Monthly Archive for October, 2006

Chef Michel Nischan famous for creating cuisine that both excites your taste buds and creates a state of well being.

After his son was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes at age five the connection between the food you eat and your state of health became more than a passing interest. Michel’s passion for creating meals using organic ingredients rather than processed foods caught the attention of such people as Neil Newman and Oprah Winfrey.

Michel worked with Neil Newman, Paul Newman’s daughter, to creat the organic division of Newman’s Own Products. He is now opening his own restaurant, The Dressing Room, in connection with Newman’s Own.

Visit www.michelnischan.com  

There is now Yogurt Burst and Fruity Cheerios

Cheerios, first introduced in 1941, a cereal you have come to trust for its nutritional value. Add yogurt and fruit juice and it can only make a great product better, right?

What are you really eating?

Naturally flavored yogurt coating

Legal definition of naturally flavored:

Must be from an extract oil or derivative of a spice, herb, root, leaf or other natural source and still can contain artificial flavoring. There is no way to know just what was used to flavor the yogurt coating.

Dried nonfat yogurt:

If a food contains the beneficial active cultures from yogurt the words “active or live cultures” must be in the list of ingredients. Live are active cultures are not listed.

Palm kernel oil: 80% saturated fat.

Even though the following ingredients are simple sugars in both the “Yogurt Burst and Fruity Cheerios they do not have to be listed as sugar. 

Corn starch, corn syrup, brown sugar syrup, dextrose and orange juice, this type of simple sugar behaves as fat once in your body.

This adds up to 2 to 3 tablespoons of sugar per 3/4 cup of cereal.

You know you need to eat more vegetables but you just are not crazy about their taste, try this suggestion from The Sugar Solution; this is a great diet from Prevention magazine.

Dip asparagus, zucchini, bell peppers, corn, eggplant, yellow squash, and mushrooms in balsamic vinegar, grill or broil the vegetables until desired texture. Add pineapple chuncks for flavor.

For more great suggestions go to www.sugarsolutiononline.com

A Healthier Halloween

Select dark chocolate fun size options, the darker the chocolate the more antioxidants in the candy.

Diet has become synonymous with weight loss. Tell someone you are on a diet and chances are the first question they ask is are you doing low-carb, low-fat or just counting calories?

In our society being on a diet means that you are depriving yourself of at least one food group. Eventually you grow tired of not eating the forbidden fruit and go back to your old way of eating;this leads to gaining back all the weight you lost plus a few extra pounds. 

In Latin the word for diet is diaeta meaning “way of living”; the Greek word is diaita meaning “to live one’s life”.

This is why I was so excited when I discovered Intuitive Eating, their philosophy is about living your life and listening to your body.

Learn more about Intuitive Eating at www.intuitiveeating.com