Category Archives: nutrition

SNACKS. Today’s 4th Meal. RECIPES. Thursday, 1pm ET

How many meals did you eat yesterday? Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner used to be considered the only times we sat down and ate. Now we not only don’t sit down and eat at each meal, we have added an afternoon snack meal. Some even snack during mid-morning. Why is this? Our lifestyles have changed. Consequently, […]
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For the Health of Your Community. Thurs. 1pm ET

Last week we focused on how one child, effects one family, affects one community. This week we will be giving our full attention to how one community can positively impact one family, one child, and more! In other words, it also takes a community effort to help turn the tide of disease among children. Our […]
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Turning the Tide of Obesity and Childhood Disease, Thurs. 1pm, ET

Look around you. The statistics are visible everywhere: 65% of adults in the U.S. are overweight. In 2012, more than one third of children and adolescents were overweight or obese. Type 2 Diabetes is now at epidemic levels in adults and children. Heart disease has now crept into childhood years. So has the incidence of […]
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Sweet Treats You Can Live With! RECIPES. Thurs. 1pm ET

Tis the season for treats to serve at parties, celebrations, and to enjoy as goodies just because! “Sweet Treats” is the name of this season’s game. But, how do you escape adding those unwanted pounds? How do you avoid sugar highs and headaches? How do you prevent energy outbursts by your kids followed by melt-downs, […]
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Healthy Child, Healthy World. Thurs. 1pm ET

Healthy Child, Healthy World. That’s makes sense. Challenge is, the increase number of children who are sick is rising at a disturbing rate because they are living in an increasingly unhealthy world. These days, at birth, on average, babies have about 200 unwanted chemicals already flowing through their veins. No wonder cancer is a leading […]
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Food is Medicine! RECIPES. Thursday, 1pm ET

Wouldn’t it be great if you didn’t have to go to the pharmacy for over the counter drugs or prescribed medicines? Instead, why not turn to food to prevent and heal your body? The truth is Food is Medicine. Here to prove this is our guest, Dr. Patricia Bragg, Health Crusader, Angel of Health & […]
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Who Fills Your Grocery Store Shelves and Why? Thurs. 1pm ET

Do you ever wonder who decides what brands and flavors of cereals are offered to you in your grocery store? How do they select ones they want to sell from the hundreds made by food companies? How do they evaluate the quality, or do they? How about pasta? When you add up the number of […]
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Supplements for Kids. YES or NO? Dr. Bob Sears. Thurs. 1pm ET on W4WN radio

The great debate: should kids be given supplements or not? Does age make a difference? When are they necessary, if at all? If so, what and how much? Also, how do you know which ones are reliable? What foods best take the place of supplements? Some see taking vitamins as an insurance policy, especially for […]
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Healthiest Processed Foods. RECIPES. Thursday, 1pm ET

Is there such a thing as “healthiest processed food?” Can you buy packaged food that has retained needed naturally sourced nutrients during the processing? What should you look for on the packaging that will assure you it’s a good buy? Fortunately, our guest, Dawn Jackson Blatner, RD, Food and Nutrition Expert, Author of The Flexitarian […]
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Brain Food for Mental Sharpness at Any Age! RECIPES. Sunday. 1pm ET on W4WN radio

Wait until you hear what our guest, Dr. David Perlmutter, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Grain Brain, has to say about what foods will and won’t positively affect our brain health. You may have heard the controversy resulting from his declaration that wheat, sugar and carbs have devastating effects on brain function. […]
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