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Eat right, live well: Chocolate good for your sweetheart and your heart

By Toby Smithson
Feb 5, 2014 5:30 AM - As we mark Valentine's Day and American Heart Month in February, Tony Smithson reminds us that we no longer have to feel guilty about eating a chocolate truffle or brownie. That's right, chocolate can be good for your sweetheart and for your heart.
Eat right, live well: Black eyed peas for health all year long

By Toby Smithson
Jan 7, 2014 5:45 AM - January presents the perfect time start making healthy eating choices. Hoppin' John is a traditional Southern dish that is served on New Years Day, but it's a nutritional winner all year long.
Eat right, live well: A perfect pear

By Toby Smithson
Dec 2, 2013 2:15 PM - Pears are one of the oldest cultivated fruits and there are more than 3,000 varieties worldwide. But, is one pear equal to another pear? Yes, and no. Nutritionally, pears, like other fruits and vegetables, provide a good source of fiber. Yet pears are special, offering 6 grams of fiber per serving and ranking them as one of the highest sources of fiber from a fresh fruit.
Eat right, live well: Don't let pungent aroma keep you from onion's nutrients

By Toby Smithson
Nov 5, 2013 1:26 PM - Did you know that onions have a history with Chicago? In fact, Chicago was named after onions. Onions grew in abundance along the Chicago River and when the first French settlers asked local Indians the name of this area, they replied, Chicagoua, which means wild bulb plant, hence the onion. History is not the most interesting part of onion's story. For that we have to get under its skin.
Beans add protein, nutrients to plant-based meals

By Toby Smithson
Oct 1, 2013 6:00 AM - Just one day a week of replacing meat with other protein sources is all it takes for you to start enjoying some of the health benefits -- like lower cholesterol and blood pressure -- of plant-based eating. Beans can be a part of that plan.
Potatoes: Delicious and, yes, also nutritious

By Toby Smithson
Sep 9, 2013 10:23 AM - Potatoes sometimes get a bad rap. A favorite on American dinner plates, potatoes often get associated with weight gain. You can blame that reputation on the ever popular fried french fries for that. In fact, potatoes are a nutritional powerhouse - high in vitamin C and good source of potassium and fiber. Toby Smithson tells us more about these super spuds.
Eat right, live well: Much to love about mangos

By Toby Smithson
Aug 6, 2013 10:40 AM - Mango, often dubbed the "king of fruits" is not only delicious, but packed with vitamins and healthy benefits. For example, reach for a mango, a fruit native southern Asia, to ward off heart disease and leukemia, as well as colon, breast or prostate cancer. Incorporate the king of fruits into your diet this season to stay healthy and eat deliciously.
Eat right, live well: Turn to tomatoes for flavor, nutritional benefits

By Toby Smithson
Jul 6, 2013 2:02 PM - Botanically speaking, the tomato is a fruit, specifically a berry. But that didn't stop the U.S. Supreme Court in 1983 from deciding it's a vegetable when it came to how the plant was taxed. No matter what the classification, tomatoes burst with health benefits.
Eat right, live well: Cherries brighten summer menus

By Toby Smithson
Jun 4, 2013 3:35 PM - Toby Smithson offers tips on working healthful fruits into your summer menus, upping your nutruition in a sweet and tasty way.
Eat Right, Live Well: Is a gluten-free diet right for you?

By Toby Smithson
May 9, 2013 6:34 AM - It may seem as though everyone is going gluten free these days based on products marketed in grocery stores, bookstores or on health blogs. But are these products right for you? First, a gluten-free diet is not a weight-loss diet. More than 90 percent of the population does not need to worry about gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye that gives bread its elasticity.

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