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Summer MyPlate: Vary Your Veggies
Now that you know what #MyPlate is and the #healthbenefits of following it, it’s time to explore how to make the most of this fantastic guide to balanced eating.
Let’s start with one of my favorite #foodgroups: #vegetables.
MyPlate for Summer
Spring is in the air and summer’s right around the corner. I know how you love to get ahead, so let’s start planning with this brand-new series: MyPlate for Summer…
Best Printable Nutrition Month Handouts
We've made a lot of fantastic free nutrition handouts over the years. I was just looking over our site stats, and I was overwhelmed by the amazing positive response they've earned. That's why, today, I'm going to share the top 10 printable nutrition handouts that have gotten the most rave reviews over the past year...
Nutrition Month Quiz
Today I want to share a new handout that I made just for you -- it's a Nutrition Month quiz...
2025 Predictions and Trends for Food and Nutrition Education
As we welcome 2024 and a new year, it is often fun to contemplate where we have been and where we are going on our food, health, and nutrition education journey. The nutrition research, as we have seen over numerous years of Dietary Guideline reviews and in the present 2020-2025 edition, has corroborated a whole-food, plant-based, minimally-processed diet that is low in added sugar, salt, and processed fat especially with regards to trans fat and saturated fat.
2025 Predictions and Trends for Food and Nutrition Education
As we welcome 2024 and a new year, it is often fun to contemplate where we have been and where we are going on our food, health, and nutrition education journey. The nutrition research, as we have seen over numerous years of Dietary Guideline reviews and in the present 2020-2025 edition, has corroborated a whole-food, plant-based, minimally-processed diet that is low in added sugar, salt, and processed fat especially with regards to trans fat and saturated fat.
USDA Publishes Standards for Snack Foods for Schools
The health of today’s school environment continues to improve. Students across the country are now offered healthier school lunches with more fruits, vegetables and whole grains. The Smart Snacks in School standards will build on those healthy advancements and ensure that kids are only offered tasty and nutritious foods during the school day.
Delicious, Nutritious, Affordable MyPlate
#MyPlate has been on the scene for years, and it’s one of the best balanced eating tools around. Yet many people feel intimidated by the #USDA’s guide to healthy #eatingpatterns. There’s no need to be…
MyPlate: Never Too Early or Too Late
It’s never too early or too late to start with #MyPlate! Did you know that MyPlate has a comprehensive guide for building a balanced #eatingpattern at every stage of life? Everyone can benefit from the #scientific information they’ve compiled…
The Benefits of Following MyPlate This Summer
Our #MyPlate for #Summer series continues with one big question… WHY?
Why follow this guide to balanced #eatingpatterns?
The first answer is simple…
MyPlate for National Nutrition Month®
The theme for National Nutrition Month® this year is “Fuel for the Future.” MyPlate’s messages dovetail beautifully with that theme, so let’s take a look at how your clients can use MyPlate to fuel their futures!
MyPlate Printable Handout
I am having so much fun coming up with new free printable nutrition education materials. Today I want to focus on MyPlate. Here's a brand-new handout that I've created, just for you!
MyPlate Exploration: Other Vegetables
This is the last installment of the MyPlate vegetable subgroup flavor exploration, exploring the uses and flavors of the vegetables in MyPlate's "Other" Vegetable category.
Meal Makeover for MyPlate
Ever wondered exactly what you get when you replace a fast-food meal with a MyPlate meal? Not just the calorie savings and nutrient boosts, but an actual comprehensive breakdown of the vitamins, minerals, fiber, etc in each meal? Well, today's your lucky day!It's time for a serious look at the meal makeover. Let's walk through each substitution and added nutrient, step by step. We'll leave no stone unturned, no switch unexplored. Are you ready?
Dietitian's Cleanse
People appear to be drawn to cleanses, no matter how bad the health consequences of cleansing are. If that's what they want, there's a way to give it to them without endangering their health. Offer a balanced alternative to the cleansing crowd with this free handout, The Dietitian's Cleanse. Developed by Lenore Shamah, MS, RD, this "cleanse" is healthful, balanced, and won't endanger people's hearts.
Sodium and the American Diet
Sodium is hiding everywhere. Shocking amounts of it are in restaurant and frozen foods, while many packaged and canned foods have tons of sodium as well. The first step towards reducing sodium intake is learning about which foods have what levels. That's where this chart comes in...
Holiday Resource Rundown
It's officially the holiday season and we have loads of fantastic resources to help your audience celebrate in a healthful, balanced, and fun ways!
Building Blocks of Health: Dairy
The Building Blocks of Health series is cruising right along and today is all about... dairy!
Building Blocks of Health: Protein
You've seen the intro, you've seen vegetables, you've seen fruit, and now it's time for the next installment of our brand-new series, The Building Blocks of Health...
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