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American College of Nutrition Certified Nutrition Specialist | Professor of Nutrition

Denise Canellos, MS, CNS
Canellos Nutrition
949-681-8261
denise@denisecanellos.com

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Fasolada, Greek White Bean Soup Crete Style

March 12, 2019 by Denise Leave a Comment

Greek White Bean Soup

“If you want to live a long life, eat like a Cretan” – says everyone I ask about the diet of Crete.   The island of Crete is the birthplace of the Mediterranean Diet, and where we first discovered its health benefits back in the 1960s. Their cuisine today is similar to what people have […]

Filed Under: Fun in the Kitchen, General, Mediterranean Diet, Recipes Tagged With: beans, Greek diet, Greek Style, mediterranean diet, mediterranean recipes, soup

Rise of the Eggplant (not the emoji kind)

August 11, 2016 by Denise Leave a Comment

Italian eggplant from my garden

I am usually grateful one of my husband’s favorite hobbies is growing new and interesting foods in our garden, like heirloom tomatoes and peppers. We found these great Italian eggplant seeds a few years ago, and the eggplants that grew were so cute, flavorful and delicious we couldn’t believe it. Last year we didn’t grow enough, […]

Filed Under: Fun in the Kitchen, General, Health, Mediterranean Diet, Recipes Tagged With: eggplant, how to cook vegetables, mediterranean diet, mediterranean recipes, recipes, vegetables

Dance With Me

February 26, 2016 by Denise Leave a Comment

Girls Greek dancing

I spent the last weekend at a Greek Dance competition. Yes, that is actually a thing. The same Greek dancing you see in the movies and at Greek Food Festivals. We get together to celebrate our faith, culture and heritage.  Kids and adults perform dances passed down from generation to generation in Greek villages, wearing […]

Filed Under: Fun in the Kitchen, General, Happiness, Health, Mediterranean Diet Tagged With: Greek diet, healthy diet, healthy eating, mediterranean diet

Bigger Brains and the Mediterranean Diet

November 3, 2015 by Denise Leave a Comment

bowl of ratatouille

A new study was published last week showing that older adults who ate a Mediterranean Diet had bigger brains, more grey matter, and less dementia than the adults who ate a more American-style diet. Their brains were functioning as if they were five years younger. All from eating one of the most delicious diets in the […]

Filed Under: Fun in the Kitchen, General, Happiness, Health, Recipes, Research News, Train the Brain Tagged With: brain, brain health, healthy diet, mediterranean diet

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