that I talk to, I talk to them about the fact that I do Dream Dinners and that it is a great way to monitor and lose weight…
A Few Tricks for Healthier Meals
It’s time for a new year… time to start your family eating healthy! A few small changes now can make a big difference in the years ahead!
What does Dr. Brent say about broccoli?
When I was a child, I would only eat the florets of the broccoli even though my mom tried to convince me that the stems had more nutrients. Was she right?