By: Emma Slattery, Student NutritionistIt starts out with a minor inquiry: are tomatoes a fruit or a vegetable?
In a ruling from the US Supreme court in 1893, tomatoes were declared a vegetable. BUT anyone who has taken an entry level biology or plant science class might remember that fruits have seeds, and tomatoes have seeds. So would that make them a fruit? But if you think closer peppers have seeds too and peppers are commonly classified as vegetables. So what is the real difference between a fruit and vegetable????
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By: Elizabeth Katsion, Student Nutritionist Gluten-Free. Vegan. Paleo. Sugar-Free. Low-Carb. Raw.
When did our eating habits become equivalent to squeezing into a dress two sizes two small? By Emma Slattery, Student NutritionistYesterday you went to a Sunday brunch in DC. You ate everything on the table, then ordered seconds. You walked around with your friends and ate the world's biggest ice cream. You ate a massive portion of mac and cheese or filled your stomach with all of the cheeseburger or meatball sub that it could hold. No matter what happened, you ate delicious foods and you ate A LOT. And it happens! To nutritionists, to registered dietitians, to personal trainers. Everyone overeats or eats too many decadent, heavy foods. But then you might just start to feel a little gross, maybe start that meat sweat or get a sugar headache. You feel lethargic and bloated and full beyond full. What do you do now? How do you continue to pick up your eating habits after a day of particularly heavy eating?
By Emma Slattery, Student NutritionistGranola.
I don't need to explain how awesome granola is because I'm sure you already know. Just to clarify: granola is not a grain on its own. A friend of mine thought granola was like rice or barley- a type of grain. It's not. What is it? Oats baked in with whatever you want! Deliciously crunchy nuggets of oaty goodness, but there's one major problem that the little heavenly clusters of granola tend to have. By Emma Slattery, Student NutritionistNew segment here on Terps with Taste:
What We Ate Wednesday! Wanna know two of our favorite things as student nutritionists? Eating food and taking pictures of our food. What We Ate Wednesday lets us do both and also to share our meals- which certainly are not perfect but also fit perfectly into a healthful diet! |
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