We are on our second week of National Nutrition Month®, and for this week’s bulletin we want to focus on three specific functional foods and how we can incorporate them in our diets.
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Go Further With Food - National Nutrition Month 2021
Chicken Picadillo
Written on in Healthy Living, Nutrition and Wellness.
By Su-Nui Escobar, MS, RDN
Health benefits:
As a good Latin, I enjoy our traditional cuisine but as a dietitian, I look for health, so I found a great way to make a lower fat, healthier version of the traditional Chicken picadillo. Chicken is a great source of protein, B vitamins, iron and phosphorus. Adding ...
A Busy Physician's First Steps Towards Healthy Eating
Written on in Healthy Living, Nutrition and Wellness.
By Peyman Gravori, DO and Su-Nui Escobar, MS, RDN
As a family doctor, I constantly tell others that healthy eating is essential to good health. However, walking the talk was difficult with my busy schedule and my zero cooking skills. Cooking felt like a big task considering I grew up watching my mother spend hours ...
Why is sugar so irresistible?
Written on in Healthy Living, Nutrition and Wellness.
By Su-Nui Escobar, MS, RDN
There is no doubt; eating sugar can make us feel happy as the reward center in our brain lights up in a similar way as it does when consuming cocaine or opiates. Not surprisingly, we now have research showing the addictive properties of sugar. For example, a study conducted at ...
¿Por qué el azúcar es tan irresistible?
Written on in Healthy Living, Nutrition and Wellness.
Por Su-Nui Escobar, MS, RDN
No hay duda: ingerir azúcar puede hacernos sentir felices de la misma forma que en el centro de recompensa del cerebro se estimula al consumir cocaína u opiáceos. No es sorprendente que, ahora, tengamos investigaciones que muestren las propiedades adictivas de azúcar. Por ejemplo, en un estudio realizado en el ...
Learn More About the Color Diet - Conoce Más Sobre la Dieta de los Colores
Written on in News, Nutrition and Wellness.
Registered Dietitian, Su-Nui Escobar, from Larkin Community Hospital explains how a favorite celebrity diet works. Click the link to view the TV segment explaining all about The Color Diet on Telemundo's "Un Nuevo Día". Click here for The Color Diet
Nutricionista Registrada, Su-Nui Escobar, del Larkin Community Hospital explica cómo funciona una de las dietas ...
Su-Nui Escobar, Registered Dietitian, Explains Popular Diet Trends of 2015
Written on in Nutrition and Wellness, Patient Education.
No-added Sugar Diet Headlines read “Sugar: as addictive as cocaine” and well-known physicians are advising their patients to avoid added sugars in their diet. Should you follow this diet trend? Let’s get few facts straight first.
What is it?
A non-added sugar diet means avoiding refined sugars, sweetened beverages, processed foods containing sugar and foods ...
Su-Nui Escobar, dietista registrada, explica las tendencias dietéticas en el 2015
Written on in Nutrition and Wellness, Patient Education.
Dieta sin azúcares agregados En los titulares se lee "Azúcar: tan adictiva como la cocaína". Los más reconocidos médicos aconsejan a sus pacientes que eviten alimentos con azúcares agregados en su dieta. ¿Se debe seguir esta tendencia de la dieta? Primero, atengámonos estrictamente a los hechos.
¿Qué es?
Una dieta sin azúcares agregados significa evitar ...