Westchester Health Tips

Try eat­ing black­ber­ries ev­ery day to give your im­mune sys­tem a boost. There’s no nu­tri­tion­al dif­fer­ence be­tween fresh and frozen black­ber­ries, so feel free to use ei­ther in recipes. Not sure how to work black­ber­ries in­to your reg­u­lar di­et? The Ore­gon Rasp­ber­ry & Black­ber­ry Com­mis­sion of­fers these sug­ges­tions…

Eat­ing health­i­er isn’t about de­pri­va­tion, but re­plac­ing low-​nu­tri­ent foods with healthy sub­sti­tutes. In­cor­po­rat­ing yo­gurt in­to ba­sic recipes is the pe­fect way to start.

By us­ing yo­gurt in­stead of sour cream, cream cheese, whipped cream or may­on­naise, meals be­come not on­ly low­er in calo­ries and fat, but al­so high­er in cal­ci­um and pro­tein