Healthy Living by Giant Podcast Healthy living Team

Get an insider’s peak at the hottest products for spring recommended by the Giant Healthy Living Team. All of the products are perfect for keeping it simple and nutritious.  They're all Guiding Stars Rated and perfect for when you are looking to try something new. #GiantHasIt!
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Show Notes:
Belvita Soft Baked Bars: oats and chocolate and banana bread Essentia Ionized, alkaline water: 1L bottle or 6pk 500ml Good Measure Bars and Almond Crisps Bars: Creamy Peanut Butter and Dark Chocolate, Creamy Almond Butter and Blueberry Almond Crisps: Crunchy Cheddar Almond Crisps, Sriracha Almond Crisps Kind Zero Added Sugar Nut Granola: caramel mocha, apple cinnamon Mooala Banana Milk 8 oz/singles: Strawberry, chocolate and banana Cooper Street Chocolate Cherry Granola Bakes Dole Good Crunch Dried Fruit:  Pineapple (regular and with chili) and banana Mush Overnight Oats: Dark Chocolate + almond milk, Peanut Butter + oat milk, Vanilla bean + almond milk Lightlife Tempeh  Bright Farms: Lettuce greens + salad kits Naturesweet sweet and seedless mini peppers Dogsters Ice Cream Style Treats for Dogs, Pumpkin flavored  
Store Brand Dupes:
Giant Deluxe ice cream: Dupe for B&J, Fudge Brownie, Toasted Smores, Cherry Fudge, Brookie Dough, PB cup Taste of Inspirations Pineapple Spears in coconut water: Dupe from CC Taste of Inspirations Salsa Corn & Chili: Dupe for TJ

Learn how brain health and your cognitive ability are impacted by your food and lifestyle choices with Maggie Moon, registered dietitian and author of The MIND Diet: A Scientific Approach to Enhancing Brain Function and Helping Prevent Alzheimer's and Dementia. She shares the latest scientific research on cognitive decline and Alzheimer's and offers simple strategies to incorporating the MIND Diet into your eating routine.
Link: Wk 6 2.2.24 Brain Health The Mind Diet and More.mp3
Show Notes:
www.Maggiemoon.com; The MIND Diet: A Scientific Approach to Enhancing Brain Function and Helping Prevent Alzheimer's and Dementia: Moon, Maggie Maggie's tips to get started: Make grains and greens bowls, seafood stews, dips made from walnuts or beans ( Muhammara), simple snacks (tuna veggie salad with whole grain crackers or persimmon w walnuts), and Request your MIND Diet shopping list at healthyliving@giantfood.com

Get an insider’s peak at the hottest products for winter recommended by the Giant Healthy Living Team. All of the products are perfect for keeping it simple and nutritious.  They're all Guiding Stars Rated and perfect for when you are looking to try something new. #GiantHasIt!
Link: Wk 4 TSN Winter.mp3
Show Notes:
·       AeroFarms micro kale sweet + wholesome
·       Taste of Inspirations Chopped Salad Kits: Sweet Kale, Thai Chili Mango, Caesar, and Avocado Ranch
·       Taylor Farms Mini Chopped Salad Kits 
·       *Handpicked* Naturesweet D'Vines cherry tomatoes on the vine 
·       *Handpicked* Little Potato Company Microwave + Oven Packs
·       Brainiac Brain Sqweezers Apple Cinnamon Applesauce Pouches 
·       *Handpicked* Chobani Zero Sugar
·       *Handpicked* Triscuit with Giant’s new Chunky Guacamole
·       Mulan Dumplings Curry Seasoned Chicken
·       Solely fruit jerky mango + mango/cacao
·       *Handpicked* V8 Blends, Delicious Green & Strawberry Banana
 
Healthier Together: Food As Medicine | Giant (giantfood.com) features live and virtual classes, store tours, and cook-alongs on brain and gut health, inflammation, and super foods. 

Food As Medicine is all about feeding your body better-for-you foods for improved health. Listen in and learn about the Healthy Living Team's top 12 "Super Foods" you should be adding to your cart and why. 
Show Notes:
Top 12 Foods: Cruciferous vegetables, dark leafy greens, berries, avocado, garlic, legumes, nuts/seeds, kefir, olive oil, salmon, spices (turmeric, ginger and cinnamon), green tea.
 
Healthier Together: Food As Medicine | Giant (giantfood.com) features live and virtual classes, store tours, and cook-alongs on brain and gut health, inflammation, and super foods. 
 
January Handpicked Item:  Chobani Zero Sugar

Sabrina Tadele, Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Capital Area Food Bank, walks us through the 2023 CAFB Hunger Report which provides insights on food insecurity and inequity in the Greater Washington region. She redefines what being food insecure means - can be short term and prevalent in families who earn over 100k a year - and ways we can be a better neighbor and support communities in need though programs like Giant Food's 'Lend a Hand for Hunger" register round up program.
Show Notes:
Food Bank for the Washington, DC, Region | Capital Area Food Bank Hunger Report 2023 - CAFB Hunger Report (capitalareafoodbank.org) Community | Giant (giantfood.com)

Learn about the flavors of India from Jamie Joshua our Manager of Diversity Equity and Inclusion at Giant and her mom Sara Joshua from the Kerala Table YouTube series and website. If you've ever wanted to try making Indian food at home, this episode will give you the confidence - and resources - you'll need to get started.
Show Notes:
Ammini Aunty’s A Pinch of Kerala | Welcomes Pinchers all around the world to cook along while learning how to make delicious recipes with a pinch of Kerala added to it (aaapinchofkerala.com) Ammini Aunty's A Pinch of Kerala - YouTube First, no fail recipe to try: Chicken Curry | Ammini Aunty’s A Pinch of Kerala (aaapinchofkerala.com) Shop Indian, Global Cuisine | Giant (giantfood.com)