If you’re planning to travel for the holidays, remember to take extra precautions to keep yourself and your family safe. Travel can throw your body out of whack. It’s difficult to maintain regular nutrition, physical activity and sleep routines for […]
Treat your body well during holiday travel Read More
The home-cooked meal has practically vanished. Whether eating out, picking up or pulling some processed, ready-to-eat food out of the fridge, we often choose the quick meal to the nutritious. Even though we know our preference for convenience is detrimental to our health, we
Obsessed with the Downtown Farmers’ Market during the summer months? Having withdrawals already? Then you’re in luck because I have just the thing for you – Des Moines’ very own Winter Market! A little bit about the market from their website:
On a typical Thursday evening, the DMU Wellness Center kitchen hums with activity and radiates delicious aromas. It sounds like a dinner party among friends, which in a way it is, but the main purpose of “Nutritional Survival 101” is
Cooking something good (for you) in the wellness kitchen Read More
I don’t mean to sound like just another prima donna who’s smacking down Americans’ unhealthy eating habits, but a new book by a New York Times Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, Michael Moss, got my attention. Titled Salt Sugar Fat, Moss
America’s sugar high: 22 teaspoons a day Read More
I had a ton of fun writing in the spring issue of DMU Magazine about the healthy cooking class co-taught in our Wellness Center kitchen by David Spreadbury, Ph.D., chair of biochemistry and nutrition, and Joy Schiller, M.S., CHES, director
How do you motivate good behavior? Read More
I’m a fool for a good deal, especially when it involves food, and OH MY I’m in love with my latest discovery: Thanks to several volunteers – including DMU osteopathic medical student Chris Edwards and his wife, Rachel, and Erica
A deliciously big bargain: Bountiful Baskets Read More
While our DMU campus is buzzing with commencement and the festivities of celebrating the work of our faculty and students, there is another holiday that falls at the end of the month: Memorial Day. And for many families, Memorial Day
Memorial Day: picnic season’s official start Read More
If you read the foodie blogs, or follow the food debates, it doesn’t take long to find someone who doesn’t want you to eat something. Whether their reasons are passionate, personal or evidence–based, the volume and clutter of “don’t eat”
Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Read More
The Spring 2012 issue of the DMU magazine has hit the newsstands and it covers topics that weigh heavy on all of our minds. Enjoy!