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Save Time with Pressure Cookers
This chili freezes very well, so make it ahead of time for a healthful dinner in a hurry.
Individualizing Patient Care: Does that Include Individualizing A1C Goals?
General recommendations from the ADA are to attain an A1C of less than 7%, but this is not the appropriate goal for everyone with diabetes. Like medications, diet, and physical activity, blood glucose goals must also be individualized. For some people with diabetes, an A1C of less than 6.5% is ideal, and for others a good goal is less than 8% or even 8.5%, according to a 2012 consensus report in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society and Diabetes Care.
Do Gut Microbes Impact Human Health?
Biologists have long known that the bacteria, protozoa, fungi, yeast, and other microbes that inhabit the guts of all animals can play a key role in their ability to survive.
5 Dinner Options for Everyone
I've put together some ideas to help your clients manage the family dinner minefield and put together healthful meals that everyone will love. Check them out!
December 2014
Handouts and research and tips, oh my! Here's everything you need for a creative and healthful December...
The Impact of Atkins on Nutrition Research
Bazzano and Hu?s study does not provide convincing evidence that replacing whole grains, fruits, and beans with fatty animal products high in saturated fat and cholesterol won't promote atherosclerosis and more CVD in the long term.
Add Bright Colors to Any Holiday Meal
This holiday salad is bright with green and red. It?s a great starter for a holiday meal, or a fun dish to bring to a party or pot luck.
Help! I Have Prediabetes!
Have you or someone you love been diagnosed with prediabetes? Here?s what you need to know.
Try a Healthful and Festive Dessert
Pumpkin isn?t just for early fall! This festive dessert comes together in a snap and is cute enough for any holiday table.
Snacking for Success
Are you a snacker? Most Americans are. We tend to eat throughout the day, rather than opting for three ?square? meals. You may think that snacking is a diet destroyer, but it can actually help you stay on track toward your health goal. The secret is in the snack you pick.
Client-Generated Motivation
During your next group session, try this approach to fresh motivation.
Physical Activity Guidelines and You
The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans provide science-based guidance to encourage Americans to improve health through appropriate physical activity. Let's explore how much, when, why, and how...
How Do Vitamins Work? Part Two
The How Do Vitamins Work? series continues with a closer look at fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins. What do they do? What foods contain them? Get the answers in today's post...
Under Pressure: Cooking with Pressure Cookers
Want to learn about pressure cookers? Check out these tips and tricks, links to resources, a free handout, and a list of 10 things that my team and I learned while testing pressure cookers...
Might Reducing Salt Intake Promote ?Cardiovascular Disease?
The experience from England seriously undermines Dr. Oparil's editorial claim that the PURE study results ?... call into question the feasibility and usefulness of dietary sodium as a population-based strategy for reducing blood pressure.? This makes me wonder why none of the science writers and journalists who were so quick to parrot Dr. Oparil's opinions ever thought to ask why she believed the questionable data and opinions from the PURE researchers were not largely refuted by the real-life public health efforts ongoing in England.
Diabetes Display with MyPlate
November is American Diabetes Month, and it?s a great time to raise awareness. Try this interactive display idea to promote healthful habits?
Chop Test: A New Way to Prepare Vegetables
There?s a new approach in town, and this one will offer all the tools you need in order to prepare vegetables in healthful and tasty ways. It?s called the chop test.
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