Healthy Eating Tips & Insights

This section of the site highlights insights, strategies and tips to eat better - covering eating habits, healthy shopping, eating out, and making smarter choices. If you're not cooking for yourself yet, this is your section!

Chilies, Can They Help You to Control Your Weight?

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I am a huge fan of spicy hot chili peppers. When it comes to adding a little heat and whole lot of flavor to food with zero fat, no processed sugars, and hardly any calories at all – chilies are a one of my best friends!

What is Agave Syrup?

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Agave syrup is a sweetener made from the heart of the agave plant native to Mexico, the same plant that is used in tequila production. It has thinner texture than honey and a sweet, mild taste that makes it great for baking, a perfect topping for hot cereal, and ideal for sweetening drinks.

Skinny Chef's Recipe in 'In Style'

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Florida’s super fruit, grapefruit, can add some serious sparks to your Valentine’s Day, as you can see from my recipes in the February 2008 issue of ‘In Style’ magazine.

Cold Prevention

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No one likes catching a cold! The two best ways to protect yourself during cold season are to stay hydrated and to have plenty of vitamin C.

The Glamour of Grapefruit

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Reap delightful rewards from Florida’s super fruit. It offers more than just delicious, juicy taste; it’s a nutritional powerhouse packed with antioxidants to help your body fight disease and give skin a healthy glow.

Fresh Start into a Healthy Year

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In January’s issue of ‘People’ magazine, I am sharing tidbits on citrus’ benefits and my healthy recipes such as almond-crusted chicken with grapefruit basil salad, or grapefruit & yogurt pops.

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10 Everyday Superfoods

Superfoods are nutrient-dense, whole foods that have high amounts of micronutrients and other unique compounds that have incredibly healing potential.

Shopping, Cooking & Eating Healthier

Learning quick tips about shopping, cooking and eating healthier is the best way to start & stay on the right track towards better health.

Celebrating Food

When families make time to cook and eat meals together, not only do family ties and social skills grow, but families also tend to eat slower, paying more attention to quality.

Food Courting Series

What if you could make those food court favorite foods in a nutritional way in the comfort of your own home?

The 10 Commandments

There are some no-nonsense basics or commandments that should stick with any truly healthy eater. It's the Do’s and Don’ts for healthy eating

10 Everyday Superfoods

Superfoods are nutrient-dense, whole foods that have high amounts of micronutrients and other unique compounds that have incredibly healing potential.

Think Before You Eat

Mindless noshing won’t help your waistline if you’re trying to lose weight. Paying attention to what you’re eating is critical.

Shopping, Cooking & Eating Healthier

Learning quick tips about shopping, cooking and eating healthier is the best way to start & stay on the right track towards better health.

Get Over Your Fear of Cooking!

So many people say to me "I can't cook!" When I look at them incredulously, they confess "Ok... I am scared to cook!" Here are 5 tips to help you get started...

Cooking Tips Every Cook Should Know

I am always eager to share insights from my own experience working in professional restaurant kitchens.

Get a Good Night’s Sleep

Living a healthy lifestyle doesn’t just mean eating nutritional foods and being active – it also means getting the rest that you and your body need.

Exercise & Happiness

Exercise is good for the heart, great for your figure, and might even help you to score the date of your dreams, but can exercise make you a happier person?

Celebrating Food

When families make time to cook and eat meals together, not only do family ties and social skills grow, but families also tend to eat slower, paying more attention to quality.

Food Courting Series

What if you could make those food court favorite foods in a nutritional way in the comfort of your own home?

Healthy Cheats Series

Getting to that healthy weight is not about dieting. It’s about celebrating food, about eating the foods that you already love but making them a little (or a lot) healthier.

TV Appearances

Check out Skinny Chef Jennifer Iserloh's latest TV appearances - including The Today Show, The View, Better TV and Living Well With Montel.

What You're Losing on Your Diet

Nothing feels better then making progress on your weight loss goals, but sometimes trying to cut back on calories could mean you’re cutting back on nutrition.

7 Top Foods For Your Kid’s Diet

Getting kids to eat right can be a challenge, especially when families are running on a tight schedule! So here are foods that do double time...

Preventing Type 2 Diabetes

18.8 million Americans are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, but fortunately, there are plenty of things you can do right now to avoid that diagnosis down the road!