Welcome to Week 2 of the Eat the Rainbow Fruit and Veggie Challenge! EtR PROGRAM UPDATES: You made it a full week into our challenge! As part of our challenge, I am asking you to keep track of your fruit and vegetable intake. At the end of each week, you […]
Health & Fitness
How Can They Benefit You? – You Must Get Healthy
Essential oils are increasing in popularity and for good reason. Used in aroma therapy, in a bath, or applied topically, these oils are extracted from plants and help increase health and well-being. Let’s take a closer look at the benefits of these amazing essential oils and why you should be […]
Are You Really Vitamin D Deficient? 4 Things to Consider
Taking vitamin D in Western culture has quickly become an ‘if some is good, more is better’ game of taking chances on mega-dose supplements. But there are problems. Major problems, that no-one is talking about. Till now. Problem #1 — The deficiency ranges: What even classifies vitamin D deficiency? The […]
WEEKLY MENU PLAN (#386) – Diethood
WEEKLY MENU PLAN (#386) – A delicious collection of dinner, side dish, and dessert recipes to help you plan your weekly menu and make life easier for you! In these menu plans, I will be sharing some of our favorite recipe ideas for you to use as you are planning out […]
Mulled Wine (Hot Spiced Wine)
Created On: December 11, 2022 | By Debbie | 5 Comments This mulled wine (hot spiced wine) is the perfect cocktail for the coldest winter nights. Since it makes enough for a small crowd, invite your friends over to enjoy a glass with you! Mulled wine tastes just like Christmas. […]
Vegan Chocolate Cookies | Dietitian Debbie Dishes
Created On: December 8, 2022 | By Debbie | 1 Comment If you are a chocolate lover (raising my hand over here), you need to make these vegan chocolate cookies! A simple and approachable recipe that needs no chilling time so you can satisfy that chocolate craving without a lot […]
Tips to help journalists cope with pandemic and other stress
About Bara Vaida Bara Vaida (@barav) is AHCJ’s core topic leader on infectious diseases. An independent journalist, she has written extensively about health policy and infectious diseases. Her work has appeared in the National Journal, Agence France-Presse, Bloomberg News, McClatchy News Service, MSNBC, NPR, Politico, The Washington Post and other […]
A reporter considers the consequences of publishing a source’s legal status
About Margarita Birnbaum Margarita Birnbaum (@mbirnbaumnews) is AHCJ’s Health Equity Core Topic Leader. An independent journalist who has covered health disparities. Birnbaum’s stories have been published by WebMD, American Heart Association News, and American Indian, the magazine of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. Marc Ramirez Millions of […]
How to be an effective plant-based communicator & vegan role model (5 rules to get anti-vegans to listen)
Look the part. If you are overweight, people may dismiss a vegan diet as healthy because excess body fat is a sign of ill health. Many people choose unhealthy diets, like ketogenic diets because they want to lose weight and still eat fatty foods. It’s best to share the fact […]
How to Get Motivated to Work Out
When you look around at why so many people are out of shape and unhealthy these days, it’s not because they don’t know the importance of physical fitness. Of course they do, and of course they know that working out would fix many of their issues. The problem is they […]