Are Eggs ealthy or Unhealthy?

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A recent study shows that egg consumption had no effect on the overall blood cholesterol levels of 115 healthy adults. What’s more, another recent study found some evidence that eating whole eggs increases HDL — the heart-protective, “good” cholesterol.

“There are much bigger problems in the American diet than cholesterol,” says Drew Ramsey, M.D. an assistant clinical professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, who studies the connection between lifestyle behaviors like diet and psychological health. “There’s not data to suggest that it should be at the top of people’s worries about food choices. Everyone’s in agreement about that: The real problem with diabetes and obesity is eating too much processed food.”

And there are several nutrients specific to the egg yolk that help promote overall health. Egg yolks are one of the richest dietary sources of the B-complex vitamin choline, which is associated with better neurological function and reduced inflammation. There’s also evidence that dietary choline helps with fetal brain development when pregnant women eat it. Another side benefit of a diet rich in choline is, well, happiness.

READ MORE: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/30/health-benefits-of-eggs-yolks_n_2966554.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

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Serve, Taste or Trash! Game at Easter Parade

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Chef Robert Lewis The Happy Diabetic’s Sizzling Summer Recipe

Whether you are newly diagnosed, or  have been living with diabetes for decades, Mr. Divabetic‘s favorite chef, The Happy Diabetic can show you how to eat well and have fun cooking at the same time. Rather than obsess over the list of foods you love but cannot have, Chef Robert Lewis focuses on showing you many fabulous, good-tasting, and healthy foods you can (and should) eat!

Hate vegetables? Well, in honor of the Mr. Divabetic‘s world famous fruit suit, Chef Robert Lewis took the challenge of sharing a recipe for ‘cabbage’ that everyone at your family reunion will enjoy.

Roasted Cabbage with Bacon 

Ingredients: 1 head of cabbage, 6 slices of bacon, salt , balsamic vinegar and 1 tablespoon of pine nuts

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Peel off 2-3 of the outer layers of cabbage.  Cut in half and then cut in half again and then repeat.  You should and up with 8 small wedges.  Lay some foil on a baking pan and top with the wedges.  Sprinkle each cabbage with salt. Slice each bacon in half and then lay on the top of the cabbage.

Place in the oven for 25 minutes and then remove.  Sprinkle the pine nuts onto the foil so that they toast. Place back in oven for 3-5 minutes or until everything is brown.  Remove and drizzle each wedge with balsamic vinegar.  Plate the wedges with a few pine nuts or chop everything up and place in large bowl. Enjoy!

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White Sangria Recipe Inspired By Bianca Jagger

This year’s Fourth of July celebration will feature a Sangria Throwdown on the boardwalk at Asbury Park, NJ. The healthcare host, Mr. Divabetic will be competing in both the white and red sangria competitions.

Mr. Divabetic’s diva inspiration for his White Sangria recipe is Bianca Jagger.  Bianca Jagger is known for being both the first wife of Mick Jagger and one of the most impeccably stylish women in the world. Bianca’s exotic beauty caught Mick’s eye at a party in France in 1970 and they married a year later in St Tropez.

Bianca Jagger’s beauty is a inspiring this cooler-than-cool sangria recipe dripping with ’70s glamour.

Here’s how you can make cheap wine taste ‘chic using these ingredients:

1 1/2 liters bottle of Casa del Toro Savignon Blanc

1 bottle of Jaume Serra Cristalino (brut)

1/2 cup of Motezuma of Triple Sec

1/2 cup of Blansac French Brandy

2 cups of Low Calorie Apple White Grape Juice Drink

Mix ingredients. Add ice. Chill glasses and garnish with sliced apricots and golden delicious apples. (I like to pre-soak my fruit for 2 hours in brandy prior to mixing.)  Top off each glass with a pineapple ring for added pizazz.

Raise a glass of this Studio 54 Sangria at your 4th of July celebration while decked out in glittering sequins and an exquisitely tailored white YSL trouser suits like Bianca herself. Enjoy!

