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Fruits and Vegetables

Add Purple For Your Health

Manuel Villacorta | Posted 05.18.2013 | Healthy Living
Manuel Villacorta

This month, I decided to give the spotlight to purple! Purple foods are packed with antioxidants and phytonutrient flavonoids. Eating these foods will help protect your memory, aid against cancer, protect your heart, prevent inflammation, and slow down signs of aging.

Is There a Better Way to 5-a-Day?

Ayala Laufer-Cahana, M.D. | Posted 05.15.2013 | Healthy Living
Ayala Laufer-Cahana, M.D.

Competition is usually healthy, but when it comes to salad competing against a hamburger with French fries, the competition makes the healthy choice ever so difficult.

A Girl Scout Cookie Gets "Healthwashed:" Musings on Nutritionism and Our Kids

Bettina Elias Siegel | Posted 03.24.2013 | Home
Bettina Elias Siegel

You can easily see how a less food-savvy parent might conclude that feeding a child Mango Cremes is actually a net positive -- the same as offering fruit, when of course a Mango Creme is, in the end, a highly processed, white flour cookie.

Eat THESE Vegetables And Fruits, From Joy Bauer (WATCH)

Posted 12.10.2012 | MarloThomas

When it comes to fruits and veggies, more color is always better! Health and nutrition expert Joy Bauer listed her favorite vegetables -- berries, kal...

Report: Healthy Snacks Offered In Small Minority Of U.S. High Schools Despite Lunch Overhaul

Posted 11.02.2012 | Home

While the new nutritional guidelines imposed by the USDA this fall require a wider selection of fruits and vegetables in school meals, the same cannot...

How To Roast Peppers

Laura Kumin | Posted 11.24.2012 | Taste
Laura Kumin

Why roast peppers? If you haven't had one, just try a home-roasted pepper and you'll understand how far superior it is to the stuff you buy in a jar at the grocery.

The New School Food Regs: Why I'm Putting My Money on the Class of 2024

Bettina Elias Siegel | Posted 11.20.2012 | Home
Bettina Elias Siegel

In 2024, the sight of fruits and vegetables on lunch trays will simply be a given. Kids will not expect daily desserts, a crutch often used by districts in the past to meet the old regulations' calorie minimums. They will have no memory of the "good old days."

Psychological Theory May Explain Why Guys Shun Vegetables

Posted 08.25.2012 | Science

By: Karen Rowan, MyHealthNewsDaily Managing Editor Published: 08/24/2012 12:39 PM EDT on MyHealthNewsDaily Men are much less likely to eat their ...

Number Of Farmers Markets Surges

AP | TRACIE CONE | Posted 10.03.2012 | Home

FRESNO, Calif. -- As demand for locally grown fruits and vegetables has increased, so too has the number of urban farmers markets sprouting up across ...

Conference Previews Healthier School Lunch Meals

Posted 10.02.2012 | Home

With new federal Department of Agriculture nutrition standards for school meals slated to take effect this month, thousands of school chefs, food serv...

Your Fridge Makeover

David Kirsch | Posted 09.15.2012 | Home
David Kirsch

Making simple changes to the foods you keep stocked in your refrigerator can be a great place to start when you are trying to lose weight. Easy swaps can help you on your path to a healthier lifestyle.

11 Fruits and Veggies We Should Be Eating -- And Why

Dr. Lisa Young | Posted 09.11.2012 | Healthy Living
Dr. Lisa Young

Eating a diet with plenty of fruits and vegetables has been linked to improved health, and for good reason. While all fruits and vegetables are healthy, here are several pointers on some nutrition powerhouses.

Americans Eat More Vegetables Than 5 Years Ago, Study Finds

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 05.22.2012 | Home

More than 90 percent of Americans think equal access to fresh produce is very or somewhat important, according to a new survey by the W.K. Kellogg Fou...

Colorful Produce For A More Nutritious You

Posted 03.11.2012 | Healthy Living

By Melissa Roberts If you're looking for an easy way to optimize your diet, go for color. Fruits and veggies of all shades contain phytonutrients...

Americans Follow Gov't Diet Recommendations Just 2% Of Time

Posted 12.15.2011 | Home

When the USDA revised its official dietary guidelines for optimum health in June, nutrition experts generally agreed that MyPlate was better than the ...

Growing for Market: Know Your Food

Cynthia Torres | Posted 12.31.2011 | Home
Cynthia Torres

Healthy food is vibrant. ...

5 Apples A Day May Actually Keep The Cardiologist Away

Posted 12.24.2011 | Fifty

Just when the old adage "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" seems to lose any real meaning behind that condescending rhyme, science steps in to rev...

My Healthy, Weekly Shopping List

David H. Murdock | Posted 12.21.2011 | Healthy Living
David H. Murdock

Even though I am Chairman of Dole Food Company, I do most of my own grocery shopping. Below I provide an example of a partial grocery list of what I might buy in any given week.

Fall For These Seasonal Fruits And Veggies

Joanna Dolgoff, M.D. | Posted 11.14.2011 | Healthy Living
Joanna Dolgoff, M.D.

I also especially love the fall for its seasonal produce! However, when it comes to picky eaters, love for seasonal fruits and vegetables can oftentimes be a struggle.

A Feast for the Eyes: Garden of Eden by Andrzej Maciejewski

Evelyne Politanoff | Posted 10.17.2011 | Arts
Evelyne Politanoff

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At 88, The Healthy Routine That Works For Me

David H. Murdock | Posted 10.09.2011 | Healthy Living
David H. Murdock

In previous blogs, I've talked about what I eat to remain healthy and energetic at 88 years of age -- here are a few examples.

5 Ways to Stay Brain Fit

David H. Murdock | Posted 10.03.2011 | Healthy Living
David H. Murdock

At 88 years old -- with every intention of living decades longer -- I'm still running a company, writing articles, launching new ventures and fully enjoying life. You can better enjoy life too, at any age, by adopting these five ways to remain brain fit.

Can't Afford Organic?

Manuel Villacorta | Posted 09.11.2011 | Healthy Living
Manuel Villacorta

It's most upsetting to see so much fear and confusion around what should be our most trusted, wholesome source of nutrients. America, for all its wealth and research, remains confused about how and what to eat.

WATCH: Healthy Tips For Shopping The Farmers Market

Posted 08.28.2011 | Healthy Living

When it comes to fresh food, the farmers market is a great spot to find healthy options -- but sometimes all of those options can get confusing. T...

The Clean Fifteen: Fruits & Vegetables With The LEAST Pesticides

Posted 08.14.2011 | Home

Yesterday, HuffPost showed you the "Dirty Dozen" fruits and vegetables that, because of high residual pesticide levels, you should try to buy organic....