January 1, 2019 by Joyce Bunderson
The holidays are winding down. I hope yours were wonderful. I further hope that your hopes for the year ahead are filled with promise and better things than what you’re leaving behind. I hope you’ll be blessed in this new year. If you’re embracing a life of growth and learning, the new year has much […]
Tags: Foodland
December 11, 2018 by Joyce Bunderson
This morning I turned to my bookshelf and took down my copy of Mindless Eating; Why We Eat More Than We Think by Brian Wansink PhD. The book, a 2007 paperback edition, is dog-eared and has at least a dozen little sticky notes popping from its pages. I’m not going to read it today; but […]
Tags: Food Psychology, nutritionism
September 18, 2018 by Joyce Bunderson
Processed food – It’s true I’ve put a lot of trash on processed foods. I’ve been writing about them for years and eventually, I edited my reference to them and called them highly processed food and ultra processed foods. I did that because the food industry didn’t like all the negative press they were getting […]
Tags: Avoiding Junk Foods, Food Economics, Food-like substances, Healthy Eating
August 14, 2018 by Joyce Bunderson
Eating a variety of foods has been a long-term principle of healthy, balanced eating. This public health precept was popularized in the early 20th century in response to the prevalence of nutrient inadequacies. One example would be getting the essential amino acids by eating a grain and a legume, for example. Today’s world has different […]
Tags: Healthy Eating, Weight Management
August 7, 2018 by Joyce Bunderson
If like me, you’re interested in protecting our environment, you may be interested in some research done by Joseph Poore a pre-doctoral student at the University of Oxford and Thomas Nemecek PhD of the Swiss agricultural research institute, Agroscope. The researchers collected a huge amount of data regarding the wide differences in environmental impacts – […]
Tags: Foodland
July 17, 2018 by Joyce Bunderson
This is definitely the age of non-dairy milk. Options are more plentiful than a dietitian’s wildest imagination. My imagination can be pretty wild, but I still see a range of options that include both good and bad choices for different individuals. Having all these choices can be nice, especially if you have lactose intolerance; you’re […]
Tags: Foodland, Healthy Eating
July 10, 2018 by Joyce Bunderson
If you glance at the banners touting high protein on the front of packages, and see protein bars, shakes and powders at check out counters you may start to worry that you need to increase your protein intake. Not so! This is just hype to sell way more than you need. The fact is that […]
Tags: Healthy Eating
July 3, 2018 by Joyce Bunderson
Have you ever noticed that meals sometimes become routine? I remember when my family was young and I was working fulltime. Then we had a pasta casserole, marinara sauce and browned burger, with grated cheese on top – one two many times. The fact is that I had that as a frequent standby, because it […]
Tags: Cooking & Baking Hints, Healthy Eating
June 5, 2018 by Joyce Bunderson
Sometimes people are shocked when I say that frozen produce is an excellent source of nutritious, top quality fruits and vegetables. It is a common idea that frozen commodities are somehow inferior to fresh produce, and that it costs more. There are quite a few factors that support my claim that frozen produce rates “excellent” […]
Tags: Cooking & Baking Hints, Food Economics, Foodland, Healthy Eating
May 29, 2018 by Joyce Bunderson
Hypertension or high blood pressure has long been known as a silent killer; the fact that humans don’t really feel their blood pressure, means that a person can have lethal blood pressure and not have a clue. So the first step is to take opportunities to check your blood pressure fairly frequently. The next step […]
Tags: Exercise, Healthy Eating, heart health, Mediterranean kitchen, Reduce cardiovascular disease risk