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Healthy Veggie Sides for The Holidays

It’s all too easy to fill up on the heavy appetizers, fancy cocktails, and decadent dishes during the holidays. And while we definitely believe you should indulge a...

Healthy Holidays

Thanksgiving Tips & Tricks

Thanksgiving is a great time to spend with friends and family, but it can be quite the production, even on your best day. If you or a loved...

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Caring for Yourself When You’re a Caregiver

November is National Family Caregiver’s Month, and we want to remind all our caregivers that it’s vitally important for them to maintain their own health this month and...

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Beets

This red-purple humble root contains more natural sugar than sweet corn. During the Great Depression, when cane sugar was widely rationed, bakers used boiled beets as a cake...

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Milk

While recent research has shown that milk cannot single-handedly fortify our bones, it is still worth having in your fridge. Milk can be a great snack and a...

Healthy Holidays

Cancer Treatment & the Holidays

Holidays can be difficult when you’re going through cancer treatment. Radiation is practically a daily occurrence with only the weekends off. No matter how important family is to...

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Eating After Whipple Surgery

A Whipple surgery (pancreatoduodenectomy) is usually performed on pancreatic cancer patients to remove tumors at the head of the pancreas. Whipple surgery effectively reorganizes the body’s digestive system. Aside...

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Managing Weight Loss During Cancer Treatment

The goal of nutrition in cancer treatment is “to address current cancer- and treatment-related issues, minimize treatment-related side effects, and anticipate and manage acute, delayed, and late-occurring side...

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Grapes & Raisins

Grape Expectations By Chelsea Fisher When Hollywood’s Mae West told her maid to “peel me a grape,” she had it all wrong, because the peel is where the action is....

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Parsnips

Parsnips often play second fiddle to other root vegetables, but this powerhouse veggie deserves a starring role in your vegetable line up. They contain ample folate, which is a...

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Pears

Sweet September Pears By Fiona Breslin September is this yummy fruit’s harvesting season, when pears are picked or fall to the ground to ripen, but they are good through autumn and...

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About Almonds

The common almond has a secret life as one of nature’s most unassuming wonder foods. Grandmothers in Southern Italy and Sicily have long prized almonds and almond paste...