 

The happy healthcare host, Mr. Divabetic stops by  the Big Apple Barbecue Block Party to learn healthy ways to enjoy the barbecue  from everyday people.

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Learn To Count Carbohydrates Like A Diva!

Carbohydrates (“carbs”) can be counted 2 ways: by grams or by carb choices. Remember: 1 carb choice = 15 grams of carbohydrate. Mr. Divabetic‘s educational game, Carb Kitty, makes counting carbs fun.

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The Best Memorial Day Picnic Food: Watermelon

A gorgeous day, great food — who doesn’t love a picnic?  Here’sone healthy food you should pick if you’re attending a barbecue for a perfect picnic day. A healthy wedge of watermelon has just 86 calories. You also get less than one gram of fat, and a decent amount of vitamin C, beta carotene and lycopene. What’s more, watermelon’s a great thirst-quencher — it’s 92 percent water.  It’s a win, win, win: Simple, tasty and healthy.

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Scary Ingredients Found Processed Foods

More than ever before, it seems consumers are demanding to know what’s in their food and why.

“I’m beginning to see now that consumers are pushing back,” Michael Doyle, Ph.D., director of the Center for Food Safety at the University of Georgia, tells The Huffington Post. “They want more transparency. Pink slime was a great example. It wasn’t whether the food was safe or not but, ‘Hey, they’re putting ammonia in my ground beef, and I don’t like that.’”

Understandable, considering ammonia is usually associated with household cleaners or fertilizers. But not liking ammonia in ground beef is entirely different from ammonia in ground beef hurting our health.

That said, the health concerns “may be moot,” HuffPost blogger and director of the Yale Prevention Research Center David Katz, M.D., writes. “If people don’t like the idea of eating it, it will go away.”

This power of the public to make changes to Big Food has been largely fueled by blogs and social media, says Doyle. “Foodies and people who are maybe more purists in their food are more concerned, spending more time on the blogs,” he says. “They use the blogs to get their perspective out and put pressure on the retailers, who put pressure on the processors.”

Consumer safety organizations are also putting pressure on food processors. The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is calling for improved food policies that promote sustainable food and changes to the food industry, according to executive director and HuffPost blogger Michael F. Jacobson, who noted that pink slime was a wake-up call to many Americans. “And they clearly didn’t like what they saw,” he writes.

But before big changes happen, there are likely to be more stomachs turned over other ingredients. “I want to say to people, if you were grossed out by pink slime, there’s more to come,” CSPI staff attorney Sarah Klein told Cleveland.com.

“In pink slime, we are looking at a product that is unsavory, but not unsafe — we don’t have any evidence to suggest the ammonia treatment is dangerous,” Klein said. “But the public outcry over this has illustrated a couple things: consumers want to know what’s in their food, and the USDA needs to take a much closer look at labeling — not just of ground beef, but of all labeling.”

The Huffington Post  |  By Sarah Klein

Sexy Makeover for Baby Carrots

Baby carrots are getting a $25 million makeover in the hopes that Americans will start snacking on them like junk food. Can sex appeal and special effects get people to eat their vegetables?

Starbuck’s Pumpkin Spice Latte Might Squash Your Diet

Diva TalkRadio: Mastering the Menu At Starbuck's

Fall’s here, which means the return of Pumpkin Spice Latte at Starbucks! We know this beloved beverage is one that people wait for all year, so we thought Mr. Divabetic would order one virtually during tonight’s Diva TalkRadio’s poplar segment ‘Dining out With A Dietitian’ at 6 PM, EST.

It’s our way of helping you stay on track with your health goals while ordering off the menu at your favorite restaurants.

It’s the eighth year the Pumpkin Spice Latte is on Starbuck’s fall menu. This beverage is described as a delicious blend of pumpkin and traditional fall spice flavors, such as cinnamon, clove, ginger and nutmeg, combined with espresso and freshly steamed milk, topped with whipped cream and pumpkin pie spices. Coming to Starbucks for a Pumpkin Spice Latte has become a daily ritual for customers over the years.   Why not start your very own tradition and tune into Diva TalkRadio: Laugh A Little, Learn A Lot!??

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