In the early 1970s, meals made up 82% of adult calorie intake and snacks contributed 18%. Fast-forward to today, and meals make up 77% of calories while snacks contribute 23%.

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.

Want to get your clients excited about the upcoming holiday in a healthful way? Try one of these spooky Halloween recipes!

Carbohydrates are one of three macronutrients: carbohydrates, protein, and fat. They contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. Carbohydrates provide most of the energy needed in our daily lives for normal body functions such as heartbeat, breathing, and digestion and for physical activity and exercise.

We still need to feed our families and make the most of our meals...

Here are three easy goals to keep front and focus when you are grocery shopping.

The National Cancer Institute has revealed that some risk factors for cancer can be controlled. Choosing the right health behaviors and preventing exposure to certain environmental risk factors can help prevent cancer development. In other words, taking steps can reduce your risk of cancer is possible. Let’s look at some specific strategies.

The research on cravings suggests that eating for pleasure versus hunger may drive us to crave highly palatable foods.

If you are tired of romaine, iceberg and grocery store lettuce and greens, wait until you see the list of items we just found in a farmer's market. Braising, salad, sprouts and so many flavors await!

Here is how to shop and plan meals using a farmer’s market. Lots of delicious ideas.

Let’s go green for more sustainability, better, health, nutrition month, and St Patrick’s Day