Fall is here, but there is still plenty of time left to enjoy eating outside. Here are a few simple tips for handling and storing food so you can enjoy your fall picnic safely.
Super Bowl 50 is here! The most important game of the season. It’s also supposed to be the most watched annual television program in the United States. Last year a record 114.5 million people tuned in. Will you be hosting a Super Bowl party at your house? That’s a lot of food to prepare. How much food […]
John Turrell, the Wellness Coordinator at the Greater Portland Branch of the YMCA of Southern Maine wants us to feel healthier and be a little adventurous, so he’s encouraging us to try (or retry) nine new healthy foods. We’re on number four — avocado. Guest post by John Turrell, Wellness Coordinator, Greater Portland Branch, YMCA of Southern Maine. […]
Guest post by John Turrell, Wellness Coordinator, Greater Portland Branch, YMCA of Southern Maine. The holidays are a wonderful time to renew and grow relationships with friends and family. And to enjoy and celebrate food. The trouble is, holidays can also be a time of stress. In our relationships with friends and family and with […]
Like other mothers, Donna Blouin tries her best to feed her children a healthy diet. She has five. A 22-year-old son and two sets of twins! One (boys) is 11 and the other (boy and a girl) is 8. Doing her best means Donna reads labels to the point that family members hate to go […]
When Carolyn Preston goes grocery shopping, she tries to make healthy choices for her family. A handy little app on her smartphone makes it a lot easier. With it, she can scan the barcode of a food item and get all kinds of useful information. First and foremost, its nutritional score on a scale of […]
Sometimes when you’re shopping for food or cooking a meal, don’t you wish you had a nutrition expert by your side to help you make healthy choices? If so, you’re in luck, because we’re going to have a host of nutrition experts on hand to help us make healthy decisions and healthy meals that taste […]
This is what Kendall Scott did when, at the age of 27, she found out that she had Hodgkin’s lymphoma: “I cried. I laughed. I drank a beer and ordered a pizza.” As she finished her beer and pizza she says, “I felt this ball of fortitude begin to form deep in my gut (and it wasn’t just […]
For more than 20 years, Diane was the health reporter on WCSH 6. Before that, a radiation therapist at Maine Medical Center and after, Manager of Marketing/PR at Mercy Hospital. Now, she's a baby boomer not interested in retiring. She writes the Catching Health blog and is a regular guest on the WCSH6/WLBZ2 Morning Report. She's also a college art student at USM. You can read about that adventure on Diane's other blog mylatestart.bangordailynews.com. She says it's good (and healthy) to be busy!
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