Happy Holidays! With parties, potlucks and busy days on the agenda for December, a slow cooker (crock pot) can be a perfect partner. It’s a healthy, timesaving way to cook and can make traveling with food a lot easier. See all of Grace O’s tips and ideas for holiday foods and celebrations. We’re also giving away a crock pot this month (see details below)    Read More

At this time of year when holiday foods reign, it’s hard to resist all of the tasty dishes and tempting desserts. It’s the perfect time to look at foods that aid our digestive systems. Fermented foods do just that. They promote healthy microflora in the gut and help break down food in our stomach, releasing more nutrients and decreasing heartburn. Some of them keep us feeling full with less food, which means we are less likely to over eat.   Read More

Happy Thanksgiving! If you’re tempted to gobble up everything on your plate at Thanksgiving, we understand. But delicious holiday food doesn’t have to be unhealthy. Grace O offers some tasty ways to add the FoodTrients touch to your turkey dinner so you can be grateful for the meal and reap the rewards of anti-aging ingredients.   Read More

Pumpkins and other squashes are readily available throughout Fall and Winter, and their versatility goes way beyond that of decoration. They are good for your skin, hair, eyes and heart. This week, Grace O offers a variety of delicious ideas for squash–from dips and soups, to dinner and dessert.   Read More

Power-Packed Jujubes–Not Just For Candy Americans recognize the name jujube because of the movie-theater candies: jewel-toned and shaped like pencil erasers, these candies have a mild, sweet, apple-like flavor that is based on a real fruit. But for Asians, the jujube fruit has medicinal and health properties that we are just learning about. Read the Full Newsletter Here

Tea For You: Cold Tea Boosts When it’s hot out, a cup of iced tea is very refreshing, and the benefits far outweigh so many other drinks on the market. The theaflavins in both green and black teas help improve blood flow, keeping your skin fresh and your brain young. Read the Entire Newsletter Here

Juicing: The Perfect Blend My husband drinks fruit and vegetable juices first thing in the morning, before he eats any solid food. He feels this is a good and gentle way to get his digestive system started on a daily basis. The blender or juicer does all the chewing for him so that his body can quickly begin absorbing all the nutrients from the produce. Read the Full Newsletter Here

Smarter Choices Make For A Healthier Diet Recently, I fielded some questions from a local college student who is in the middle of a research project on health food. She discovered the FoodTrients website and wanted to use me as a source for some of her research. I, in turn, reached out to a nutritionist who works with me in my skilled nursing facilities to help answer the more technical questions. Read Full Newsletter Here

Gummy Vitamins: Not Just For Kids Anymore Even though I follow my FoodTrients program for its anti-aging benefits, I know that vitamin supplements are an important part of aging gracefully. I take 20-plus vitamins and supplements a day, most of which are in capsule form. But for me, they’re not so easy to swallow….Read the Full Newsletter Here