Chocolate/Cocoa

Aphrodisiacs by Elizabeth Brown, MS, RD

One seductive salad (originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press Newspaper 2008) The Kiss. It is my favorite painting. It is my favorite experience. The most important one is that first kiss. It can make or break a relationship. You either feel it or you don’t. Kissing is one way to “feel it” while…

Black Bean Brownies: FOX News Cooking Segments

Beans: the often overlooked “Super-Food” BEANS are THE highest fiber food in our “whole food” repertoire (natural and not man-made like Fiber one bars). They are high in protein, 16g per cup. They are a very, very slowly digested source of energy yielding carbohydrates; perfect for people with blood sugar issues such as Diabetics. Beans…

What does your refrigerator say about you? by Elizabeth Brown, MS, RD

Thought for Food We all know the saying about “Food for Thought” which means anything that provides mental stimulus. But how many of us really think about our food? Not only that, but how many of us think about how our food is reflective of our personalities, our successes and failures or better yet, our…

Deep in the bowels of…your body by Elizabeth Brown, MS, RD

A Truly Moving ExperienceOne of my first jobs out of college was working as a Dietitian in a nursing home. Like most people, I imagined nursing homes to be depressing places where people put their older family members when they could no longer care for them. I thought I would only see pain and suffering,…

Anti-Masturbation Diet by Elizabeth Brown, MS, RD

A Conversation Starter During my culinary training, my classmates and I were making a dessert using graham crackers when one of my classmates, who always had interesting trivia tidbits for every occasion, said, “You know that graham crackers were developed to keep boys from masturbating.” I thought this was a hilarious fact. I vowed that…

The Key to Weight Loss by Elizabeth Brown, MS, RD

Water, Water everywhere… We flock to the beach for one big reason. It’s the biggest reason in the world actually, comprising 70% of the earth’s surface and, ideally, up to 70% of your body weight. It’s water, the most essential element of life. Every single person, plant, animal and living, breathing, creature needs it. You…

What’s in a name? by Elizabeth Brown, MS, RD

Nutritional What? (“Singing the Praises of Nutritional Yeast” originally published in the April 25, 2009 edition of the Santa Monica Press Daily Newspaper) And Reference in the Wikipedia Nutritional Yeast post. While hiking in Vermont, I stumbled upon this quaint little movie theater in Montpelier, the capital. They serve popcorn made with real butter, sea…

Holiday Wishes by Elizabeth Brown. MS, RD

Dear Santa,For Christmas I would like an official Red Ryder carbine action two-hundred shot range model air rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time. Oh, no, that was on Ralphie’s wish list. Besides, I had a BB gun and a bow and arrow when I was a kid. It…

Finding middle ground by Elizabeth Brown, MS, RD

And the winner is…Now that the election is over and we have a new president perhaps we can once again focus on ourselves. As much as we want a leader to save our economy, provide affordable healthcare and protect our soil, ultimately we have to take some personal responsibility, especially for our health. Since you…

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Comfort with Every Bite by Elizabeth Brown, MS, RD

For the Love of the Game…and my mom The third week of June 2008, two very big events took place: the end of the NBA playoffs and my mom visited me in Santa Monica. Both events brought a little pleasure and pain. The pleasing part of the playoffs was watching the Lakers get to game…

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