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Nancy Horn, owner of Dish Cafe and Catering and writer for the RGJ’s “Dish it Up” series, asked Carson Tahoe Health’s Registered Dietician, Kim Mason, for a nutritional analysis of one of her favorite recipes. Go green with this delicious pesto pasta recipe, just in time for Earth Day! Dish it Up Green Pasta – Ingredients 1 teaspoon kosher salt for the pasta, plus a couple pinches for the cooking water 6-8 ounces organic washed baby spinach Handful of fresh basil, about 10 leaves 2 cloves garlic, smashed, peeled and minced 4 ounces pine nuts, toasted in a dry pan (this takes just a minute) 1/2 teaspoon or more freshly ground black pepper High quality olive oil 1 cup finely …

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We are pleased to welcome Internist, Mark Brune, MD to Carson Tahoe Physician Clinics.

Unfortunately, pain is subjective so there is no clear way to measure it. This creates another perplexing issue for doctors. The Carson Tahoe Pain Institute, pain specialists, or pain medicine doctors are better equipped to diagnose the cause of pain and treat it through an arsenal of different procedures and methods.

In addition to what the body produces naturally, cholesterol is also in the foods we eat. When we have too much cholesterol in our bloodstream, that’s when the trouble begins.