All Sugar Is Not Created Equal
Author | Sarah Koszyk
Sugar comes in many shapes and sizes and some forms of sugar are better for us than others. When we read food labels, we can find three main food groups which contain sugar from various sources:
- Fruits
- Dairy products (milk & yogurt)
- Actual sugars/sweets (table sugar, honey, syrups, etc)
It is important to note where your sugars come from because the different forms of sugar affect our bodies in different ways:
Harvest to Heat
This fantastic and entertaining cookbook has recipes taken from artisan chefs using farm fresh ingredients that you can recreate in your own kitchen!
Cooking with clean whole foods can be a challenge for some of us; especially when we make the same four meals over and over and get a little bored with our routine cooking.
Cooking with Carin
Author | DIAKADI Trainer, Polina Smith
Today Carin teaches us how to make a Delicious, Healthy, and Beautiful Salad!
Green Salad with roasted Delicatta Squash, Candied Pumpkin Seeds and a Pomegranate Vinaigrette
Source: Amy Murray, Venus Restaurant
- 1 Bunch Green Leaf Lettuce, washed, chopped, and dried.
- 1 Delicatta Squash.
- 1/4 Pomegranate, de-seeded.
Slice the Delicatta into full moons, bout 1/4 inch thick. Spoon out the seeds from inside the center of the moons. Toss in olive oil, salt and pepper. Roast at 350° for 30 minutes, or until browned and soft. Let cool
Eat Your Food Versus Drink It
Published Monday, 3 October, 2011 by guest writer Sarah Koszyk.
Sarah Koszyk, MA, RD, is a nutrition coach at Eating Free, one of our partners, who cooks with love and loves to eat.
Eating your food versus drinking it is the preferred choice. When you eat food, you take more time to chew, swallow, and digest. When we drink our food, we can consume a greater number of calories in a shorter amount of time. Also, when we eat our food, we take more time to get it down, so we have a greater chance of our body sending the signal to our brain that we are full. Did you know it takes at least 20 minutes for the body to recognize fullness?
The Egg Predicament
Eggs always seem to be shunned because of a few myths that are now deemed untruths. Our oval friends are better for you than you may have thought!
As a kid my mom used to always say “You eat way too many eggs! Do you want a heart attack?!” This of course was a reaction to the presumed thought that eggs were loaded with cholesterol and would clog up my arteries. This misconception comes from the 1960’s when scientist thought that fat content, cholesterol and heart problems all had a direct connection.
Gluten: What it is and its Effects
There is a lot of talk about gluten and many people have started to cut it out of their diet. The question most people have is “WHY?”
WHAT IS GLUTEN?
Gluten is a protein molecule that is found in wheat, rye and barley products that is known to cause inflammation and digestive problems in about 60% of white-skinned people and 40% of dark-skinned people. Gluten is a more general name for the prolamins, which are protein fractions found in grains.
“Dirty Dozen”
Let’s face it, buying organic can get expensive and with so many conflicting views it’s hard to know if spending more money on food guarantees a higher quality product.To help solve this problem, The Environmental Working Group released the 2011 Shoppers Guide to Pesticides in Produce.
Spotlight on Blue House Farms
Check out Blue House Farms for fresh, certified organic produce delivered right to your door. The farm was started in 2005 by life-long friends, Ryan Casey and Ned Conwell, whose shared passion for sustainable agriculture, wild lands, and rural living have led them to now be fellow farmers.
An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Apples are great for you and can help keep you going with some natural sugar. At DIAKADI, ours are organic!
1. Apples are rich source of flavonoid and polyphenols both are powerful antioxidant.
2. Study shown that by eating 100g of apple can give an antioxidant effect that equal to taking about 1,500mg of vitamin C.
Blue House Farm
Would you like to have organic food delivered right to your door? If so you should certainly check out Blue House Farm!
Blue House Farm is a certified organic farm located on the beautiful San Mateo Coast in Pescadero, CA. They are a diversified farm growing fresh produce, fruit, and flowers. Blue House Farms are committed to providing delicious, seasonal, local foods to the peninsula region.
Receive a weekly box of certified organic fruits and vegetables, grown at Blue House Farm in Pescadero, CA. They pride themselves in providing the freshest possible produce, often harvested the day before or day of delivery. To sign up or for more details visit
http://bluehouseorganicfarm.com/