Wordless Wednesday: Nutrition 101
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A big appetite for better eating
Two DMU electives serve up perspectives on food and nutrition at micro and macro levels. Students just eat them up.
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I hereby resolve…
Jennifer LaRue Huget, the “eat, drink and be healthy” columnist for The Washington Post, recently interviewed some of her past sources for the column about their resolutions for “being healthful through the holiday season and beyond.” While a few are
The No. 1 poison in our food
NPR is running an interesting series, “Living Large: Obesity in America,” that explores what it means to live in a nation where one in three adults is obese. It looks at how the obesity epidemic is changing lives in our
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Where’s my pasta sauce?
I always have leftover cooked pasta in the fridge and my favorite quick food is pasta with tomato sauce. Except that today, I didn’t have the prepared jar of spaghetti sauce to satisfy my cravings! I was in dire need
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Resolutions, what?
So, we’re 10 days into the new year – how’re your resolutions sticking? A recent poll I read said 21% of people stick to their new year resolutions for a week at the most. My resolutions I am trying to
Cookin’ up a healthy future
On a recent Wednesday in the DMU wellness kitchen, the mouth-watering aromas were almost torturous: David Spreadbury, Ph.D., chair of biochemistry and nutrition, and Joy Schiller, wellness director, were fixing a pre-holiday lunch for 25 DMU students and employees, demonstrating
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Fresh produce sold locally?
I encourage you to take a look at this website and learn more about locally grown produce provided by farmers who just want you to eat fresh and healthy foods. By purchasing from this website, you are investing in your
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Gluten-free? Peanut-free?
If you have food allergies, traveling to a new city, like say to Des Moines for a school interview, may be daunting. How do you scope out a safe place to eat? I saw a cool new site recently started,
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Breakfast, the meal of champions
Since we recently survived international pancake day and IHOP’s national pancake day, I thought I’d share the fact that I have a small addiction to breakfast foods. Like I could eat them all 3 meals every day and life would
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