Maudene Nelson, RD, CDE has been a nutrition educator at the Columbia University Institute of Human Nutrition for the past thirty years.  She is also a diabetes educator at the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center. Here she tells us that home cooking is the best way to eat healthier and how you might be surprised at how little you have to change in order to eat better!

Eating enough fiber is a powerful way to keep you healthy, read on to see how.

What is fiber anyway?

Eating a diet that does not have enough healthy vegetables and fruits causes a lot of health problems.  And, while unhealthy foods are often cheap to buy, they can be expensive to our health over the long run.

Dr. Isobel Contento is a Professor in Nutrition Education and Coordinator of the Nutrition Program in the Department of Health and Behavior Studies Nutrition at Teachers College Columbia University. In this article, she explains some tips she has for Harlem residents on how to eat healthier-especially if you're on a budget or don't have many healthy food options where you live.

Maudene Nelson, RD, CDE has been a nutrition educator at the Columbia University Institute of Human Nutrition for the past thirty years. She is also a diabetes educator at the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center. She talks about how meat is processed in the United States and what it means to eat organic food.

Here are some important facts you should know about corn and sugar: