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Prediabetes: Time to Find Out if You Have It
Could you have prediabetes? It may be more likely than you realize.
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.
A New Way to Serve Kale
Here's another sneak peek at a video from the Building a Plant-Based Eating Pattern: Vegetables 10-Hour CPE Course! This one is all about kale...
Salad Handout
Looking for a fun way to make salad more appealing to your audience? Try this tasty recipe!
Spices and Flavor: What You Need to Know
The fun continues with this exploration of the flavors and applications of a few of the most common spices...
Is Sugar Now Public Enemy #1?
Singling out sugar as now being more responsible for raising BP and cholesterol levels than added salt and fat & cholesterol-rich animal products is clearly a gross distortion of what the best quality scientific data tells us is most likely true...
Healthy Skin: Part Two
Choose foods every day that contain essential nutrients for beautiful, healthy skin. Consider some of these options…
Understanding Carbohydrate Counting
Carbohydrate counting is a handy tool to help you plan meals and keep your blood glucose numbers within a healthy range each day...
Pasta Display and Activity Ideas:
When you choose whole grain options and healthful toppings, pasta can be part of a healthy eating pattern. Here are a few ideas to help turn this popular food into an engaging teaching tool!
Fall Activity Ideas
Here are 2 new interactive activity and display ideas. How will you put them to good use?
Chef Kumin's Irish Soda Bread
Here is a favorite recipe for Chef Kumin's famous Irish Soda Bread!
Tuber 102: The Facts Continue
The fun continues with another teeny-tiny excerpt from the course Plant-Based Eating Pattern: Vegetables. Here's Tuber 102...
Fresh Tomato Sauce
I created this sauce to go on top of noodles, but it's also great as a base for grilled fish or roasted chicken...
Healthy Skin: Part One
Skin is the largest and fastest growing organ in our body, and for centuries we’ve been fascinated with ways to nourish our skin so that it’s glowing and beautiful...
Eating More Fruits and Vegetables
Are you in a fruit and vegetable slump? It’s easy to get stuck eating the same things over and over. Green salad, tomatoes, carrots. Apples, bananas, grapes. Sound familiar? It may be time to mix things up!
Getting Kids to Move More
Kids and teens need 60 minutes of exercise daily. Here are some ways to get them off the couch...
Diabetes Breakfast Buffet of Ideas
In this post, we summarized the latest research to make choosing a breakfast that will help you keep your energy levels up while feeling satisfied until lunch...
Can B Vitamins Reduce Senility?
In people already showing MCD it seems wise to check serum Hcy levels and if elevated recommend supplements of B-vitamins to lower serum Hcy levels. Dr. Douaud's study certainly suggests such supplements may slow the loss of grey matter and slow the rate of cognitive decline...
Make a Motivation Kit
Here are a few ideas for items that may remind your clients of the importance of their efforts.
Leafy Greens: A Closer Look
Today I'd like to offer you a special preview of the Building a Plant-Based Eating Pattern: Vegetables course with a quick excerpt from the exploration of leafy greens...
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