by Dr Betty | Apr 28, 2014 | Healthy Recipes & Menu Ideas
We’re just a few days away from the new year, and so you may be thinking about banishing treats such as cookies from your diet as of Jan. 1. But wouldn’t it be more realistic — and enjoyable — to resolve to make cookies healthier? They don’t need to be seven-layer,...
by Dr Betty | Apr 28, 2014 | Healthy Recipes & Menu Ideas
Snack dips are great at holidays and sports events. Be the health guru of your community with this spinach, yogurt, avocado and tomato combination. Each ingredient brings its own weight in healthy nutrients to the party. Spinach is packed with chlorophyll, folate,...
by Dr Betty | Apr 28, 2014 | Healthy Recipes & Menu Ideas
Broccoli is a cruciferous vegetable with anti-cancer properties due to the high levels of Vitamins A & C and folate. Slowly cooking broccoli for soup is a great way to increase vegetable intake and enjoy one of the most nutritious of all vegetables with a rich...
by Dr Betty | Apr 15, 2014 | Healthy Recipes & Menu Ideas
Before you munch down on all that chocolate candy in the Easter basket, consider the real truth about which dark chocolate has cocoa flavanols to lower blood pressure and LDL cholesterol. Only a special patent and proprietary process of chocolate production conserves...
by Dr Betty | Mar 18, 2014 | Healthy Recipes & Menu Ideas
Salmon is a healthy menu choice and a recent supermarket encounter led to a discussion about the nutritional value of fatty fish. My neighbor was trying to chose between wild and farmed salmon. Even though wild salmon may be more expensive, it has more omega 3 fatty...
