Delicious living: August 2006 preview.

Fresh

Produce, Deli, and Meat

LEAD: Vary your veggies: nutritious alternatives to usual produce picks

Tips: Quick, home-cooked meals (with a little help from the deli)

Chart: How to buy fruits

Tips: Shopping secrets of the produce aisle

Tips: How to get your nine daily servings of fruits/veggies

Trends: Conscious carnivores: buying natural, free-range, organic meats

Good Read: The Real Dirt on Farmer John (seasonal cookbook)

Research: Broccoli sprouts for healthy hearts

Research: Red grapefruit reduces cholesterol

Personal care

Would you take out your kidneys and slather them with chemicals every day? Not likely, but most people do that to their skin, the body’s largest organ, without a second thought. Luckily there’s a better way. Writer Bryce Edmonds consults with Kelly Uusitalo, buyer of health and beauty aid products for Bastyr University’s Center for Natural Health in Seattle, to uncover the latest trends and health advantages of natural personal-care items. Uusitalo also reveals her favorite toothpaste, deodorant, soap, lotion, shampoo, and more. Plus, she gives recipes for a soothing footbath, a moisturizing facial treatment, and purifying hair rinse.

Herbs and Supplements

Writer Carlotta Mast offers tips and wisdom for navigating this complex but beneficial store section–courtesy of experts Jennifer Nevels, NMD, chair of the Women’s Integrative Medicine Department at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine; and Shari Lieberman, PhD, CNS, FACN, author of The Real Vitamin & Mineral Book (Avery, 2003). Everyone’s first step, she recommends, should be high-quality multivitamins and fish oil supplements. One sidebar helps decipher labels, helping readers understand various quality logos, as well as terms such as “whole foodbased.” Also recommended and/or discussed: vitamins C, E (natural or d-alpha), D, B1 (thiamin), B2 (riboflavin), B3 (niacin), B6, B12, folic acid (another B vitamin), copper, zinc, iodine, selenium, and chromium; Calcium citrate; Iron; vitamin A (natural or d-salina beta carotene). Plus product picks from our experts.

Bulk bins

Writer Radha Marcum offers her top reasons to shop in bulk, and provides insider tips for making the most of this versatile section. Sidebars include info on cooking times of various grains, and a comparison of prices of bulk items versus their packaged cousins. Recipe included is Brown Rice Patties.

Nonperishables

If you’re like many shoppers, you spend most of your time (and money) on non-perishables: pasta, canned foods, snacks, baking items, condiments, and the like. Learn this section’s most versatile and healthiest choices with these shopping tips and product picks from a certified nutritionist. Includes recipe for Garbanzo Bean Curry.

Frozen foods

For some people, a stroll down the frozen food aisle can be nearly as intimidating and overwhelming as a voyage to the South Pole. There are so many choices behind all that fogged glass, plus there’s that nagging feeling that no matter what you choose you’ll be sacrificing creativity and nutrition for the sake of expediency. To help you brave the cold, Joel Warner checks in with dietitian Lisa High, RD, to find out the latest cool tools. High offers her best nutrition and cooking tips for this store section, and her favorite products. Recipe included is Berry Kanten Pudding.

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