Be Super Healthy, Eat Beans by Elizabeth Brown, MS, RD

How to Be Super Healthy during the Super-Bowl

Super Bowl snacking is typically thought of as a carnivorous feeding frenzy, but these Vegan-inspired treats will turn even the most bloodthirsty fans into PETA petitioners.

For those who think that meat eating is an essential contact sport, understand that you can meet your nutrient needs on a Vegetarian diet. However, a Vegan voyage might necessitate that you take these nutrients for your trip: adequate protein and omega-3 essential fatty acids (EPA & DHA) as well as vitamin D, B12, iron, zinc, calcium and riboflavin.

E is for Ellen by Elizabeth Brown, MS, RD

E/Ellen: vital to life

Eighty-seven years ago vitamin E was discovered and 36 years later Ellen DeGeneres was born.

I don’t know the exact birthday of vitamin E, but Ellen’s B-day is Monday, January 26th. Happy Birthday, Ellen!

Aside from the letter E, why the comparison? Well, both Ellen and vitamin E are essential to life. Fans of Ellen will agree that she makes the world a better place by always brining a smile to your face.

Juice Week & other January Holidays by Elizabeth Brown, MS, RD

Every juice has its day

We thought the holidays were behind us but the celebrating is not over yet. January has a slew of festivities awaiting us.

This month we can sing happy birthday to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Sir Isaac Newton, Elvis Presley, Ben Franklin, Mozart, Ernie from Sesame Street and Little Ricky from I Love Lucy. January is also the birth month of Television, 1926. January 16th happens to be the birthday of the Kitchen Vixen which I happily share with Kate Moss, Sade, Debbie Allen and Ethel Merman. I’m in great company.