Perri O. Blumberg

Crunchy, sweet, refreshing. An apple with almond butter and a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast. Apple slaw with our plant-based patty for lunch or dinner. A post-dinner treat of apple and hazelnut butter? We’ll take an apple any time of day — and no surprise here — nutrition…

Sure, I’ve missed my friends and all. Concerts. Museums. Vacations. Sanity. But during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic what I’ve really missed is grocery shopping at Trader Joe’s. You can bet your bottom dollar it will be my first stop when I&Clo…

Every year, more than 795,000 people in the US have a stroke and about 610,000 of these are first-time events, according to the CDC. The majority of these are women, who have a lifetime risk of 1 in 5 of ever having a stroke. Strokes kill twice as many women as breast cancer...

There are a lot of superfoods we’re loading up on these days. Turmeric, berries, and chia seeds, to name a few.
Well, here’s one more plant-based food that emerges from underground to nourish our body with goodness: The humble yet mighty beet...

Two of the easiest things you can do when you’re in a mood and want to feel better? Mediate, and fuel your body with a healthy, balanced meal. That’s why Whole Foods Market and meditation platform Headspace (if we had a dollar for every time we felt more zen after hearing Headspace co-founder and fo…

If only vegetables tasted like that chocolate date brownie we had after dinner. Sigh. They don’t. But there’s good news: With some savvy tips, you can make vegetables taste almost as good as a treat. And there’s good reason to be eating …

Your grill-master dad recently just saw his cardiologist and tells you he wants to make some dietary changes. Your best friend from college recently reached out saying she’d love some help in embracing a more plant-based lifestyle. Whatever the case, you’re …

People are all about drinking to their health. Water, tea, immunity shots, hot water with lemon juice in the morning, and of course smoothies. For new ideas on formulations and what to create next from influencers, doctors, celebrities like Reece Witherspoon, and other health-minded smoothie lovers,…

In the past year, much attention has been brought to vitamin D in light of the pandemic with some research emerging that vitamin D might help safeguard people from severe cases of COVID-19. But beyond its potential protective role in the ongoing war against coronavirus, vitamin D is also a…

You may never look at seafood the same way again after watching Netflix's new original documentary, Seaspiracy, that lands on the streaming platform on March 24th. Billed as “the groundbreaking, ocean-focused follow-up to Cowspiracy” (a documentary that looked at the environmental impact of factory …

Fruit is a whole food category that is often maligned by dieters who want to avoid sugar or carbs. Yet even though some fruit is high in fructose, this naturally occurring sugar doesn't get metabolized in the body the same way that added sugar in processed food does, or tabl…

Americans are obsessed with protein, even though research tells us we don't need to be. There is no shortage of protein in the standard American diet and protein deficiency is almost unheard of in this country. Yet a new study further clarifies that rather than worry about how much protein…