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A Mediterranean Diet Meal Plan: Simple Swaps for Flavor and Health

This blog was originally published in Verywells Nutrition section.  Looking to eat healthy but still enjoy delicious foods you’ll want to eat again and again The Mediterranean dietbased on lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, beans, legumes, nuts, olive oil, fish, and small…

Try These African Heritage Food Swaps for Black History Month

No matter where your ancestors are from, chances are their diets were a whole lot healthier than the standard American diet, which is characterized by high amounts of meat, sugar, as well as refined, processed, and junk foods. Unfortunately, this modern eating pattern differs dramatically in…

Mediterranean Breakfast Swaps

It’s not surprising that breakfast plays an important role in any heritage diet, and the Mediterranean region is no exception. Throughout history, the entire Mediterranean from Turkey to Morocco, from Portugal to Greece has featured whole grains and proteins in simple and complex breakfast…

Healthy Holiday Food Swaps

Traditionally, the holidays were a time when families would augment their mostly local, vegetable, and grain-based diets with meats and sweets for a celebratory feast. Today, we carry forward this tradition with parties and desserts galore. However, with so many festivities on the calendar, this…

Healthy Eating Experts Want You to Make These Small Changes Instead of a Resolution

In 2013, Forbes magazine reported that a mere 8 percent of people achieve their New Years Resolutions. Though we’re only a couple weeks into 2017, we’re guessing that many people have already made, attempted, and failed their New Year’s Resolution. But is it our resolve…

How Experts Use Whole Grains as a Secret Weapon

Not only do whole grains add nutrition to meals, but they have some tricks up their sleeves. They can be craftily added to, or replace and outperform refined grains in, everyday recipes. For example, tea flour has a beautiful cocoa flavor that makes desserts even more delicious. To help you…

African Heritage Diet

The diversity of the African Diaspora (Africa, the Caribbean, South America, and the American South) includes dishes of leafy greens, tubers, groundnuts, legumes, fruits, and other plants.

Latin American Heritage Diet

Indigenous, Portuguese, Spanish, and African food traditions have all influenced Latin American Heritage cuisine, which features peppers, tropical fruits, beans, and whole grains like corn.