Though our days are not getting any longer, we tend to squeeze more and more into our schedules. We move faster and expect things done instantly. The same attitude can be adopted with eating. Our food environment has been shaped to the moving pace we’ve set, as well as our desire to have whatever we […]
Enjoy Local Foods this Week!
In Ohio, we are celebrating Local Foods Week this week. August is a perfect time to enjoy fresh local foods. There is no single definition of “local” foods. Individual, family and community food decisions are made for a variety of reasons: nutrition and health, accessibility and convenience, food safety, the environment, economics, and enjoyment and […]
Gut Bugs, Part 1
http://go.osu.edu/GutBugs1 Many of us learned about cells in high school biology class. We learned that bodies are made up of different kinds of cells—skin, muscle, blood, etc. But most of us did not learn about the trillions of non-human, microbial cells. Over the last 20 years, there has been a tremendous increase in the study […]
Gut Bugs, Part 2
http://go.osu.edu/GutBugs2 Many of us learned about cells in high school biology class. We learned that bodies are made up of different kinds of cells—skin, muscle, blood, etc. But most of us did not learn about the trillions of non-human, microbial cells. Over the last 20 years, there has been a tremendous increase in the study […]
Reducing Saturated Fat in Your Diet But Still Eating Meat
The 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines recommend we reduce the saturated fat in our diet. This usually means limiting your intake of red meat, which is high in saturated fat. The problem with saturated fat is it raises our blood cholesterol level, especially the LDL (bad) cholesterol increasing our risk of heart disease and stroke. However, many […]
The Hidden Costs of Smoking
With the cost of a pack of cigarettes hoovering at an average of $6 in Ohio, there little room for argument that smoking isn’t a costly habit. At that price, a pack a day habit would cost you more than $180 a month, or $ 2,190 a year. But the cost of cigarettes is only […]