Peg’s Blog
Food & lifestyle ideas to keep you healthy
What to Eat for Breakfast
What to eat for breakfast? There is always a bit of protein and complex carb in each breakfast listed here; it’s just that one is more dominant than the other.
Prevent Falls with Foods that Keep Your Bones Strong and Supple
What we need to know when discussing bone health is there are many sources of calcium, one of the components of healthy bones, other than dairy. The following chart will give you a wide variety of foods from which you can derive calcium.
Make Your Tummy Happy and Improve Digestion
Gas and Other Tummy Troubles has been my most popular speaking topic to date. Why? It seems in this busy world it’s hard to escape a little undesirable action in your digestive system, but there are definitely some medicine-free ways to manage and improve the way you feel.
Protein Blast for Breakfast
This yogurt parfait is packed with 26 grams of protein. Having a hefty dose of protein in the morning is proving to be a hunger quencher. Try it and you’ll likely find you have fewer cravings and less hunger through the day.
Vegetarian Recipe: Squash and Cranberries
A colorful warm and satisfying vegetarian dinner......stuffed acorn squash.
Cranberry Season Is Here
Cranberries are a major crop in Southeastern Massachusetts and harvesting is a sight to experience if you are able. Makepeace Cranberry Company in Wareham MA is a fine place to visit and to buy the freshest of cranberries.
Protein No Bake Energy Bites Recipe
No Bake Energy Bites - Great source of protein and iron, calcium, potassium and vitamins
Choose Peanut Butter with high protein and healthy ingredients
The last thing we need is sugar in peanut butter. With Type II diabetes even affecting kids, it’s time to look carefully at the ingredients in all packaged foods.
Is Farmed Salmon Safe?
Do you worry about the safety of farm raised salmon? If so, read on for some reliable information on sustainable processes that produce high quality farmed salmon.
Thrifty Shopping Strategies - How to Buy Groceries and Not Go Broke
The cost of food in your typical grocery store has risen by 25% since pre-pandemic days. But I don’t need to tell you this. If you’re like me, shock waves run through you when you pay $125 and walk away with just 2 grocery bags.
Foods that Cause Inflammation
You can become chronically inflamed from an uncontrolled infection, from pollutants in the air and from unmanaged stress. You can also become chronically inflamed from eating inflammatory foods.
Berry Herbal Iced Tea
Iced tea is a refreshing way to prevent dehydration on hot summer days. Hibiscus tea makes it memorabl
PCOS Recipe Recommendations
PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) is a hormone disruption for women of childbearing age. Women with PCOS may not ovulate, have high levels of androgens, and have many small cysts on the ovaries.
Use these recipes for Brussels Sprouts, Tacos and Citrus Salad to support a healthy you.
Meal Prep: Stock Your Kitchen
Eating well is easy when you’re prepared. That’s why I wrote my book, Food Becomes You —to help you build a kitchen with a great inventory, learn how to cook healthy and delicious meals again, or maybe for the first time if you’ve been a restaurant eater, , and have fun while doing it!
Who Is Your Nutrition Guru?
If you’re like most women, you may follow a celebrity doctor or nutritionist with a huge following who is telling you exactly what to eat, when to eat it, and which supplements you must take to avoid dementia, osteoporosis, depression, sleep disturbances and so on. I know someone better to rely on.