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Bite of the Week: Creamy Pumpkin Pudding
The pumpkin fun doesn't stop and start with Halloween. This festive dessert comes together in a snap and is cute enough for any occasion.
Crafting a Salad Starter Kit
It’s lunch time. You’re hungry and you’re on-your-own to get something to eat. What are your choices? Even though all the ingredients are in the refrigerator is a salad something you’d make for yourself? Probably not.
Update: No Added Sugars for Toddlers
The recently released Scientific Report of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee marks the first time that added sugars are addressed for infants and toddlers younger than 2 years old. The recommendation is simple: no added sugars from any source.
Toddlers and Added Sugars: What You Need to Know
A healthy diet with optimum amounts of vitamins, minerals, fiber, healthy types of fats and proteins is crucial for infants and toddlers younger than age 2 to support growth and development...
A Closer Look at Cognitive Health
This research suggests some benefit to developing policies and health care practices to improve nutritional status and diet quality, address obesity and high blood pressure in midlife and elderly individuals to improve modifiable risk factors for those with lower verbal fluency scores...
High-Dose Vitamin D is Bad for the Bones
Those taking high doses of vitamin D well in excess of current RDA levels actually tend to have more bone fractures, fall more frequently, sleep less well, and die sooner than those with lower levels...
Could a Mediterranean Eating Pattern Stave Off Cognitive Decline?
A recent Canadian study among middle and older adults finds that heavy intake of vegetables and fruits improves cognitive function...
What's on Your Fork?
Did you know that the National Nutrition Month 2017 theme is "Put Your Best Fork Forward"?
Bite of the Week: Stuffed Butternut Squash
In today's bite of the week, I thought I would share one of my favorite fall recipes. In it, halves of butternut squash are stuffed with apples, red onions, and pecans and then baked until tender.
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