May 2012 - Sensory Nutrition

Beyond Watchful Waiting Part 4 of 4 (Food, Nutrition & Prostate Cancer)

In this Part 4 of 4 final blog post of this series, some of the lesser known food & nutrition source potential influencers re: prostate cancer will be mentioned. (Single rainbow photo courtesy of Stuart Bran, taken in Rousseau, Dominica)

Beyond Watchful Waiting Part 3 of 4 (Food, Nutrition & Prostate Cancer)

In this 3rd of 4 blog posts of this series, some specific nutrients re: prostate cancer will be mentioned. (Photo courtesy of Felipedan via rgbstock.com)

Summertime Cooking & Entertaining: Beyond Food Safety

Everyone knows how important Food Safety is when it comes to summertime cookouts. The “Fight Bac!™” program of The Partnership for Food Safety Education has provided lots of pertinent information to help everyone think ahead about how to reduce their risk of foodborne illness. This is especially true when it comes to warm weather food preparation and eating food items from summertime cookouts either outdoors or indoors. Image for “Keep Food Safe From Bacteria” courtesy of the Fight Bac!™ program. Follow sound, proper pre-preparation & safe cooking advice when it comes to food items as provided by USDA via their convenient fact sheets or

Celebrity Chefs Echoing Food Portion of RD Food & Nutrition Messages

Fame. It influences people, whether members of the public are willing to admit that or not. Fame allows others to get their message out and have the opportunity for it to possibly be heard. RDs have been trying to convince people for decades that taking “small steps” when it comes to eating real food and changing food buying, storage, preparation and eating patterns do matter–that they can really make a HUGE collective difference in people’s lives when all those small steps are added together. Yet many people have simply either ignored/tuned out the RDs in far too many instances, or

Farmers Markets Can Provide a Rainbow of Color (Food, Nutrition and Prostate Cancer)

Warmer weather usually means more rain storms and thus the potential for more rainbows as well. Virtually all of us should be aiming to consume a “Rainbow of Color” from nature’s color wheel when it comes to fruits & veggies. There are many health benefits associated with the colors of the rainbow nature so graciously provides, and particularly for those discussing prostate cancer prevention, incidence & progression, treatment, and survivorship as noted in the 4 part series we started late last month and will be continuing with this month. Beyond their beneficial vitamin content, consider the rich antioxidant & anti-inflammatory content of