Shira Isenberg

HEALTH

Family Friendly, Mediterranean-Style Cooking: With a Groundbreaking Guide to Weight Loss, Weight Control and Cardiovascular Health

Nutrition analysis of nearly all the recipes—listing the carbohydrate, calories, fat, saturated fat, fiber and sodium per serving—is a nice bonus, something not typically found in cookbooks by frum authors.

WELLNESS REPORT

Subs for Your Carbs: Low-Carb But High-in-Taste Dishes for the High Holidays

Especially now, in the yom tov season—with sweet challah and apple kugels and honeyed desserts—if you’re not paying attention, carb counts can climb.

SUMMER TRAVEL

Stress Less This Summer

Instead of getting stressed out that stress is hurting you, think of the stress response as a way your body becomes stronger, getting you ready to face adversity.

PASSOVER

Pesach Getaway Without Gaining

You have to make a conscious effort, but it can be done.

WELLNESS REPORT

Goodbye Soup Mix, Hello Chicken: The Less Processed Shabbat

My husband is after me to make a “processed food-free Shabbat.” How do I even do that?

EDUCATION

Smart School Snacks

With school about to start, I’m getting anxious. He does okay with school lunch, but I don’t know what kind of snacks to send because now everything seems like junk…

PASSOVER

Going Green: Lettuce—The Perfect Pesach Vegetable

Q: I’m elbow-deep in soapy water checking my maror for the Seder, while chatting with a friend on the phone, who tells me that lettuce has no nutritional value. Is…

WELLNESS REPORT

To Sleep, Perchance to Dream

Q: I toss and turn for hours every night, just staring at the clock. Is there anything I can change in my diet to help me get some rest?  …