Archive of: *EAT WELL* and Feature and SWFL

Immokalee Culinary Accelerator Helps Local Chef Entrepreneurs

The Florida Culinary Accelerator @ Immokalee, now fully functional, is helping to create new food businesses, guiding chefs through state licensing hurdles and assisting them with getting their products into the retail market.

by Aisling Swift

Sunshine Discount Vitamins

Karen Walker, owner of Sunshine Discount Vitamins, in Naples, keeps up with the latest in natural food and the supplement industry.

by Lisa Marlene

Food is the Body’s Fuel and Medicine

Most children learn in school about the Food Guide Pyramid, an easy-to-read chart intended to simplify the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s suggested servings for each of the primary food groups.

by Pamela Hughes

A Passion for Research and Nutrition Therapy

Jennifer Barrell began honing her natural talent for research and finding solutions that can restore an individual’s health when her first child was born with digestive issues.

by Lee Walker

Natural Awakenings Healthy Dining Guide

From takeout to family style or fine dining, healthy dining options abound throughout Lee and Collier counties. Natural Awakenings recently taste-tested the following venues, where fresh, healthy food is also delicious.

Plant-Based VegFest Expands Presenters

APlantBasedDiet.org will present the 2018 SWFL VegFest from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., January 28, at Riverside Park, in historic downtown Bonita Springs.

Thanksgiving Takeout Blessings

Count your blessings this Thanksgiving that Ada’s and Earth Origins Market, in Fort Myers, and Food & Thought, as well as Wynn’s Market, in Naples, are offering relief from Thanksgiving kitchen duty with tasty traditional foods and alternatives.

by Linda Sechrist

Southwest Floridians Favor Fermented No-Pill Probiotics

Within the last several years bathing the gastrointestinal tract in the healthy, food-related organisms that are found in fermented foods has been growing in popularity.

by Linda Sechrist

The Bowl

In 2015, after moving back to Naples from California, Kylee Brinkman, owner of The Bowl, discovered that she and her husband Mike missed the clean, healthy eating options that were readily available on the majority of the golden state’s juice bar and deli menus.

by Lee Walker

On-the-Go Healthy Choices in Southwest Florida

Nearly 30 healthy local eating establishments offer healthy delicious grab ‘n go selections.

by Linda Sechrist