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Diabetes Dinner
A healthful, balanced, delicious, and quick dinner will help you feel energized through the evening without reaching for candy or ice cream...
Halt Prediabetes with 5 Diet Tips
If you are one of the 86 million Americans with prediabetes, your best chance to avoid developing type 2 diabetes is to boost your body’s insulin sensitivity.
Beans Beat Meat
If increasing satiety per calorie is the goal, that goal is likely to be met by increasing dietary fiber than by increasing dietary protein...
Healthful Holiday Side Dishes
Here are a few of my favorite ideas for healthful holiday sides...
Healthful Holiday Entrées
Yes, holiday meals are often more generous when it comes to solid fats and added sugars, but they don't have to be. In fact, there are lots of great recipes out there that still taste indulgent without actually piling on the calories. Here are a few examples...
9 Heart Healthy Shopping Tips
Here are a few top tips to help you fill your cart with heart-healthy foods in a way that's also budget friendly!
Kitchen Hack: Freeze the Soup
When I was in Whole Foods the other day, I was delighted to see that some of the newly-redesigned food labels are finally hitting the shelves!
Cozy Winter Soup: Kale Chowder
This kale chowder is a delicious way to get more iron into your diet.
Plant-Based Eating Pattern Quiz
I'm back with a fantastic quiz from Hollis Bass, MEd, RD, LD. Test your knowledge and share this engaging resource with your clients -- there's even a printable handout at the bottom of the post...
Effective Portion Control Ideas
My team and I have created some seriously fantastic portion control plates that will be super useful for your audience. Here's how to use them...
Food Diary Handout for Portion Control
Tracking what you eat and when you eat it is a great way to help improve eating patterns. In order to facilitate this process for your clients, I've created a brand new printable food diary handout....
Meatless Meals and Your Health
Research indicates that eating more fruits and vegetables is beneficial to your health. Here are a few painless ways to eat more fruits and vegetable each day...
Reader Request: Diabetes Resources
Here is a large collection of useful diabetes resources, just for you!
A Festive Holiday Pie
This pie uses roasted pumpkin, but you can easily substitute canned pumpkin if you prefer.
Trim the Treats!
The holidays come upon us fast, and so can holiday weight gain… if you’re not careful. Below are some simple swaps to prevent “a little round belly that shakes when you laugh like a bowl full of jelly.”
5 Ingredient Meals: Lemon Baked Fish
A fun way to put together a cooking demonstration that is both appealing and accessible is to focus on foods that come together quickly and don't require a million different ingredients...
5 Ingredient Meals: Ranch Chicken and Beans
This dish is delicious and high in fiber. It’s very filling and has a “comfort food” appeal.
Video: Make a Better Slaw
This video highlights important knife skills alongside a step-by-step guide to preparing a healthful slaw that's light in fat but rich in flavor. It even features ways to make the slaw look most attractive when you serve it...
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