Eating real, whole foods is not the habit of many Americans; and making the change to real whole foods, is not happening rapidly. Let’s just face the facts – changing our habits is not so easy. This is in the face of the fact that extensive research has left us little to no question that […]

I want to share with you a few of my observations made at the annual Food and Nutrition Conference & Expo (FNCE) in San Diego (September 24-27, 2011). In today’s post I will discuss the American Dietetic Association’s (ADA) announcement of a name change; then, I will discuss my favorite meeting of the conference.

This past Saturday, the week before Easter, we had an annual event that brings anticipation and smiles to our grandchildren each year.  I call it Easter Egg Extravaganza Event – yes, I get a little excessive with the alliteration. This year there were 805 plastic money-filled eggs hidden, over our acre of gardens and hillsides. […]

Dr. Grandma discusses foods that are advertised for kids. In addition, she shares a recipe for Lemony Tarragon Chicken Vegetable Soup.

Mary Ireland discusses the implications of poor childhood nutrition.

Dr. Grandma discusses how we got into the supplement mindset and what is leading us away from it.

Dr. Grandpa further explains why WE are actually the rats in experiments with food. In addition, Dr. Grandma shares a no-added sugar recipe for fresh peach crisp.

Dr. Grandma discusses nutritionism and relates it to a study on stanols and sterols. In addition, she shares a recipe for Grilled Slaw with Toasted Almonds.

Dr. Grandma shares her passion against highly processed ‘fudes.’ In addition, she gives two recipes using real mangoes – salsa and chutney.

Dr. Grandma calculates the financial cost differences between nutritious homemade soup and canned soup.