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Fiber and Healthy Aging
People who ate more fiber experienced a lower risk of age-related diseases and disability, including high blood pressure, diabetes, depression and even cognitive problems...
How Healthful is Your Eating Pattern?
What’s important is knowing the basics of a healthy diet and making it work for you. Here are some answers to common myths about your food...
Triglyceride Factsheet for Heart Month
It's American Heart Month and I've got a few brand-new resources to share with you! Let's kick things off with this triglyceride factsheet...
Nutrition News: Plant-Based Eating Pattern
The U.S. News and World Report recently assessed top diet plans in nine different categories and guess what?
5 Ways to Ease Into a Plant-Based Eating Pattern
Plant-based eating patterns are linked to a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and other health problems...
Better Birthday Treats for Kids
If you were to replace birthday cake with the sweet treats in this post, then you would save about 8,000 calories per child per school year, which is quite a bit...
The ABCs of Fruits and Vegetables
Want to help your audience eat more fruits and vegetables? Try this fantastic collection of fruit and vegetable tips from A to Z...
Sugar Quiz!
Added sugars can have a serious impact on health! Test your knowledge and improve your eating pattern with this speedy sugar quiz…
Sugar Vocabulary Guide
Sugars have been in the news a lot lately, but sometimes the terms we use for them can be confusing. Lucky for you, this post has the answers…
Fact Sheet: Heart Disease Prevention
Today I want to talk about preventing heart disease...
Cheese: What You Need to Know
Lots of us have a love/hate relationship with cheese. We love how it goes with a good glass of wine or tops a pizza. We don’t care so much for its saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium content. The good news is that cheese can be part of a healthy diet. Here are a few things to consider...
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.
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!
Sodium Update from the FDA
I know you love hearing about sodium, and it's one of my favorite topics. Recently, we've covered low sodium shopping lists and guides to lower sodium, and today I'm back with a sodium update from the Food and Drug Administration!
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....
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