Category: Healthy Eating
Chefs Glorious Chefs, a New Series about Connecticut’s Best Chefs: Drew Stichter, of Hidden Valley Eatery
Drew Stichter’s life was transformed into becoming food conscious in high school, which started his culinary adventure, “My father fell ill with heart [...]
Is Ketogenic Therapy Right For You?
Please understand that mitochondrial and metabolic health is an emerging discipline and only a handful of researchers and even fewer practicing physic [...]
How Do We Learn From Emotional Hunger?
The holidays with their promising cornucopia of delicious food are fast approaching. Perhaps some of us might be already worrying about over-indulgin [...]
Food-Confused?. . .Choose Minimally Processed for Optimal Wellness
"...the most meaningful label on your food . . . is the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) organic seal. For a product to be certified organic, i [...]
Hartford Baking Company – Artisanal Quality and Locally Made
Hartford Baking Company started from a series of farmer’s market stands in Hartford – at Billings Forge in particular – and grew into a tiny café loca [...]
Embracing the Garden
Mixing together egg whites, seaweed powder, and vegetable pigment sounds like the beginning of a witches brew. This concoction will soon be paint used [...]
Love Those Summer Fruits & Veggies
We all live for convenience especially when it comes to food and our health. Just like the myth that healthy eating is expensive, many people believe [...]
Explore Culinary Delicacies with Taste of New Haven Food & Drink Tours
On a brisk late September day, we excitedly headed to New Haven to do one of my favorite things – a foodie tour! Did you know that New Haven is called [...]
How to Eat Healthy When Dining Out
“Eating healthy” means consistently making healthy decisions when it comes to your food. The decision process often starts with shopping. Your state o [...]
Dilly Beans
For many parents, the process of packing school lunches can be tiresome at times as we try to think up creative ways to get veggies into our kids’ mou [...]
The Real Deal on Sugar
It’s a good two months after the holidays, but many of us are still struggling with an addiction to sugar. High sugar intake can deplete your body of [...]
Clean Drinking with Hartford Flavor Company
Lelaneia Dubay began making cranberry liqueur for holiday gifts starting in 2008, then in 2011 beset by gluten and chemical sensitivities, she created [...]
Ginger & Lemon Concentrate to Support Detoxification & Digestion
As a rule, all parents know that their kids are different from each other. This difference can be viewed in different ways—with my kiddos it is very e [...]
Farmer Bill’s Top 5 Tips to Stay Healthy This Winter
At Fat Stone Farm (Lyme, CT), proprietors Liz and Bill Farrell take their health seriously – in fact their health is one of the main reasons they star [...]
Cholesterol, Just the Fats!
By design, everything our body does has a purpose. So, why would it produce so much cholesterol if it were bad?
What is Cholesterol?
While many [...]
Vitamin Deficiency is More Common Than You Think
When I talk about micronutrients in my practice, not everyone knows what I’m referring to without a proper explanation. Micronutrients are nutritional [...]
Simple Meal Planning for the New Year
It’s that time again… January… the New Year… the holidays are over… Thank God because I couldn’t possibly eat another thing for the rest of the year! [...]
Grand Gesture for Health
Do you have a metabolic disorder? Do you have sugar handling problems? For many of us, we get stuck in the system—a traditional allopathic system, tha [...]
Low Carb Diet For Weight Loss?
“I just can’t lose weight!” This is the statement I hear from so many patients, but there is a solution. The low carbohydrate diet may be just the thi [...]
Soil as a Gateway for Eliminating Toxins
Natural treatments for illness typically revolve around eliminating “the bad” (e.g. toxins) and boosting or amplifying “the good” (e.g. wellness). Sim [...]
Max Chef to Farm Celebrates 10 Years
Growing up a few minutes down the road from Rosedale Farms in Simsbury, I have long awaited the opportunity to attend a Max Chef to Farm dinner under [...]
Spicing Up Your Plate with Healthy Benefits
PHOTO CREDIT: Cheyney Barrieau for Eat IN Connecticut
There’s a whole new meaning to spicing up your meal in Connecticut. Whether you dine in Wes [...]
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Paleo Banana Bread
For many of us, the idea of reducing grain in our diet is not very exciting… what will we nosh on? There is something very nourishing about eating som [...]