Spring Into Health With Pasta and the Mediterranean Diet
Pasta fits perfectly in the Mediterranean Diet, and that’s why we recommend this new trend for a great spring diet!
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Mediterranean Diet Credited with Fighting Heart Disease
Eating a Mediterranean diet can help fight heart disease, according to a Spanish study published in The New England Journal of Medicine. The most surprising aspect of the study was that changing to this diet after age 55 made a significant difference. The study concludes that, “Among persons at high cardiovascular risk, a Mediterranean diet supplemented […]
Carbs for dinner, never been thinner? Benefits of the Ramadan Diet
A recent study published by New York Daily News studied the habits of the “Ramadan” diet, and how these habits may actually be good for weight-loss. The premise is fasting during the day followed by carb-heavy meals at night (a perfect time for pasta). The study included police officers who were encouraged to stick to […]
Making Your Meals Healthier with Pat Baird
Video report from ABC 13, WHAM-TV – Rochester, NY. Registered Dietitian Pat Baird (@PatBairdRD) explains how to make meals more nutritious and healthy by incorporating pasta into easy mixed-meals. These meals can be vegetarian, whole-wheat, etc. Pasta is the perfect way to mix in vegetables and nutrients for a well-rounded dinner.
Nutrition Messaging Through Grain Chain Videos
The USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion and its partners use a coordinated messaging approach to amplify the reach of nutrition messages
In the Kitchen with Pat Baird: Budget Friendly Recipes including Pasta
Pat Baird shows budget friendly recipes that are healthy for your family!
Mediterranean dieters kept weight off for six years
Moderately obese people who ate the Mediterranean diet lost more weight than groups of people who followed either a low-fat or a low-carbohydrate diet, researchers reported. The Mediterranean group weighed almost seven pounds less than they weighed six years earlier. In the low-carb group, the total was 3.7 pounds, and the low-fat group was 1.3 […]
What’s Your Wheat Problem?
Americans love food demons, and our newest one is wheat. The top-selling diet book of the moment is Wheat Belly, in which a Wisconsin-based cardiologist blames the humble grain for everything from dandruff to dementia. The author, Dr. William Davis, advises to never let the stuff cross your mouth; the inclusion of healthy whole grains […]
