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5 Foods People with Diabetes Shouldn't Fear
Diabetes shouldn’t have you fearing your food! Too many people give up delicious, nutritious foods because they have some vague idea that blood sugars go wonky when they eat certain things. Have no fear! While it’s a good idea to limit baked goods and greasy fast food, you can nearly always find room for nutrient-dense foods like these.
Fun Family Dining: Make Your Own Chowder
Building your own meal is a great way to get kids involved in healthy eating. It's also the perfect solution for picky eaters, and its creativity can help inspire and motivate people who find themselves in a healthy eating rut.
Speedy Corn Chowder
This quick chowder is perfect on its own or as a base for a make-your-own chowder bar!
Choose MyPlate Printable Handout
I am having so much fun coming up with new free printable nutrition education materials. Today I want to focus on MyPlate. Here's a brand-new handout that I've created, just for you!
Amazing Nutrition Handouts: Round Two
The fun continues with the next installment of the most popular free nutrition handouts we've created. Which ones will you use?
Kitchen Hacks: 1 Skillet Meals
I'm back with more kitchen hacks! Today I want to talk about meals that only require a single skillet. With an oven-safe skillet, you can start dinner on the stove an then finish it off in the oven, leaving lots of hands-off time to set the table, prep a salad, etc...
Protein, Guys, and the Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Hollis Bass, MEd, RD, LD is on the blog today with a closer look at the Dietary Guidelines for Americans' protein recommendations for men and teenage boys...
Applying the New Protein Information from the Dietary Guidelines for Americans
The new Dietary Guidelines for Americans send a special message to teenage boys and men: eat less meat, chicken, and eggs. What’s a guy to do?
12 Total Body Wellness Tips
Victoria Shanta Retelny, RDN, LDN is back on the blog with some wonderful wellness tips.As a special treat for National Nutrition Month, Vicki is sharing another excerpt from her fantastic book. This time, it's all about total body wellness...
New Series: Kitchen Hacks
Today I want to start a new series: Kitchen Hacks. In this series, I'll share the tips and tricks I've learned while spending years in kitchens all across the United States. These will be fun tidbits for cooking demonstrations, recipe inspiration, email blasts, handouts, presentations, activities -- however you'd like to use them!
Kitchen Hacks: Bean Edition
We all know that beans are great, but how can you add more of them to your diet? That's where today's kitchen hack comes in...
25 Ways to Promote the Dietary Guidelines for Americans
The celebration of National Nutrition Month continues with another special post: 25 ways to promote the Dietary Guidelines for Americans!
A Closer Look at the New McDonald's Salads
McDonald’s recently updated the standard lettuce mix in all their salads, and instead of applauding a switch from iceberg lettuce to a mix of Romaine, baby kale, and baby spinach, bloggers are howling about the calorie, fat and sodium content of the salads! Personally, I think that those bloggers are off-track.
Focusing on Dressing: Are We Missing the Point?
Any time we switch from pale "greens" like iceberg lettuce to darker-colored leafy greens like kale, spinach and Romaine, we gain important phytochemicals and antioxidants that are present in larger quantities in darker-colored vegetables...
April 2016
The April edition of the Communicating Food for Health newsletter is here! Get all the resources you need for diabetes education, Cancer Control Month, Soy Foods Month, cooking with kids, and much more!
Update Your Spaghetti
This clever recipes combines spaghetti squash with spaghetti to lower the calories and add more veggies to the dish
The BEST Diabetes Diet
There are many ways to a healthy plate and healthy diabetes management. We can find your best way.
Small Shifts
The new Dietary Guidelines for Americans encourage us to “shift to healthier food and beverage choices.” We make choices about what to eat and drink every day. Each choice is a chance to shift to a healthier option. Over time, these small shifts will move you toward a healthy eating pattern.
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