Delores Alleckson, a nurse practitioner at Essentia Health in Detroit Lakes, often sees people with a variety of mood disorders. Alleckson said some disorders require medications, while others can be addressed with dietary changes, or a combination of both.
Rachel Iverson, a registered dietitian with Sanford Health in Bismarck, says heavily processed foods such as boxed macaroni and cheese, canned soup and frozen dinners often contain unhealthy levels of sodium; the reason being that salt is used as a preservative to extend shelf life. Yet, there are high sodium products whose heart stopping saltiness tends to stay under a consumer’s radar.
Sen. Paul Utke, R-Park Rapids, introduced legislation to promote healthier eating habits for Minnesota children. The Healthy Kids Meal bill would require restaurants operating in Minnesota offer a healthy default beverage option, a healthy side fruit or vegetable and not contain more than 600 calories.
An apple a day, they say. Whoever first penned that famous adage (oh, hey - the Welsh, apparently?) was not standing in front of a bountiful farmers-market stand in the fall. Whether it's straight out of hand or in a salad, sauce or pie, it can f...
Hunger No More of Park Rapids began a transition to a new director in March, the first change of leadership for a humanitarian ministry that has been feeding the hungry for 16 years. Eric Bervig is succeeding Mark Waller as director of the non-pr...
As someone who has suffered from and eventually escaped the diet roller coaster, and who has professionally been on a mission to help others get off it, too, I follow anti-diet voices on social media, many of whom are nutrition experts. I am usua...
The Park Rapids Enterprise's ninth annual Chili Challenge could raise even more money for the Hubbard County Food Pantry than the total of all the $1 votes for best chili recipe.
Hubbard County kids are being encouraged to "Go Wild" and families are reminded, "Cooking Matters." Donna Anderson, an Extension SNAP-Ed educator, is heading into fourth and fifth grade classrooms to introduce the benefits of fruits and vegetable...
