Ilana Katz MS, RD, CSSD There has been much debate about the healthiness of different oils in the nutrition media lately. With the boost on research and essential fats, oils, some of which do offer the good source of fat to our daily intake needs some analysis. The reason why I want to blog on this is although many have been deemed healthy, depending on whether you use them for cooking or not, may change their chemistry. In other words, heating various oil sources can create free radicals which in […]
Planning Your Meals
In my practice, I find the biggest roadblock to weight loss success is that people do not take the time to plan their day as far as eating goes. So they either wait for meal times, or until they are hungry, and then just see what is convenient to grab. This sets you up to either not eat enough during the day, or gorge on whatever is available, or just get the most convenient food which is more than likely prepackaged and processed. If you take a few moments in […]
Apple Banana Oat Muffins
Ingredients 2 ripe bananas, mashed 3/4 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup all-natural applesauce 1/4 cup almond milk 1/2 cup plain nonfat yogurt 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour 1 cup almond flour (or almond meal) 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons rolled oats 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Spray a regular-sized muffin tin evenly with cooking spray. Add brown sugar to the mashed bananas in a bowl and whisk […]
