Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Instead of posting traditional Irish recipes here, I thought I’d mix it up and focus on green foods today. Green abounds in the natural world and it’s no wonder that green foods are some of the very best for your body too. The color green symbolizes …
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Yes, this is a Bob’s Red Mill blog, but I wanted to share something about myself with you because part of being Bob’s Red Mill is helping people deal with food allergies, celiac disease and other diet-related health conditions and providing delicious foods to make eating fun again.
Something that …
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I’ve been following Allergic Girl, Sloane Miller, on and off for the last few years. She writes a clever and wonderfully named blog, Please Don’t Pass the Nuts, that helps those with food allergies navigate all aspects of their life safely and with joy. I was really excited when …
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Good fats are almost an oxymoron in our society, but a little bit of nutritional research quickly reveals that your body needs fat to survive and some fats are much better than others. Trans fats and saturated fats are the “bad” fats, those that promote clogged arteries, obesity and heart …
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Bob calls “Forks Over Knives” a very worthwhile film and encouraged all of us at Bob’s Red Mill to take ourselves and families to go see it. I have seen this documentary twice already, and even though I have eaten a plant based diet for 15 years now, I still …
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Beyond eating right and getting exercise, dealing with your stress levels is a crucial component to heart health. Stress can lead to high blood pressure, sleep deprivation, weight gain, overeating and an increase in high-risk behaviors, such as drinking and smoking cigarettes. Those are just some of the things stress …
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February is National Heart Health Month and we’re dedicating ourselves to bringing you tips for keeping your heart in good working condition. To kick us off right (even if we are almost a week late!), it seems like the perfect time to discuss the newly released 2010 Dietary Guidelines for …
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This is the final installment in our demystifying label terms series. If we’ve missed a term that you’re curious about, please ask and we’ll do our best to find an answer for you.
Kosher: The term “kosher” refers to foods that are in accord with Kashrut, the set of Jewish …
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Part three of our Demystifying Label Terms Series will cover Gluten Free. Part four will cover Kosher.
Gluten Free: Another term not regulated by a governing agency and one that is appearing on more and more labels. When a product states “gluten free” it can mean any number …
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In part two of our “Demystifying Label Terms” series, we’ll cover the term Whole Grain. Parts 3 and 4 will cover Gluten Free and Kosher.
Whole Grain: The Food and Drug Administration has defined whole grains as “cereal grains that consist of the intact, ground, cracked or flaked …
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