Lynda Murray: Dietitian Magician

Select a super-food for a healthier lifestyle

It time to once again to raise your arm, pumping it wildly while screaming, “RD’s rock! RD’s rock! …

Healthy additives give new life to noodles

“Mom, noodle rhymes with poodle, but is a lot more fun to eat,” my son announced on a recent morning. “Yeah, you are right on …

Chia seeds – ancient, but powerful new super food

It’s not natural to eat black food. Aside from black beans, black pepper and a few black grains, most foods in nature aren’t black. …

Soup: Our versatile, low-calorie comfort food

If you are like most American’s you eat 75 percent or more of your calories in the evening hours. Come on, fess up, do you …

Quinoa: The food that’s hard to say, easy to cook

Do you have days when “exhausted” is your middle name? Consider quinoa (pronounced KEEN-wa). …

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Lynda Murray , MA, RD, LD, CSSN, lives in Burlington, Iowa. She welcomes comments and questions at Dietitianmagician@q.com

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