Meet our Featured Dietitian Heather Mason!
Heather Mason is a Registered Dietitian who holds a Masters Degree in Nutritional Science. She currently works at Sierra Vista Medical Clinic in Simi Valley, California, where she counsels adults and children with diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease. She has a passion for blogging and delivering her healthy eating messages in a fun and humorous […]
Beans for Breakfast? Yes, Please!
Is breakfast the most important meal of the day? If eating breakfast helps you maintain a healthy weight by making you feel full for the day, then yes! The fiber and protein in beans will help you stay satisfied until lunch. Breakfast is especially important for school-age children because it provides them with the energy […]
UC Davis Dry Bean Field Day
It’s that time of year again! UC Davis Dry Bean Field Day Thursday, August 20, 2015 from 10:00 a.m. until noon at the UC Davis Agronomy Farm. Join Paul Gepts’s “Bean Team” and their collaborators for a tour of their common bean and lima bean field projects at the UC Davis Agronomy Field Headquarters […]
Beans and Children’s Books, What’s not to love?
I will admit it here and now…I am a bibliophile. Webster’s definition of a bibliophile is “a person who loves or collects books.” This love started when I was about 6 years old and my brothers and I exchanged books at Christmas. The name of the book I received that year was, The Big Jump […]