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Diabetes and Weight Loss
There’s good news for overweight people with type 2 diabetes: small amounts of weight loss can benefit you in many ways! In fact, losing weight soon after diagnosis may offer better blood pressure and glucose control years down the line, even if the weight is regained.
Sugary Drinks and Diabetes
Sugary sodas raise your blood sugar and provide extra calories with no nutritional benefit. That’s not healthy for anyone, but if you have diabetes, it’s vital to find other ways to quench your thirst.
Healthful Shopping Activity Ideas
Are your clients confident in the grocery store? Having healthful food around the house makes it much easier to choose nutritious foods, so managing a shopping trip well is key to good health. Here are some fun ideas to help your clients get shopping savvy!
Try Seafood Chowder!
This seafood chowder is simple, hearty, and healthful. What's not to love?
Do Vitamin D Supplements Improve Bone Health?
The researchers concluded that high-dose Vitamin D3 therapy did modestly increase calcium absorption, but the effect was small and it did not translate into measurable beneficial effects on BMD, muscle function, muscle mass, or falls or fractures after one year.
Celebrate Chicken Month and Rice Month!
September is both Rice Month and Chicken Month! Celebrate with this fantastic dish that offers rice and chicken the spotlight! You can even use brown rice in the recipe for Whole Grains Month too!
Brain-Healthy Foods
For the most part, the foods you eat to help your heart also nourish your noggin. People with heart disease are more likely to have cognitive impairments and dementia. That’s not surprising since both the heart and the brain require healthy blood vessels free of atherosclerosis...
Shopping Beyond the Perimeter
For years, dietitians and health professionals have been promoting one method of food shopping — “shopping the perimeter” — as a way to help you choose foods that support a healthy diet. These foods are certainly the mainstays of a healthy diet, but if you are only shopping the periphery, you are missing out on some key nutrients in items that reside within the middle of the store. Let’s check out some of these nutrient-dense gems that you will find beyond the perimeter.
Fact Sheet: Honey
What do you know about honey? Get the results of the latest scientific research and find out whether honey really is a miracle food...
New Use for Honey: Barbecue Sauce
Here's a great way to use honey in moderation -- make it part of this delicious barbecue sauce!
Free Chart: Diabetes Management for Best Health
Diabetes management is so much more than measuring blood glucose. Do your clients know how to keep track of the various required tests and routine activities that accompany a diabetes diagnosis? Check out today's post for a free chart that can help your clients manage their diabetes...
A Closer Look at the ADA's General Targets for Diabetics
Let's talk about the American Diabetes Association. What is it? How can it be useful to your clients? And what has changed about its 2015 Guidelines for People with Diabetes? Why? Get all the answers (and a new handout!) in today's post...
Food News: The FDA, Daily Values, and Added Sugars
Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed adding a Daily Value (DV) maximum for added sugars to the Nutrition Facts Label. Here's what you need to know...
Nutrition Facts Label: What You Need to Know
What do you know about this helpful little label? Here's the lowdown about using the Nutrition Facts panel to promote good health...
New Quiz for Peach Month!
Did you know that July and August are both considered National Peach Month? It’s true! So don’t stop celebrating! Instead, share this fantastic peach quiz with your clients...
Peach Month Recipe: Peach Compote
Looking for a fun new way to use peaches during Peach Month? Try this fantastic peach compote recipe, which makes a tasty sauce that's fantastic when drizzled over ice cream or pancakes or even toast! Feel free to send the recipe along to your clients or feature it in your next cooking demonstration...
Members Only: Expanded Sweetener Chart
Want a closer look at sweeteners? You've come to the right place!
3 MyPlate Messages for August
Get ready for August with MyPlate's monthly tips!
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