Eat Something Green for St. Patrick's Day St. Patrick's Day is a good excuse for the wearing of the green on your dinner plate. The color that represents Ireland, the shamrock and spring is also the color that represents good health.

Updating a Favorite American Sandwich Thanks to the fourth Earl of Sandwich, the English get credit for inventing this now international favorite. We must also thank our British forefathers for bringing sandwiches to the Colonies, where we proceeded to perfect this efficient and handy creation.

Defining the Success of Low-Carb Diets By Karen Collins, MS, RD, CDN For awhile it was a battle without good research on either side: proponents of low-carbohydrate diets claimed they achieved better weight loss than with any other plan, while many health experts kept insisting that calories – not carbs – matter for weight loss. Now we have some good studies on the effectiveness of low-carb diets.

Apples Give A Healthy Start To A New Year The Jewish New Year - Rosh Hashanah - features apples and honey rather than champagne and fireworks. Like most New Year's celebrations, it is a joyous occasion, but just a bit more solemn.

A Salute To Nutritious, Delicious Rice It's National Rice Month, and there are many reasons to celebrate this important grain. Includes recipe for Vegetable Fried Rice.

Frosty, Fruity Iced Tea By Dana Jacobi In the U.S. these days, tea consumption is second only to that of water and iced tea accounts for about 80 percent of our total consumption. Find out more and try this recipe for Frosty Fruit Freeze.

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