Hot dogs are a weakness that triggers unhealthy food choices for me.  Yes, they are the food choice for millions of Americans at ball parks, picnics and summer holidays, but hot dogs are a weakness for me just as they … Continue reading

The quandary that we all face each day in every aspect of our diet involve the healthy food choices we could choose and questionable decisions that we often make.  Indeed, when we shop, cook and eat we make good and bad decisions.  Our … Continue reading

Recently my wife and I drove north to Geneva County, Alabama to get fresh vegetables as early spring rains had been unkind to some of the farmers in my ‘home’ of Jackson County, Florida. We drove my truck and filled it with fresh vine-ripe tomatoes, freshly cut okra, freshly picked and shelled pink-eye and black-eyed peas as well as white butterbeans. Continue reading

The Cornerstones to keeping the healthy aspects of Southern Food and reducing unhealthy ones were detailed by Hu and Willett in a JAMA article.  Three cornerstones were detailed. 1. Unsaturated  Fats for Saturated and Trans-Fats Mono-unsaturated fatty acids such as olive … Continue reading

One March morning I awoke with the feeling of anticipation. It was the day after a night of being on call, but this post-call day was different as I had been invited to go bird hunting in South Georgia. Normally, I don’t go, but the prospect of good southern cooking and a walk in the woods after being on call was too inviting to refuse. Continue reading

Prior to the 1940’s nutritional health was defined by the nutritional needs of carbohydrates, essential amino acids, fatty acids, minerals and vitamins.  Once these nutritional requirements were fulfilled, the manner in which it was fulfilled was unimportant. The concept that … Continue reading