Dr Jade Dittaro, MD

10/01/2025

Looks awesome!!!!
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09/09/2025

✨ Imagine if cooking for better health and a longer life was as easy as one pot. ✨

That is the inspiration behind The Blue Zones Kitchen: One Pot Meals, the newest cookbook from #1 New York Times bestselling author and Netflix host, Dan Buettner.

Grounded in over a century of research on the diets of the world’s longest-lived people, this book combines 100 plant-forward recipes with the flavors to love. Each dish is quick, affordable, and deeply satisfying, with most ready in under 20 minutes for less than $5 per serving.

From creamy White Bean & Tomato Soup, to Spanakopita Pasta, to no-bake Peanut Butter & Honey Cookie Bites, these recipes make healthy eating both joyful and practical.

📖 Order your copy today at danbuettner.com/cookbook!

09/09/2025

Athletes are at significant risk for atherosclerosis and heart damage. Since athletes need to eat more food, the damage may stem from overstressing their hearts with saturated fat and cholesterol.

Plant-based diets, which are low in cholesterol and saturated fat, may contribute to improved performance, quicker recovery, and long-term health by lowering risk of chronic diseases, including heart disease.

Exercise increases the production of free radicals as we burn through energy. If left unchecked, these free radicals can cause DNA damage. Eating antioxidant-rich plant foods helps protect our bodies from these free radicals.

Researchers have observed DNA damage following ultra-marathon races, as well as after just five minutes of moderate or intense cycling. So, regardless of our athletic level, we can all benefit from eating more plants.

Those eating more plant-based diets may naturally be better able to counter exercise-induced oxidative stress due to the higher intake of antioxidant-rich foods.

Plant foods average 64 times more antioxidants than animal products like meat (including fish), eggs, and dairy. Additionally, animal protein can have a pro-oxidant effect. It’s not just about what we’re eating less of—saturated fat and cholesterol—but what we’re eating more of: the phytonutrients, which are found only in plants.

Long term, a plant-based diet can be beneficial for both endurance performance and health.
For more on how specific foods can enhance athletic performance and health, check out the our athletes topic page at nutritionfacts.org/topics/athletes

PMID: 30634559, 16336008, 15059637, 20839226, 20845212, 20096093

09/09/2025

One of the largest interventional dietary trials ever performed—the PREDIMED study—followed more than 7,000 people at high risk for cardiovascular disease. They were randomized into different diet groups, and one group received a free half pound of nuts each week for four years. Compared with other two groups, the added-nuts group appeared to cut their stroke risk in half. Regardless of which group participants were assigned to, those who consumed more nuts overall had a significantly lower risk of dying prematurely.

Walnuts may improve artery function, specifically the ability of our arteries to relax and open normally. This is important for heart disease prevention.

Additionally, people who ate more than three servings of walnuts per week appeared to slash their risk of dying from cancer in half.

Unless you have a nut allergy, try making walnuts a regular part of your day. Add walnuts to salads, oatmeal bowls, smoothies, pesto, and even homemade bean burgers like our Lentil–Walnut Burgers. see.nf/lentil-walnut-burgers

Watch the video “PREDIMED: Does Eating Nuts Prevent Strokes?” at https://bit.ly/2QtIk0v and “Which Parts of the Mediterranean Diet Extended Life?” at https://bit.ly/3kMxyzj to learn more.
PMID: 21172932, 29897866, 23866098, 23866098, 21546229, 23756586, 24169007

09/09/2025

25 Vegan Fall Dinners for a chilly day! Seasonal Casseroles, Chilies, Gratin, Pot pies, Pasta, Soups, and Curries! Many are 1 Pot meals 🍁

Recipe in comments

09/09/2025

Kelowna friends!
Love Jaide & Joel’s Baking Co and excited to stop in and try some new dishes! 🙌🏽

✨ Big News ✨

We’re switching things up at the bakery! 🧇🥪

We’re so excited to share that we’re transitioning into more of a bistro-style space. Don’t worry—we’ll still be baking all your favourite treats—but now you can also sit down, relax, and enjoy freshly prepared food served right to your table.

We’re starting small with three delicious vegan & gluten-free dishes:
🧇 Belgium Waffles
🥪 Chick’n Sandwich
🥗 Chickpea “Tuna” Melt

If all goes well (and we think it will 😉), we’ll be adding more and more options over time.

Come celebrate with us and be part of the very first step in our new chapter. 💛

📅 Launching Thursday, August 28