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Best of 2014
It's time to sit back, relax, and look through the 11 best Food and Health blog posts of 2014 ...
Best Strategies for Navigating Holiday Parties
This handout from the Holiday Challenge is too good not to share. Take a look at these holiday party tips...
Reader Request: Cooking with Ratios
You ask, we deliver! After a few requests from health educators, our team has put together a guide to cooking with ratios. Offer it to your clients or put it up in your own kitchen today!
Dietary Guidelines News Update
By now you've probably heard that the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) met recently to discuses the upcoming update for the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. But what does this mean for you, a health educator?
Award-Winning Nutrition and Health
We are honored to announce that Food and Health Communications, Inc. has won a bronze medal in the summer/fall 2014 session of the Web Health Awards.
December Poster Contest
It's time for the December Poster Contest! Enter to win today!
Holiday Salad for Pear Month
December may be a month dominated by the holidays, but did you know that it's also Pear Month? This lovely winter salad is festive enough for any holiday table and it offers the spotlight to the fruit of the month as well.
January 2015
Here are all the materials you need for an amazing start to the New Year! Check out the latest research updates, practitioner advice, handouts, recipes, and more! They're all in the January 2015 edition of Communicating Food for Health.
Introduction to High-Intensity Sweeteners
Whether you call them sugar substitutes, non-nutritive sweeteners or high-intensity sweeteners, you?re looking at substances that impart a sweet taste to foods and beverages. They do this either without calories or with only a few calories, and they have little to no impact on blood glucose levels.
Make Friends with Spaghetti Squash
Whip up spaghetti squash in a hurry with a pressure cooker!
Tips to Help an Overweight Child
Recently, there has been a trend of putting young, overweight children on diets meant for adults. Diets are not meant for children. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics recommends that children who are classified as overweight or obese maintain their current weight and only attempt to lose weight through calorie restriction if other risk factors for disease are present.
How Do Minerals Work? Part One
We don?t eat rocks or dirt, but did you know that they are actually an important part of the food chain? Minerals in the earth are absorbed by water and plants, and then we absorb those same minerals when we eat plants or drink water. We also get minerals when we eat or drink foods that come from animals that consumed the mineral-rich plants and water.
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.
November Poster Contest Winners
It's December, which means that it's time to reveal the winners of the November poster contest! Are you ready for this?
Are You Physically Active?
Are your clients physically active? Have them assess their habits with this quirky quiz!
Breaking News: FDA's Menu Labeling Calorie Labeling Rules
The FDA has just released their guide to menu labeling, and this post has everything you need to know...
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