Jennifer Trepeck

2 days ago

Cilantro: Love It? Or Hate It?

A Bite-Size Read for Your Health and Your Waistline — A Bite-Size Read for Your Health and Your Waistline Cilantro is an absolutely polarizing food. I’ve had friends who say anything with cilantro tastes like soap while others love it and use it as an alternative to parsley or other herbs. So, what’s the deal? It’s chemical. There’s a genetic…

Cilantro

4 min read

May 9

Guidelines for BBQ Leftovers

A Bite-Size Read for Your Health and Your Waistline — A Bite-Size Read for Your Health and Your Waistline The weather is getting nicer, which means it’s time for pool parties, cookouts, and backyard barbecues! All those events mean lots of food — and lots of leftovers. We all know leftovers can be a challenge because holi-days tend to become…

Summer

3 min read

May 5

Lets Talk About Sex (Ed)

An interview with Intersectional Health Educator, Justine Ang Fonte — An interview with Intersectional Health Educator, Justine Ang Fonte Talking about sex, consent, and gender may be some of the most challenging conversations parents have with their child(ren). Truth be told, they don’t have to be! Enter, Justine Ang Fonte, a proud Filipina consultant and speaker on intersectional health topics…

Sex

9 min read

May 2

Getting to the Roots on Ginger

A Bite-Size Read for Your Health and Your Waistline — A Bite-Size Read for Your Health and Your Waistline Remember when you were a kid and had a stomachache? There’s likely a home remedy your parent, grandparent or school nurse recommended…Do you remember? Ginger ale! Turns out, ginger is helpful in a multitude of ways. Ginger is an aromatic rhizome…

Ginger

3 min read

Apr 25

Upgrade Your Soy Sauce to Liquid Aminos

A Bite-Size Read for Your Health and Your Waistline — A Bite-Size Read for Your Health and Your Waistline Liquid aminos…“liquid who?” I hear you. You might recognize the word aminos? Amino acids are the building blocks of protein. In the case of liquid aminos, you get either 16 or 17 amino acids (depending on the brand and formula) that…

Soy Sauce

3 min read

Apr 23

Great idea about the steel cut oats.

David Mokotoff

first of all, congrats on noticing that your oatmeal only lasts a couple hours!

Remember glycemic load is also a factor. this is about the quantity of the food. According to data published in the American Journal of… — first of all, congrats on noticing that your oatmeal only lasts a couple hours! I've seen some research say glycemic index for SC oats is 42 while rolled oats is 55 and instant is 83. I've seen other research say SC is 52/53 and rolled/instant are 57/59+ Remember glycemic load is also a factor. this is about the quantity of the food. According to data published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, rolled oats have a glycemic load of 9 (low), while instant oats have a GL of 24 (high).

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first of all, congrats on noticing that your oatmeal only lasts a couple hours! I've seen some research say glycemic index for SC oats is 42 while rolled oats is 55 and instant is 83. I've seen other research say SC is 52/53 and rolled/instant are 57/59+

Remember glycemic load is also a factor. this is about the quantity of the food. According to data published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, rolled oats have a glycemic load of 9 (low), while instant oats have a GL of 24 (high).

Building your bowl of oatmeal as outlined in the article will help with all of these factors AND your blood sugar and energy. Keep going, David! You got this!

Apr 18

Truly Tasting the Rainbow

A Bite-Size Read for Your Health and Your Waistline — A Bite-Size Read for Your Health and Your Waistline We’ve heard it all from vegetarian, vegan, pescatarian, and now meatatarian! We also have the other side of the dieting coin: “are you paleo? keto? intermittent fasting”? We know all these words now. As a health coach, when people use any…

Fruits And Vegetables

3 min read

Apr 11

The Food of the Season: The Hot Dog

A Bite-Size Read for Your Health and Your Waistline — A Bite-Size Read for Your Health and Your Waistline Baseball season is here, and opening day is underway! With America’s favorite pastime comes America’s favorite food. Yep, that’s right, we’re talking about hot dogs! On average, fans eat about 20 million hot dogs in one season at all MLB ballparks…

Hot Dogs

3 min read

Apr 4

Sailing Towards Your Goals

A Bite-Size Read for Your Health and Your Waistline — A Bite-Size Read for Your Health and Your Waistline You’ve probably been on a sailboat before, maybe with champagne in hand, while others navigate the course, doing the “sailing.” Or perhaps you’ve just watched “Below Deck” on Bravo. …

Weight Loss

3 min read

Apr 1

The Easy Button for Spring Cleaning Your Kitchen, Pantry and More

March into Your Kitchen with New Intentions — March into Your Kitchen with New Intentions With spring just around the corner, some are gearing up for a good, old-fashioned spring cleaning. For others (like me!) it can feel like a daunting task, pushed to the bottom of every weekend’s agenda. Until now! Here’s your easy button. Start with…

Kitchen

8 min read