Blog created by "jodigraber"
Stay Healthy During The Winter
jodigraberAs the daylight hours get shorter and the cold air settles in, reports of cold and flu symptoms will be everywhere – online, television, newspapers, magazines, and even talk in elevators and around the water coolers. Before you feel like you have to reach for medication, take charge of our ...
read more-
Category
Health & Fitness
It's That Time of Year
This Sunday, November 7, most of the United States will “fall back” into Standard Time. At 2:00am local time, the clocks get turned back one hour, making it 1:00am (again). Ah, an “extra” hour to stay in bed. Who wouldn’t want that? For some individuals, the desire to stay in ...
read more-
Category
Health & Fitness
Apple A Day
Ever wonder how some of the streets on the Lower East Side of NYC got their names? Here’s a stretch – In the 1700’s, the neighborhood was an apple orchard farm, hence the name Orchard Street. And, the farm was owned by a French family with the name Delancey (Remember ...
read more-
Category
Nutrition
Even with celiac disease, you can have your cake and eat it, too
I don’t spend a lot of time walking around the East Village (even though it is a great part of the city), but I know I will be since finding Tu-lu’s Gluten-Free Bakery. Located at 338 East 11th Street between busy First and Second Avenues, Tu-Lu’s is a healthy, calm ...
read more-
Category
Eat Out
You Say Tomato, I Say Tomato
Now is the perfect time to enjoy vipe-ripe tomatoes, as peak season is July –September. Tomatoes are very high in Vitamin C and are famous for their lycopene content. Lycopene is a powerful nutrient with antioxidant and cancer-prevention abilities; it is also considered to play a key role in heart ...
read more-
Category
Back On The Farm
Hello, Pasta!
I am so excited to share a new, healthy option for lunch and dinner in New York City. Please give a warm welcome to Hello Pasta. The first of four locations opened in July on Lexington Avenue between 54th and 55th Streets. This month, two more locations will open at ...
read more-
Category
Eat Out
Meet Jodi Graber
I wasn’t always passionate about healthy food and well-being (if you only knew how many rolls of sweet-tarts I ate as a teenager). For twenty years as an arts executive in New York City, I was more concerned about “climbing the corporate ladder,” even it meant working really long hours ...
read more-
Category
Nutrition
Greenmarket
Chris