Fresh Tomato, Sausage, and Pecorino Pasta
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Although this simple pasta dish requires a bit of ingredients, it’s certainly worth. Ripe, late-summer tomatoes are juicy and delicious in this pasta dish, with no seeding or peeling necessary. It was really tasty and not heavy at all. The added basil really pops, enhancing the flavor. This basic pasta only took 40 minutes from start to table. To make this fast, slice onion, chop tomatoes and trim green beans while the pasta is cooking.
Low-Sodium Diet: How to Eat Less Sodium at Restaurants
On a low-sodium diet? Here are 10 tips to cut the sodium when you’re eating out.
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Melinda Ratini, DO, MS
Health authorities have long been warning Americans to slash the sodium in our diets. Yet with restaurant meals and processed foods growing in popularity, the low-sodium diet remains elusive. Many of us are consuming more sodium than ever — and not just from the salt shaker.
In fact, 3/4 of the sodium in our diets comes from processed foods, says Columbia University researcher Wahida Karmally, DrPH, RD. And the watchdog group Center for Science in the Public Interest found that 85 out of 102 meals at popular restaurant chains contained more than a full day’s worth of sodium. Some of the meals had four days’ worth of sodium.
The Myth of the Perfect Health Coach
Many of us have a very specific idea of what a Health Coach looks like. We imagine them as fairly young, attractive, fit, healthy, and happy. If it were any other way, would they still be in a position to guide others on the path to wellness?
While it’s certainly true that Health Coaches should walk the walk when it comes to having a healthy lifestyle, there’s more to the story. Not all Health Coaches started out in peak physical condition, knowing the nutritional benefits of kale or how to best motivate others. In fact, many of Integrative Nutrition’s students enroll with the primary goal of addressing their own health concerns.