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Types Of Salt: Which Is Best?

We all know that it is important to eat less salt. Eating too much sodium can increase your risk for serious medical conditions such as high blood pressure, stroke, and heart disease. When at the gr...

Prediabetes in Children: A Growing Problem

Prediabetes is a condition common in adults, but now we are seeing the problem of prediabetes in children more and more often as well. A recent study featured in JAMA Pediatrics revealed that close t...

The Importance Of Family Dinners

Did you know that 60 years ago, the average dinnertime was 90 minutes and today it is less than 12 minutes? When you have school, after-school activities, homework, and oftentimes both parents worki...

Showing Carbs Some Love During American Heart Month

Carbohydrates deserve a lot of love as they are very important for our overall health and serve many beneficial roles in the body. Currently, carbs are getting demonized and many people are avoiding...

When To "Unfollow" A Diet Trend

When looking on social media you will find many self-proclaimed nutrition experts touting the latest diet trend. Many of these individuals are selling a product and are looking for your money. Other...

What is the Diverticulosis Diet?

Managing your diet with diverticular disease can be challenging and confusing. And given that 58% of Americans over the age of 60 (and almost everyone over 80 years old) are dealing with diverticul...

Hormones and Weight Gain: What to Know

Hormones are in the director’s chair for all functions of our bodies. They direct the body what to do, when to do it, and for how long. When our hormones are out of balance it can impact our mood, b...

Apple vs Pear: How Your Body Shape Impacts Your Health

 Healthy people come in all shapes and sizes: short, tall, lean, muscular, big-boned, apple- or pear-shaped. Genes, lifestyle, and certain health conditions can all impact our body’s size and a...

One Thing the Paleo Diet Gets Right

Back in the Paleolithic time period when people had to hunt and gather for food, the nutrient make-up of human diets looked much different than our diets today. Due to the freshness of the food they...

Just Say NO to Unhealthy Ingredients

At Seattle Sutton’s Healthy Eating we are all about making sure you feel your best by focusing on nutrient-packed meals. In order to do this, we have strict guidelines on what is and is not allowed in...

What Are Nootropics and Where Can You Find Them?

One of the predicted dietary trends for 2020 is nootropics. Nootropics first arrived in the supplement industry as a way to allegedly enhance cognitive function. The lack of regulation for supplemen...

Is It Really More Expensive To Eat Healthy?

People often say they cant' afford to eat healthy. But is this really true? Some of the most nutritious foods are very affordable. Whether you're trying to stick to a budget with a family or are livin...

4 Bad Excuses for Skipping Breakfast

We all have heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but at least 15% of Americans skip it! Studies flip flop on the impact of breakfast on weight loss but there is no denying tha...

Food Trends For 2020

With the new year comes new food trends. Some of the trends of the past year we will be happy to say goodbye to and others will linger or grow in popularity in 2020. With food trends it is impo...

How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions

Raise your hand if you’ve made the same New Year’s resolution over and over again. I’m guessing that most of you reading this blog have your hands raised! Although they usually have good intentions be...

Probiotics Rich Foods to Boost Your Health

As we enter the season of sniffles and coughs, we are all focused on how to keep ourselves healthy. We all know how bad bacteria can make us sick. But what about the “good” bacteria that can actua...

4 Holiday Ingredient Substitutions

It's holiday time, which for some means getting into the kitchen to prepare dishes for holiday gatherings or baking cookies for gift-giving. If you are trying to cut back on fat and cholesterol, a...

Lou Manfredini Credits Seattle Sutton's for Losing 35 Pounds

How good does Lou Manfredini look on the Today Show? “Terrific” according to Hoda! Lou has dropped over 35 pounds so far while enjoying Seattle Sutton's Healthy Eating fresh meals and says he’s just...