Receta 10 Habits to Help You be a Healthier, Happier Home Cook

I was inspired to write about the value of home cooking after I read about a new study that could be misinterpreted. Researchers at Rush University Medical Center (right here in my hometown of Chicago) found that the longer a woman spent time cooking and cleaning up, her chances of metabolic syndrome — a risk factor for diabetes and heart disease — went up. Huh? How could that be? This long-term observational study followed more than 2,000 women over 14 years. Read on to see how I tackled the study in my latest blog post for U.S. News and offered advice on how to make home cooking easier and more enjoyable, with the help up some fabulous dietitian colleagues.

Home cooking is increasingly viewed as an obesity prevention strategy…