Sponsored: How important is fruit?
Question: I’m trying to lose weight, should I cut out eating fruit?
Sponsored: Learn about jackfruit
Question: I’ve been reading about JACKFRUIT and notice that there are many products with jackfruit at Ingles that look like meat – is this a good alternative to eating meat?
Sponsored: Healthy dessert options for those with diabetes
Question: A friend of mine is coming over for lunch for her birthday. She has diabetes. Should I serve her a sugar-free cake?
Sponsored: Gluten free
Question: I have been having a lot of stomach and digestive issue and a friend suggested I stop eating gluten.
Sponsored: Food and inflammation
Inflammation has become a hot topic lately as we see articles about foods that cause inflammation and an “anti-inflammatory” diet.
Sponsored: Cross Contact and Cross Contamination: What’s the Difference?
These are terms that are often confused but have very different meanings.
Sponsored: Fish fillets – the real “fast food”
If you’re looking for a quick dinner protein, look no further than fish fillets – and rainbow trout, a farmed fish, is a perfect choice.
Sponsored: Trout Trivia
Thanks to the cool, clean water in Western NC we are fortunate to have trout farms that raise or farm rainbow trout for restaurants, supermarkets, farmers markets and for recreational use to stock streams.
Farm to School program teaches nutrition, connection to food
Excitement could be heard in the unconstrained murmuring of elementary school students at Blue Ridge School Monday morning as they filed into the cafeteria. Tables were set with Mason jars, pre-cut vegetables of almost every color of the rainbow, salt, pepper and oregano.
Ask Eliza: What are some health benefits of herbs and spices?
One of the spices I love most is cayenne pepper which has capsaicin in it. Capsaicin is shown to help increase your metabolic rate! It does this by increasing your internal body temperature which in turn makes you burn more calories. So the spicier food you eat... potentially the faster your metabolism. Think about like harissa or other spicy additives to food that can up those internal body temps!