Among children and adults alike, fiber is one of the most often macronutrients in the diet. When considering macronutrients, most people focus on carbohydrates, protein, and fat. Fiber, though, plays a vital role in gut health, stool patterns, weight management and satiety. What is fiber? “Dietary fiber
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Whether Sunday finds you as the football party type or the bake-with-your-kids-on-vacation type, this recipe is for you. The dough is easy to make in a food processor, and you can use your slave labor little people to make the stuffed balls of dough. You just might
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It wasn’t until I got rid of cookbooks that I started to enjoy cooking. Sure, I still use them a bit, but looking back and forth at a recipe is tiresome. Throwing ingredients in a bowl and coming up with something halfway decent is fun. A little
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One of the reasons I have always been so passionate about nutrition is that it is tied to everything in life. Even things that may seem to have nothing to do with food and nutrition, like rising rates ADHD, is in one way or another linked to
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With so much information out there on food, both research-based and pseudo science, it’s hard to know what to true and what is healthy. We are using this space to inform readers on the truth about many of the questions we receive. Want to ask your own
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We’ve been lucky so far in Chicago this winter, but with December here, cold and snow are sneaking into town. Try these hot drinks, perfect for kids and adults, to pull you through. CHOCOLATE MILK STEAMER 4 cups warmed milk (in a pot or in the microwave
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I grew up in the height of the “low-fat” craze, which was created in hopes of reducing coronary heart disease (CHD). Fat was targeted as the sole macronutrient that caused/contributed to heart disease. Fat was removed from everything possible. Non fat yogurt, Non fat ice cream, Non
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Rare is the family that doesn’t have a child who goes through a phase of picky eating (or never grows out of one!). Speaking in Northbrook in October to a group of moms of young children with the Mighty Mom Spot, there was not one mom who
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What does a healthy child need? Age 1-3 yrs 4-5 yrs 6-11 yrs Calories 1,000-1,400 1,200-1,600 1,600-2,000 Fruits 1 – 1 ½ cups 1 – 1 ½ cups 1 ½ cups Vegetables 1 – 1 ½ cups 1 ½ – 2 cups 2 – 2 ½ cups
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Of all the misconceptions we encounter as pediatric dietitians, one of the most common is that kids don’t need to drink milk. As a result, fewer than 50 percent of children ages 2-8, and only 25 percent of kids ages 9-19, drink the recommended amount of milk
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