By Lauren Incarnato, Student Nutritionist Walk through any grocery store, convenience store, or retail store and you are bound to see some kind of chocolate. White chocolate, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, chocolate covered pretzals...I could sincerely go on forever. While chocolate is a great treat to have, it has been drilled into our heads at a young age not to "spoil our dinner" with chocolate or "rot our teeth." We all consume chocolate in moderation because well, it's inevitable not to. What if I told you there was a type of chocolate that had crazy health benefits? Would you believe me? Probably not. BUT, I am here to tell you about that exact thing today, and it is called cacao.
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By Jackie Choffo, Dietetic Intern Even with today’s high-tech gadgets and rapidly expanding medical knowledge, the human brain is still not fully understood. However, people are gaining interest on how to “eat for a healthy brain.” When talking about brain health, you have to consider the disease states that occur when there is damage to the brain. One of the most common symptoms of brain damage is dementia, or loss of mental ability to the point where it interferes with daily life. The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease, currently the 6th leading cause of overall mortality in the United States. But why would a college student be concerned about a disease that largely affects people aged 65 or older? Studies are now showing that healthy eating habits earlier in life play a crucial role in reducing your risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. This research is based off studying two eating patterns, the Mediterranean Diet and the DASH Diet. Let’s look at these two diets more closely. By Isabella Dang, Dietetic Intern On a rainy Monday morning, I got to sit down with UMD’s very own Senior Executive Chef, John Gray. Chef John sat in front of a bulletin board, decorated with some “punny” food one-liners like “turnip the beet” and many others.
Chef John has helped UMD dining services take large steps forward, through harnessing culinary creativity to deliver quality food. But how did Chef John get started in the world of food? Read my interview with him here. By Jackie Choffo, Dietetic Intern At the end of a long day, my go-to dinner is a box of dried pasta and red sauce. Even though it’s an easy meal to prepare, I am usually hungry soon after from the lack of protein. But what other convenient products are out on the market? Turns out, food manufacturers are making pasta from pretty much anything nowadays! This past month was the annual Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo in Washington, D.C where food samples were endless. I was able to try pasta made from chickpeas, lentils, and even spinach! Here are some of my favorite pasta alternatives and the health benefits they provide: By Isabella Dang, Dietetic Intern As of March 2018, the most searched “food” item on Google is “water.” For the WHOLE year of 2017, the most searched “food” item on Google was (drumroll)…… “WATER!” With 7 types of water out there, it really makes us wonder: What are people trying to find out…? If you think about it, “water” has been catching more and more attention since the rise of artistic water bottles and ((insert unpronounceable brand name)) sparking water. Water is EVERYWHERE. And if you want to impress your friends with some fun facts, here is the ultimate guide to the 7 types of water.
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