SuRu’s Blog
A treasure trove of great information on a wide range of topics. You’ll laugh, you’ll learn, you’ll get hungry reading about delicious food. Lots of great stories from the adventures of the Rubin Rodeo along with plenty of recipes and strategies for better health.
Water: The Best Beverage
In all of my years as a health professional, teacher and consultant, I've been telling patients, clients and students the same thing about what to drink. It's really simple. Drink water. As a dentist in private practice, I worked hard to convince parents of young...
Resilience
re·sil·ience Pronunciation: \ri-ˈzil-yən(t)s\ Function: noun 1 : the capability of a strained body to recover its size and shape after deformation caused especially by compressive stress 2 : an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change...
Proud Mama
I don't brag very often about my kids, tonight is an exception. My youngest daughter is playing Maria in her middle school's version of the Sound of Music. OK, so the camera is a bit shaky and the lighting is a little bright with my FLIP camera, bet get a load of...
A Simple Strategy To Lower Cholesterol and Healthcare Costs.
A routine physical revealed that President Obama has a "borderline high" cholesterol count. One of my favorite food blogs, Obamafoodorama reported this finding earlier today. Of course immediately the President's diet comes under review. White House Press Secretary...
Book Review: The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight
A friend recommended The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight to me recently. Its one of those books filled with the bad news that makes many look away: we are running out of cheap fossil fuel, clean water and other scary stuff. The author Thom Hartmann, who has written...
Girl Scout Cookies: Epic Fail
Now that the Girl Scout Cookie sales have started, I can't sit by and stay silent about the atrocities that these well meaning scouts are innocently perpetrating on their families, their friends and even the planet. I'm well aware that these cookies have a place in...
Recipe: Quinoa Breakfast Porridge
Right now, I'm whipping up a little "Whole Grain booklet" for our Jr. Iron Chef Event at Mount Kisco Child Care later this week. This breakfast porridge is made with one of my all time favorite whole grains, quinoa.Quinoa (pronounced KEEN-WAH) is a high protein grain...
Music Break!
Reads for Eaters
There has been an explosion of food and nutrition related books over the past few years. People ask me all the time what books to read to get up to speed with food. Not to overwhelm you, I taken my top 100 favorite books on the subject and cooked that list down to...
Michelle & Jamie, Let’s Talk About Oil
Things are looking up when it comes to the health of our kids. Two days ago, Michelle Obama announced a comprehensive initiative to end childhood obesity in a generation. The program, Let's Move includes a broad base of smart ideas, like eliminating food deserts,...
