Does T-Day Turkey Put You Into a Narcoleptic Coma?
I’ve honestly had someone ask me whether they should be concerned. “I’m going over to my parent’s house for Thanksgiving. I’ll have a lot of turkey, but then I have to drive home. Won’t this make me go to sleep? Should I just plan to stay there for the night?”, as...
A Tasty T-Day Turkey Riddle. Please solve this for me.
Brining your turkey violates a basic law of science. Help me out with this. To explain what I mean, we’ll have to do the “Tasty T-Day Turkey Test”. But first, let’s establish what we know.Fact #1, in “science-speak”: Osmosis is the spontaneous net movement of solvent molecules through a partially permeable...
Wild Turkey VS Supermarket Turkey: Who’s the better bird?
Wonderful graphic from the World Science Festival. Follow @willclowerThey’ve made them gigantic, but at what cost? If you want to learn more about these amazing birds, here’s a PDF by the USDA on our remaining wild turkeys.As with all game, the meat will be richer, less likely to have...
Cranberry Spinach Salad w Honey Dijon Bacon Dressing
This simple salad has everything! From the cranberries to the spinach to the lime honey and bacon balance that ties it all together. Your family will love you for it – YOU will love you for it, and you’ll be doing your body good in the process. You’ll...
Ask Will: No Time To Eat At Work
Dear Will I have no time to eat. No time. Like No.Time.To.Eat! What do I do?? Respectfully, No Time Is My Present Follow @willclower Dear No Time, Wouldn’t it be great if we lived in a place where we had 2 ½ hours to eat our lunch? Wouldn’t it...
Recipe For Good Health. First, Cook Your Own Food. Then, Eat It Together.
A principle we coach our people on is to “Return To The Family Table”, and “There Is Health In The Hearth.” This seems intuitively obvious, but is also backed up by research showing it to be true. Follow @willclowerThe National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (made up of 9,569 people, aged...
Turkey Pot Pie
With Thanksgiving right around the corner it’s good to have some recipes to make with all that leftover turkey… Time to the Table: 60 minutes Yield: Serves 10 You’ll Need 1 piecrust with top and bottom 2 cups cooked turkey, chopped 2 Tablespoons plus ½ stick unsalted butter ½...
2 more HUGE reasons to give up sodas
Via @rodalenewsNeed another reason to put down that bottle of soda? We’ll give you two. A pair of studies published recently in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests America’s beloved fizzy drinks could be doing a real number on women’s health. In the first study, led by Harvard...
Fantasic Green Beans
This is a simple way to make green beans and can be a nice complement for anything from fish, to chicken or simply a vegetarian bean dish. You’ll Need 3 lbs fresh green beans (or frozen thawed) 3 medium onions, thinly sliced 3 large green or red peppers, thinly...
Ask Will: Should We Eat 5 Times Per Day?
Dear Will, Can you advise if eating five times throughout the day is better than eating three meals and no snacks? … I’m wondering if I should eat three balanced meals instead. ~Catherine Follow @willclowerDear Catherine, Thank you so much for this question … and your intuition is spot on! “Eat...
Americans diets are improving a bit (sort of)
The good news is that our diets have improved steadily over the past decade. The bad news, however, is that there is a disparity in overall dietary quality between different socioeconomic, racial and ethnic groups, which continues to grow.Follow @willclower The study, conducted by a research team from the...
Okay, THIS is weird. Giving birth is more likely on some holidays than others.
What’s going on here? Look at the records of 1,676,217 births in the United States that occurred around Valentines Day (1 wk before through 1 wk after). Compare these birth records to 1,809,304 births in the United States that occurred around Halloween Day (1 wk before through 1 wk...