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Could your company or employer benefit from a "Healthy Holiday Eating" talk? Most could! The average American gains (and never loses) about 5 lbs every holiday season. SoCal Nutrition & Wellness is available to provide fun and informative seminars to employees, women's groups, fitness classes/bootcamps, medical clinics, and others, about how to stay healthy and happy over the holidays. If you'd like to book a group talk, contact us today!
Have a HEALTHY Halloween!
Halloween brings visions of pumpkins, witches, goblins, and of course CANDY. But, Halloween does not have to be a day bombarded with snickers, skittles, and milky way's. Here are some fun, but healthier treats to snack on this Halloween:
Pumpkin Dip:
Mix together the following ingredients, then use as a dip for apples or graham crackers:
3 Tbsp canned pumpkin, 1 cup lowfat vanilla yogurt, 1 Tbsp 100% orange juice, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1 Tbsp maple syrup.
Pumpkin Muffins:
Makes one dozen muffins
In a web exclusive for Today's Dietitian magazine, I provide a detailed review of the safety of Gulf seafood including perspectives from the FDA, NOAA, and expert interviews with the Environmental Working Group and Food & Watch Watch. Click here to read more and to learn some tips for purchasing the safest, cleanest fish possible. The BP oil spill caused by the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion earlier this year in the Gulf of Mexico is now on record as the largest accidental marine oil spill in the petroleum industry’s history. Many people now question the safety of seafood coming from the Gulf region.
