Nutrition

Nourish Your Body

Nature intended food to be the source of nutrients we need for growth and energy. But today, the Westernized culture more often promotes convenience over essential health benefits. As a result, we sometimes wind up depleting, rather than boosting, our overall energy and health.

The articles on this site translate information that is often confusing into accessible and relevant tips that can help you have more—and sustained—energy throughout the day. Our nutritional team focuses on the latest research to develop insights that can help you feel better and achieve better health. Each of our concepts is based on cutting-edge science and has been developed by Uta, her nutritional adviser, Dieter Hogen, and nutritional scientist, Janett Walter.

By learning to incorporate better nutrition into your daily lifestyle, you may be surprised to discover that good nutrition is often more about organization and knowledge than of time. You may also find that by taking small steps, such as starting your day with a healthy breakfast, for instance, you can boost your metabolism and even reduce sugar cravings.

Nutrition: Nuts and Seeds

Nuts and seeds not only provide the healthy fats your body needs, they also contain beneficial phytochemicals and nutrients. These crunchy and satisfying holiday treats can both enrich your diet and delight your taste buds!

Chocolate: Should I or Shouldn’t I?

It has been a seductive treat for 3,000 years, but today chocolate, especially dark chocolate, is viewed as a healthy food source full of nutrients and antioxidants. Learn which types have the least sugar and are highest in antioxidants, and discover the way to eat chocolate for maximum enjoyment.

Winter Squash: No Tricks, Just a Treat

Pumpkins are not just for carving into exciting faces that illuminate kids’ trick or treating at Halloween. Like other winter squash, pumpkins are nutritional marvels, rich in the beta-carotene our bodies can convert into Vitamin A.

Nutrition: Healthier Food Choices

This article examines how you can make healthier food choices—from salads to snacks. To help you better understand why some foods are healthier than others, we include nutrition information as well as tips and personal recipes from the kitchens of the Take The Magic Step® team.

Healthier Grilling

Summer barbequing is a great way to enjoy the outdoors and the company of friends. Here are easy tips to make your barbeque delights healthy and tasty, and how-to-barbeque guidance to reduce the risk of grilling heat. You can have the best barbeque and safely enjoy the food.

Three Cheers for Cherries

Cherries were introduced in the 17th Century to American soil and are more than a fun summer fruit. Research indicates the juice from cherries may help to slow aging, relieve the pain of arthritis, and support faster strength recovery for runners.

Water [Part 1]: The Essence of Life

How much water should you drink and how much should you increase fluid intake with physical activity? Take The Magic Step's nutritional adviser Dieter Hogen examines the importance of proper hydration and provides us with practical guidelines that might help you.

Water [Part 2]: Navigating Your Drinking Water

If you’re not crystal clear about the many differences in drinking water, in this article we take a look at the quality of different varieties to help you choose the best ones to keep your body well hydrated.

Berries: Vibrant Flavors Bursting with Nutrition

By adding a variety of berries to your diet, you will wake up your taste buds, and may add years of vitality to body and mind! Loaded with nutrients and phytochemicals, nature’s colorful little treats may offer health benefits that range from making your heart healthier to slowing the aging process of the brain.

Eating Organic Without Going Broke

Focusing on seasonal organic foods can make cooking and menu planning a pleasant adventure, as well as improving your health. Find out which conventionally-grown foods have the most pesticide residue—and how to replace them with organic.

Kick Start Your Day

Does breakfast get missed when you’re rushed in the morning? We can help you find the time and make the right food choices for that all important first meal that can provide energy all day long.

Nutrition: Some Spuds are Healthy Studs…Potatoes

Potatoes can be not only scrumptious and satisfying, but also surprisingly good for you. We take a look at when some potatoes are healthier than others, and offer tips to help you select the best ones at your local market.

Nutrition: Celebrate the New Year with…Pineapples!

A centuries-old sign of hospitality, pineapple is more than just a fruit with a deliciously sweet flavor. The tasty fruit is rich in vitamin C and contains the multi-tasking enzyme bromelain.

The Healthy World of Tomatoes

Tomatoes not only taste good, they are good for you! Studies have shown that the compounds contained in this common fruit may promote both prostate and cardiovascular health.

Sugar Substitutes—The Weight Debate

Artificial sweeteners are under increasing scrutiny, amid doubts that they are as effective for weight control purposes as the millions of people who use them believe. This article will help you decide what’s best for you.

Pomegranates: Long Loved, Newly Cherished

For thousands of years, the pomegranate has been valued for its nutritional and medicinal benefits. Today it’s thought to be potentially valuable in the treatment of prostate cancer. We help you shop for this “super fruit”—together with tips for making your own healthful juice.

Nutrition: Free Radicals—Naughty or Nice

What are free radicals—and why are they so important to us all? The authors cut through their mystery and show that regular exercise improves the body’s defense mechanism against them. Understanding how these unstable atoms and molecules affect you can help you to make the right exercise and diet decisions.

An Apple A Day …

The average American eats nearly 17 pounds of fresh apples every year, proving that the ancient proverb, “an apple a day keeps the doctor away,” is as persuasive as ever. Learn why the old saying might today just as easily end in the words, “…may keep cancer away.”

Stone-Fruit Season: Just Peachy

Peaches and their relatives nectarines and apricots are not only juicy and mouthwatering, they also are bursting with vitamins, phytochemicals, and minerals that help to keep us healthy. For dietary fiber you may enjoy them dried too.

A Healthy Kitchen: A Fruitful Summer

Fresh berries are too good—and too good for you—to be eaten only at snack time or for dessert. Here are a few tasty recipes you can use to add berries to your meals throughout the day.

A Healthy Kitchen: Springtime Promise

Spring is the season that encourages us to shift our eating habits from heavier, warming winter foods to fresher, lighter fare. Two tasty recipes from Lynne that take advantage of the newly-emerging crops.

A Healthy Kitchen: Ten Nutrition Resolutions

A New Year can give you the inspiration to initiate nutrition changes that can make you feel better, give you more energy, and improve your health throughout the year.

A Healthy Kitchen: Cool Summer Soups

They are delicious and easy to make—summer soups are a simple way of incorporating many vitamins and minerals into your diet. “Whoever tells a lie cannot be pure in heart—and only the pure in heart can make a good soup.”—Ludwig van Beethoven

A Healthy Kitchen: Skinny Dippers

It is such a privilege to introduce A Healthy Kitchen to you. It is filled with nutritious tips, interesting cooking ideas, and eating strategies for weight management and athletic performance. We hope you can enjoy these healthful recipes for super-easy low-fat dips.