Healthy Eating: Smart Recipes for a Healthier You-Barbecue Broccoli Sandwich

Here is a simple, healthy and delicious recipe with broccoli taking center stage. Enjoy! By John La Puma, MD Barbecue Broccoli Sandwich Preparation Time: 15 minutes Cooking Time: 10 minutes Servings: 4 Calories: 224 per serving Percent from Fat: 21% Cuisine: Vegetarian, Vegan Course: Lunch Diet: Vegan, Vegetarian Food as Medicine(SM) Ingredient: Broccoli Food as Medicine(SM) Tip An active compound in broccoli called sulforaphane not only helps the detoxifying efforts of your liver and skin cells, but also helps protect and repair sun-damaged skin. Culinary Taste…

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Healthy Eating: Do You Know The Five Refuel Commandments?

By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Okay men, this one’s for you. A healthy lifestyle reboot book that focuses on food, fitness and health. REFUEL, is a well-written book, with a dose of humor, by my friend and a leading health expert John La Puma, MD. REFUEL is a 24 day eating plan specifically engineered for the male brain and body designed to boost testosterone levels, help men shed fat, pump up strength and stamina…

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Healthy Eating: Smart Recipes for a Healthier You-Three Bean Salad and Tacos

Smart Recipes for a Healthier You will be an ongoing series on Healthin30 recognizing healthy smart simple recipes to help empower you to take charge of your health.  The goal is to help provide you with inspiration to make cooking simple and healthy. My friend John La Puma, MD, professionally trained chef, a board-certified internist and New York Times best-selling author kicks off the series with a meatless healthy taco. Category: Healthy Eating and Smart…

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Healthy Eating with ChefMD – Spectacular Meatloaf

By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA I’m still waiting for my friend, John La Puma, MD, ChefMD to make a house-call.  He can leave his stethoscope at home; all he needs to bring is his culinary tools. I’m waiting for some first rate cooking lessons, and I’m holding John to his words when he says, “Gee…I’d make a house call for you, Barbara, any day.”  I’m waiting… Meantime, while I’m waiting, I’m kicking up my…

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4 Super Foods for Spectacular Health

By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Raise your hand if you want to eat healthy. Healthy eating isn’t just good for cinching your waistline; it’s great for overall health. From glowing skin, to heart health, to maintaining healthy teeth and bones; eating foods packed with certain nutrients can also protect your immune system and fight infections.  It can boost your libido and decrease that lousy (LDL) cholesterol and boost your good (HDL) cholesterol. Healthy eating…

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