About: Cindy Brison MS RD LMNT

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Resolutions 2014

  Happy New Year!  2014!  It will take me an entire month to remember the New Year!  According to popular press, I am supposed to get my home organized, prepare healthier meals, and exercise more.  And anything else that will make me a better person.  Statistics show that by the end of January, many dieters have fallen off the wagon, as have the would be exercisers.  So many messages—what
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Lucky Foods and Family

                Black-eyed peas were something that Southern people ate.  I never had them until I got married. Then I learned of their New Years Day tradition.  My mother-in-law always made them so we could have at least a spoonful for a prosperous new year!   She made them with fat back and bacon grease, and they were always yummy! (A little high in fat-but yummy!). We try to pass on this tradition with our children now.  Black-eyed peas are something we
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Organic vs Non-Organic Milk?

      There has been an ongoing battle about organic foods being higher in nutrients than conventionally grown foods.  To date, both are nutritionally equivalent.  Brown eggs contain the same nutritional value as white eggs--they just come from different chickens.  Recently, a study came out about the benefits of organic milk.  The study, “Organic production enhances milk nutritional quality by shifting fatty acid composition: A United States-wide, 18-month study” shows statistically significant, yet small differences in the fatty acid profiles
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