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Kids in the Kitchen: Why and How to Get Them Involved

As childhood obesity continues to be a public health concern, we believe it’s more important than ever to get kids excited about healthy eating. We’ve found that kids are often eager to help out in the kitchen. Cooking with kids offers parents and teachers a great opportunity to teach about nutrition and healthy choices.

There are many ways kids can assist in the kitchen, from pouring pre-measured ingredients to washing produce. The key, however, is to get them to actually learn about the health and nutrition behind the food they’re working with.

Find Your Flavor with Our NEW Product Request Form!

It’s now easier than ever to request your favorite Lifeway® products! We’ve designed a brand new Product Request Form that can be downloaded and printed at your convenience.   Simply print out all or part of the form, mark which products you’d like your local grocer to carry, and give it to the dairy/store manager! Most […]

FoodCorps: Notes from the Field

When FoodCorps service member Rachel Kraus looked up at the high tunnel in the garden courtyard of Bayyari Elementary School on a brisk January day, she could not believe it was finally near completion. She had been tasked with the project when she first set foot in the garden in September 2014. Now, 13 months later, the tunnel was nearly ready to shelter the fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs she and her students would soon be growing together.

Superfood Spotlight: Rhubarb

If you take a  trip to any grocery store, farmers market or supercenter in throughout the United States this week, you’ll likely come across rows of long, rose and green colored stalks of fresh rhubarb. Coming into season near the beginning of spring in colder climates, rhubarb is the perennial harbinger of spring. It sticks around just […]

Introducing NEW Lifeway Live & Active Wear!

Over the past few months, we’ve been working on some seriously cool projects, many of which we revealed at Expo West. From probiotic pills to kefir starter kits, our new products aim to provide the probiotic support your digestive and immune systems crave. But what about the rest of your body? What about what goes […]

Carbs are Back: the Lowdown on Resistant Starch

Did you hear the news? Carbs are not the public health scourge they’ve been made out to be. Whole grains and other healthy carbs are brimming with fiber for digestive health, as well as an array of vital vitamins and minerals. Plus, they taste pretty awesome, too.   Beyond that, some carbohydrates contain a type […]

Spring Clean Your Diet with Amie Valpone

We’ve reached the third and final week of our series, Spring Clean Your Diet with theHealthyApple.com’s Amie Valpone! If you missed parts one and two, check them out here and here. In part one of our series we took a look at the word “detox” and its actual meaning: A process or period of time in which […]

Eat Green on St. Patrick’s Day

St. Patrick’s Day is one of our favorite holidays because it gives us the chance to celebrate everything green! Whether it’s our famous green smoothies or our superfood-enhanced green kefir, or even our green business practices, we think it’s easy to be green in everything we do. To celebrate this festive day, we’ve rounded up […]

Spring Clean Your Diet with Amie Valpone

We’re back with part two in our three part Spring Clean Your Diet with Amie Valpone series. Amie is a good friend of ours and author of the new book Eating Clean: The 21-Day Plan to Detox, Fight Inflammation and Reset Your Body. If you missed part one of the series, check it out here. […]

Snack to It: 3 Healthy Kefir Dips to Satisfy Cravings

After a long day of work or school, it’s all too easy to find comfort in and fill your belly with salty snacks and sweet treats. Whether it’s candy or chips, cookies or soda, indulging too much in processed foods can leave you feeling guilty, irritable, anxious and jittery. This of course, can lead you […]