Healthy Food Chart

Q. What is the nutritional difference between pearled barley and hulled barley? A. I found this helpful information in the Food Dictionary at Epicurious.com: “Hulled (also called whole-grain ) barley has only the outer husk removed and is the most…

Flickr: Curtis Gregory Perry Denny’s is kind of a joke. Its open 24-7, so it’s the cliché late night hangout for drunks, burnouts and stoners looking to sober up. It’s greasy, sinful comfort food. No frills. Just all the stuff that will kill: bacon, sausage, syrup, fried potatoes, butter and salt–lots of salt! And, its because of the excessive salt…

The heat and humidity continues but we have been lucky here in Boston to have avoided some of the strong rain, thunder and lightening storms that have hit a lot of the region. I was not able to go running yesterday so I am heading out this morning. I have already had my breakfast and drank water so I should be set to go once I can get Will ready and in the stroller. At the very beginning of the summer I signed up for a 7-mile road race thinking I would be ready for it by August 9th. Well, 8/9 is next weekend and although I thought I would just skip the race, the pressure (from my sister) is on to still do it. I know it won’t be my best run but I know I can make it through so that’s been my motivation to at least go out every other day and put in a few miles. Time to hit the pavement!

This Meal Provides Approximately: Grains = 1.25 ounces (+whole), Fruit = 0.66 cup, Milk = 1.25 cup

Forum Post: I’m at the welcoming age of 14, now entering the “wonderful” world of teenagers. My current height is 5ft 4in, and I weigh approximately 120 pounds. After many hours of research I do realize that this is a healthy weight…

Flickr: @marco If New York is the city that never sleeps, then the Bronx is an insomniac that raids the refrigerator at midnight for a late-night snack. When the CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System analyzed data from 2003, they discovered that of NYC’s five boroughs, the Bronx had the highest percentage of overweight and obese citizens at over 62…