The holidays are a great time for family traditions. When I was a child, one tradition we had every year was making tamales. My mom, aunts, and cousins would get together and make tamales that would last the whole holiday season. Now, I continue this tradition with my two daughters every year. Looking back at […]
Make Memories by Making Food Together
Food memories are more than the taste, smell, color, and texture of food. They can be some of the strongest associative memories we have. This is in part because they involve so many of our senses, as well as our emotions. Your food memories are often a combination of the time, place, people, and emotions […]
Type 2 Diabetes Awareness
Are you at risk for type 2 diabetes? Maybe you already know you have diabetes, or maybe you already know that you surely don’t. But, maybe you, like many others, answer this question with an “I don’t know.” In the United States, 37.3 million (11.3%) people of all ages have diabetes, and 23% of adults, […]
