Seattle-Nutrition Blog by Beve Kindblade - Your Licensed Nutritionist in Seattle USA

Do You Know What Your Vitamin D Stores Are Up To?

Beve Kindblade — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 01:41:35 +0000

After the long days of summer, your body has to depend on your vitamin D “stores” to help you absorb calcium from both food and supplements and to also keep your immune system healthy through the shorter days and less sunshine of both autumn and winter if you live at latitude 37 or higher. In the [...]

Single? Simple Ways to Eat Healthy and Have Fun Too!

Beve Kindblade — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:55:21 +0000

I was honored when Bob Condor, columnist for the Seattle PI, called last week to interview me for an article he was writing on eating healthy as a “single.” The article came out on Monday, Oct 1st and a client was gracious enough to bring me a copy last evening. People who know me told me [...]

Support Your Local Farmers - Buy Local, Buy Organic

Beve Kindblade — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 22:52:44 +0000

Whether you live in the Pacific Northwest or another place on our beautiful planet Earth, buying as much R-E-A-L food from your local farms is just a great thing to do. You send a message in how you spend your money and our real family farms can use your help to stay in business. Check out [...]

Best SeaFood for You and the Planet!

Beve Kindblade — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 22:39:21 +0000

I am a volunteer seafood educator for the Monterey Bay and Aquarium’s Seafood Watch Program and happy to spread the word so you can access their free info. The Seafood Watch program provides free seafood guides for all regions of the USA and advice on the safest sources of seafood to eat. Why should you care? [...]

Live in the Pacific Northwest? Get Your Free Prescription Drug Card with Great Discounts!

Beve Kindblade — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:45:27 +0000

If you are a resident of Washington State and Oregon, you just have to take advantage of this great deal to save on prescription drugs. It does not matter how old you are or how much money you make, every resident can save up to 20% off name brand prescriptions meds and 60% off generic [...]

Your Health Insurance May Cover Visits to a Licensed Nutritionist

Beve Kindblade — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:11:17 +0000

A licensed nutritionist, registered dietitian (RD) is often the missing link in your complete healthcare. Why? Because no one knows food, diets, nutritional supplements and how to treat and prevent diseases and health conditions using food-as-medicine better than a nutrition expert. You are an individual with special needs so why trust your nutritional health to [...]

New Blood Test for Detecting Prostate Cancer

Beve Kindblade — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 19:55:32 +0000

According to a recent article in the AARP Bulletin, scientists at Johns Hopkins University have developed a blood test for prostate cancer that may be more precise than the prostate-specific-antigen or PSA. The new test is called a Early Prostate Cancer Antigen-2 or EPCA-2 and in addition to helping doctors diagnose prostate cancer more accurately than [...]

Trans Fat Free? Look Again

Beve Kindblade — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 04:27:32 +0000

Now I might start a stir with this one but I have to get this out there. More commentary on trans fats - just a little more food-for-thought: “hydrogenated” and “partially hygrogenated” fats were renamed “trans fats” a few years ago. Now that “trans fats” are no longer popular, keep an eye out for the new [...]

Yukon River King Salmon - WOW!

Beve Kindblade — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 04:07:57 +0000

This is the most delicious king salmon - really, the most delicious fish, I have ever tasted! Some things are definitely worth waiting for and Yukon River King Salmon is it! Talking about eating in season - Yukon River King Salmon is available here in the Pacific Northwest again for a few short weeks this [...]

Colonoscopy? Having a Tooth Removed? Elective Surgery? Avoiding Aspirin before the procedure is not enough

Beve Kindblade — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:54:10 +0000

You may be getting ready for a colonoscopy, tooth extraction or elective surgery and received paperwork with instructions about how to get ready for the procedure - the “prep,” liquid diets, when to stop eating and to avoid aspirin are just a few examples. But should you also stop taking any or all of the nutritional [...]