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By Miriam Rubin

Juicy, red-ripe tomatoes are the most anticipated and beloved vegetable of the summer. This year in my garden, I'm growing over 20 different types of tomatoes and almost all are heirlooms. It's been a rollercoaster of a season with stormy hot and rainy weather, like the tropics. The tomatoes love it. They're hard green orbs right now but they'll be ripening soon.Read more

This month marks the second anniversary of USDA’s MyPlate, the graphic representation of a nutritious meal designed to help consumers build a healthy plate with all five food choices.  What better way to celebrate this colorful icon than with the Mediterranean Diet?  With an abundant array of plant-based foods, including vegetables, fruits, nuts, beans and grains, a variety of seafood, olive oil as the principal source of fat, and moderate to small amounts of cheese and yogurt,  poultry and eggs, red meat and red wine, it has all the makings of a healthy diet.  And, whatRead more

by Christy Wilson, RD

I firmly believe the foods we grow up eating are the ones we keep a special and lifelong fondness for. As we age, our palates and preferences for certain flavors may change, but some foods never lose their effect of taking us back “home” in a single bite. For me, that food is tortillas.Read more

The US Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) recommend we consume six one-ounce servings of grains each day for optimum health. Of those six servings, at least half – or three servings – should come from whole grains. While six servings doesn’t sound like a lot, most Americans, and especially children, fail to come close to meeting the recommendation for whole grains. And some people have trouble identifying healthy grain foods.Read more

Another Reason to Include Fortified Wheat Foods:  Folic Acid May Reduce Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders

by Michele Tuttle, MPH, RD

While the complex carbs in bread, rice, and other grain-based foods are known for providing essential fuel the body needs, here’s a new reason for women of childbeRead more

Every week there’s a new “miracle” diet and every year you can’t help but wonder: Is THIS the weight loss diet that will finally work, once and for all?  There are weight loss programs that work, but there many more “fads” out there that will temporarily drop your weight (or perhaps make you sick), only to have the pounds return in a few weeks.  Fad diets are tempting, but like eating a rich dessert when you already have a full stomach:  resist, resist, resist!  In the long run, you will be healthier, thinner andRead more

The Wheat Foods Council wants to help clear up the confusion and set the record straight for sound nutrition science on losing weight – and keeping it off – in combination with ways to eat healthfully. We’re launching our “Busting Fad Diets” Campaign, just in time for the holidays and New Year’s health resolutions.Read more

The Wheat Foods Council took a strong stand against misinformation about wheat that was presented to viewers as fact on last week’s Dr. Oz Show. The segment, entitled “Are You Addicted to Wheat?,” contained a number of inaccuracies and misrepresentations about wheat and wheat foods.

To set the record straight, we sent the following letter to Dr. Oz and the show’s producer:

Wheat Foods Council
51 D Red Fox Lane
Ridgway, CO  81432
Phone: 970.626.9828/Fax: 970. 626.3686

December 5, 2012Read more

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warn that heart disease is the number one killer of both men and women in the U.S.  Approximately 26% of all deaths for women are from heart disease – more than all cancers combined. Heart disease is responsible for about ¼ of all deaths for all ethnicities in the U.S.  With these alarming statistics, it is important that women recognize the leading risk factors (not necessarily in this order):Read more

The amount of information readily available to us today is astounding. For instance, do a Google search on wheat foods and you’ll end up with more than 40,000 entries. The problem is determining which ones are relevant, current and credible – separating the wheat from the chaff you might say!Read more