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Nov 21, 2022

Mindful Eating

November is the beginning of the holiday season. People all over the world celebrate the harvest, the changing of seasons, and religious events with gatherings of family and friends. This time of year also brings a lot of favorite food customs; but, the winter months can also bring unwanted stress, overindulgence, and a focus on… 

fall tree

Oct 21, 2022

Fall is here!

Do you love the seasonal transition marked by changing leaves (and, let’s be real, pumpkin spice everything)? Leaf peeping is the perfect opportunity to see anthocyanins and carotenoids in action! Phytochemicals are produced by plants to provide antioxidant capabilities to the plants that make them. These same chemicals have similar properties in human biochemical processes,… 

fruit and vegetable pill

Oct 21, 2022

Food is Medicine. Is Food Medicine?

Some will say the turn of phrase is just semantics. Others may passionately defend one or the other. “Let medicine be thy food and food be thy medicine,” is a familiar quote attributed to Hippocrates, a Greek physician who lived more than 2,400 years ago. Having systematized clinical medicine as it is still practiced today,… 

Sep 21, 2022

Are you getting 5-a-day?

September is National Fruit and Vegetable Month, but really, isn’t the start of every month a great time to make a habit change to incorporate more fruits and vegetables into your diet? If you’re tired of eating the same fruits and veggies the same way, try something new! We often overestimate the amount of fruits… 

WholeTemple

Sep 20, 2022

Listen up!

What a fun new experience to sit down with Kristin Pridgen, a Certified Health Education Specialist, for the Wholē Temple podcast. It was a great opportunity to answer questions (and dive deeper into a few misconceptions) about phytochemicals and the interaction between diet and health. Listen here. This article was part of the September 2022 e-news FRESH… 

mushrooms

Aug 20, 2022

Vitamin D Under Review

Vitamin D is a hormone made in the skin and transformed into the active form in the kidneys and liver that allows the calcium and phosphorus in our diet to be absorbed and used by the bones, heart, and immune system. Vitamin D can also be consumed in foods and supplements. Some foods that are… 

Monique_BB_lab

Aug 20, 2022

Buzzword Brief: Processed Food

Q: What is processed food?A: Processed food is food that is taken from its whole food form and changed in some way. This could mean that it has simply been flash frozen, portioned and packaged for convenience and prolonged shelf-life, or it could mean that it has been added to other ingredients to make a… 

antiinflammatory-foods

Aug 20, 2022

Exploring Inflammation

It’s easy to think about some disorders that are associated with inflammation such as arthritis, phlebitis, bronchitis, and wound healing; but what about diabetes, hypertension, and even some cancers? They are also affected by inflammation. Inflammation comes from an injury or infection in the body. When injured, the immune system sends white blood cells to… 

Jul 27, 2022

Watermelon – More than a refreshing treat

Watermelons are a favorite research crop for Dr. Penelope Perkins-Veazie. She has helped improve commercial watermelon production, but has also done extensive research looking at the health benefits watermelon offers. She’s even done a few out-of-the-box projects, including overseeing a student-driven recipe development for watermelon-mango-guava fruit leather and evaluating a watermelon-based cream as a sunblock for UVA and…