High blood pressure is not just about the sodium anymore. The factor you can increase … to decrease … your blood pressure, turns out to be foods with Potassium. Blood pressure is increased by eating more Sodium (please note: the principle source of Sodium in the U.S. diet comes...

This is a jazzed up sweet potato dish. A fun and yummy complement to the holiday meal. You’ll Need: 1/3 cup sweet or dry sherry or Madeira 2/3 cup raisins 2 pounds sweet potatoes, baked, boiled or steamed until tender ½ cup unsalted butter, melted 4 large eggs 2...

The Dow Chemical company wants to sell you a new fat blocker as a way to allow you to eat unhealthy foods. Forget that the last fat blocker on the market was Olestra, which had to have a warning label attached to it because of the nasty greasy stool...

Submitted by Linda B. at Westinghouse. Thank you, Linda B.! You’ll Need: 1 Yellow Onion thinly sliced (Vandaila Onion will add a different taste) 1-1/2 lb. Pork Shoulder Roast ½ Cup Water 1 12 oz bottle Tangy Organic Barbecue Sauce (from Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods or your own...

This report speaks directly to the message we are trying to get across: that overweight and obesity is about more than just molecule micromanagment. To love your food and reintroduce pleasurable eating, can lead to neural changes that can help reduce overconsumption. In this study, they used chocolate milkshakes,...

Submitted by Linda B. at Westinghouse. Thank you, Linda B.! This is a slow cooking method that will produce a wonderful aroma, delicate texture with a rich smoky flavor. Untreated Red Cedar Plank soaked in cold water about 3 hours. You should weight it down to submerge. Home Centers...

It is important to say it again: Pace Controls Portions. This simple principle can be found in the healthy habits of the Mediterranean people, and has been replicated in this study published in the British Medical Journal. Over 3,000 Japanese volunteers (aged from 30 to 69) were asked about...

Submitted by Linda B. at Westinghouse. Thank you, Linda B!   You’ll Need: 2/3 Cup Parsley Leaves or 1/3 Cup each Parsley & Basil 3 tbsp. Drained Capers 1 Clove Garlic chopped Juice of 1 Lemon 1 tsp. Anchovy Paste (optional) ½ tsp. Dijon Mustard Sea Salt & Fresh...

WHY is it that larger portions = larger consumption. This GREAT article, from Dr. Brian Wansink, used self-refilling bowls to see how portions create consumption. I love psychologists because they’re so sneaky. They gave one group of subjects soup bowls that, slowly and imperceptibly, refilled as their contents were...

Today is election day. I am standing in line 30 minutes early, having been made to bo frightened by the stories of long lines and marathon 6 hour delays in Florida and in other sites. How will this election affect our health? More importantly, how will it impact our...

How did it happen? How did the sense that “volume equals value” become so much a part of our way of thinking that it has made us the world leaders in overweight, diabetes, and all the other health problems that ride on its coattails. How did we get here?...

Over the past few decades, we have seen portion sizes go through the roof. It’s no surprise that our increasing weight problems have mirrored these increases in portion size. In the 1970s, for example, around 47% of Americans were overweight or obese; now 66 percent of us are. Likewise,...