Cooking up tasty lessons about healthy food on a budget
October 18, 2012 in Alexandria Echo Press
Elden’s Fresh Foods is giving back to the community by sponsoring the location for Cooking Matters in Minnesota.
Cooking Matters in Minnesota is a hands-on, cooking-based nutrition education program that teaches low income families how to prepare healthy and tasty meals and snacks on a limited budget. Continue Reading
There is a debate raging about the role of sugar in today’s diet and its relationship to disease. There are those who say sugar ruins the nation’s health and it’s a primary dietary evil that leads to obesity and other diseases.
For a recent reunion of her husband’s family, Chantal Kerr brought sloppy joes made without an ounce of ground beef to the potluck dinner. She’s a devout vegetarian. Her in-laws are not.
As farmers and cattle ranchers, Val and Mark Wagner never expected to know the intricacies of a vegan diet.
The study found those who exercised just 15 minutes a day or 90 minutes a week cut their risk of death by 14 percent and extended their life expectancy by three years compared with those who did no exercise. Both men and women benefited equally from the minimum activity.
A healthy diet is expensive and could make it difficult for Americans to meet new U.S. nutritional guidelines, according to a study published today that says the government should do more to help consumers eat healthier.
Feds issue new dietary guidelinesFor the first time, the Agriculture and Health and Human Services departments, which issue the guidelines every five years, are telling people who are 51 and older, all African-Americans and anyone suffering from hypertension, diabetes or chronic kidney disease to reduce daily sodium intake to little more than half a teaspoon. 
Most Discussed This Week