Category archives for: Tony Polito – Food Columnist

A few things you should know about Olive Juice!

A few things you should know about Olive Juice!

We all know of it as olive oil, but actually it’s olive juice. Olive juice is technically a fruit juice. There are three prominent olives for pressing, crushing and blending and they are the Arbosana, Arbequina or Koreneiki olives. Most olive juice is made up of these olives. The olives are pressed to release their [...]

Free Radicals

Free Radicals

Free Radicals; there is nothing free about them. They cost you your life. They are essentially how all diseases are created. If you want to learn how to neutralize them and prevent them from destroying your body and if you want to learn what foods can eliminate them, if you want to live free from [...]

Hemp Oil

Hemp Oil

This week it’s all about the King of Oils, Hemp Oil. How do you determine if an oil is a King? As with all kings, you must first know and research his lineage. Hemp oil has been used for centuries as a food source all over the world. While not grown as a crop in [...]

Importance of Fiber in the Diet

Importance of Fiber in the Diet

Welcome back! If you missed the Olympics you have better been watching the kids, working out, or studying because you cannot be an American if you didn’t watch our Athletes. Didn’t they do a fantastic job! Can you imagine the training they endured? More important beyond the training, what about their diet? I mean did [...]

Post holiday detox time

Post holiday detox time

Welcome back from the stressful holidays. Hope you had fun! Now it’s time to get right back on track – only 71 days left until spring! Today is the prefect time to set reachable expectations for the coming year. A number of us (including myself) have gained weight during these past three weeks. Even those [...]

Living Gluten Free with flavor

Living Gluten Free with flavor

Gluten, in my opinion, is one of the most confusing foods. It is especially a nightmare for the many people who have Celiac Disease, an autoimmune disorder in which gluten damages the lining of small intestine. There are a few things you ought to know about the sticky subject of gluten: What the heck is [...]

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Happy Thanksgiving! Is it all about the turkey, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie and cranberry sauce? Absolutely! But on Thanksgiving, we should all start by being thankful for what we have been given and try to appreciate the positives. Often times we allow the crazy shopping sales, massive traffic jams, or the annoying family member to [...]

Thanksgiving recipes and tips

Thanksgiving recipes and tips

The question is not who’s bringing the turkey this Thanksgiving but rather, who’s going to be the turkey this Thanksgiving. More often than not, you tend to see the typical mashed potatoes, stuffing (which isn’t even real bread) or wait, the cranberry sauce with the lines imbedded in it. Hooray fresh from the can! Though, [...]

Big welcome to Tony Polito our new food columnist

Big welcome to Tony Polito our new food columnist

SHREWSBURY – The Lantern wants to extend a warm welcome to Tony Polito, syndicated food columnist, and say thanks for agreeing to be a part of our paper. Tony has a long track record in providing food and health advice to his followings. He hosts a local television show “Food for thought” which areas throughout [...]

Eat well and have a sprouty day

Eat well and have a sprouty day

Eat Well ~ Be Well and Have a Sprouty Day! My name is Tony Polito and for me eating healthy started at the embryo. I’ve always been interested in eating well, but how in the world do you stay well? That ignited my interest in food. For over a decade I worked at NY’s Gold [...]

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