We love our meat dishes. From our favorite uncle's juicy fall-off-the-bone baby back ribs, to grandma's sweet golden crispy fried chicken, to mom's succulent turkey that melts like butter between our lips, meat is the centerpiece of our diet. Yet, it's silently sending us to early graves. Heavy meat consumption has been linked to heart disease, obesity, diabetes, and … [Read more...]
Going Vegetarian
by Tara Pringle Jefferson In my quest to eat healthier, finally lose these last 10 pounds of baby weight, and gain more energy, I've switched my family to a vegetarian diet this week. You should have heard my husband. By the way he was carrying on, you would have thought I said I was making us live without water. "What? You must be crazy," he told me when I showed him the … [Read more...]