Too often, when you hear about the things you ought to eat and the things you ought to avoid, it can sound like your parade is being rained on.
If ice cream and pizza are bad for you, not to mention shrimp and lobster, is any hope left? Well, in actuality, the things which are 'bad' for you might actually not be so bad after all.
Ice cream has calcium and pizza's tomato sauce can improve circulation.
Seafood can deliver the Omega-3 fatty acids so hyped by nutrition experts, but do it in the tastiest way possible.
What are these Omega-3 fatty acids anyway? In the annals of nutrition literature, the words 'fatty' and 'acid' never spelled positive things, but these Omega-3s are a different story altogether.
Known to improve circulation, lower cholesterol and high blood pressure, Omega-3s are one of the hottest topics when nutritionists get together to talk shop.
As with all parts of the nutrition debate, people are trying to find a source which makes you happy to sit down and eat.
A look at Alaska seafood species will reveal a number of important sources of Omega-3 fatty acids.
Few people have grown tired of eating fresh wild salmon or halibut, and the great news is these are among the top sources of Omega-3s.
Also on the list are tuna, herring and mackerel, the latter becoming one of the preferred fish entrees in restaurants all over the United States.
If you are trying to get these nutritional ingredients into your everyday menu, it is fairly easy to accomplish.
Most of these items are available in both canned and fresh forms in the grocery store.
If your family has yet to be sold on salmon and considers tuna to be something coming only in a can, surprise them with different dinner preparations.
Pasta with fresh salmon and a cream sauce will duplicate what the best Italian restaurants are preparing, delivering both nutrition and scoring big on the flavor meter.
If you want to get exotic and wow your family simultaneously, prepare tuna tartare as an appetizer one night.
Not only will their old tuna be unrecognizable, it will carry a flavor that will make everyone forget it ever appeared in a can.
If ice cream and pizza are bad for you, not to mention shrimp and lobster, is any hope left? Well, in actuality, the things which are 'bad' for you might actually not be so bad after all.
Ice cream has calcium and pizza's tomato sauce can improve circulation.
Seafood can deliver the Omega-3 fatty acids so hyped by nutrition experts, but do it in the tastiest way possible.
What are these Omega-3 fatty acids anyway? In the annals of nutrition literature, the words 'fatty' and 'acid' never spelled positive things, but these Omega-3s are a different story altogether.
Known to improve circulation, lower cholesterol and high blood pressure, Omega-3s are one of the hottest topics when nutritionists get together to talk shop.
As with all parts of the nutrition debate, people are trying to find a source which makes you happy to sit down and eat.
A look at Alaska seafood species will reveal a number of important sources of Omega-3 fatty acids.
Few people have grown tired of eating fresh wild salmon or halibut, and the great news is these are among the top sources of Omega-3s.
Also on the list are tuna, herring and mackerel, the latter becoming one of the preferred fish entrees in restaurants all over the United States.
If you are trying to get these nutritional ingredients into your everyday menu, it is fairly easy to accomplish.
Most of these items are available in both canned and fresh forms in the grocery store.
If your family has yet to be sold on salmon and considers tuna to be something coming only in a can, surprise them with different dinner preparations.
Pasta with fresh salmon and a cream sauce will duplicate what the best Italian restaurants are preparing, delivering both nutrition and scoring big on the flavor meter.
If you want to get exotic and wow your family simultaneously, prepare tuna tartare as an appetizer one night.
Not only will their old tuna be unrecognizable, it will carry a flavor that will make everyone forget it ever appeared in a can.