Boost Your Brainpower: How Nutrition Can Help! Top 3 Nutrients for a Bigger and Better Brain Among the hardest working organs in the body, the brain is active 24/7, even during sleep it has a job to do controlling breathing, heart rate and the senses. All this work means that the brain also requires a read more…
Welcome to Hawthorn’s Healthy Kitchen! Most people can agree that sound nutrition provides an essential foundation to ultimate health and longevity, however learning about various healthy food options, their health benefits, and more importantly how to use them in the kitchen can be extremely daunting! That’s where we come in! Join us as we learn read more…
By the mid-1900’s, heart disease was the leading cause of death in the U.S, with autopsies revealing coronary atherosclerosis as the culprit (Dalen, Alpert, Goldberg, & Weinstein, 2014). Diets in the United States were consisting of more sugar and animal fats, and smoking was on the rise while physical activity was diminishing. In addition, the read more…
Choosing Cookware Though the field of nutrition is often fraught with a dichotomous point of view that at times can seem to be ever changing, there is one fact that most can readily agree on and that’s the value of cooking at home. A healthy kitchen is a vital component when it comes to supporting read more…