How to Stay Well in a Sick World
Concerned about getting sick this season? While cold and flu viruses seem to abound this time of year, there are ways to protect yourself.
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How to Read a Food Label
Does looking at a food label inform you or frustrate you? One common frustration I hear often is not being able to understand a food label. Even if you know how many grams of fat or carbohydrates are in a serving, you may not know how to translate that to your diet. So let’s take a moment to look at the food label and see if it can help you eat healthier.
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5 Easy Ways to Improve Your Health in 2019
One of the top New Year’s Resolutions usually involves eating better and getting healthier. Based on the most common habits people have admitted to me over the years, here are my top tips to improve health.
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Oral Health: Secrets to a Healthy Smile
A blog about nutrition and health would not be complete without mentioning oral health. After working over a decade in the dental field, it became clear to me that oral health is a great indicator of overall health.
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Why I Don’t Recommend a Low Carb Diet
From the Atkins diet to the Ketogenic diet, everyone seems to be on the low carb bandwagon. But is low carb the way to go?
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DIABETES: Dealing with a Pandemic
Did you know that over 29 million Americans are living with diabetes according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC)? Another 86 million Americans are living with pre-diabetes,
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FOOD LABEL GETS A FACE LIFT
Due to federal nutrition label reform, the Nutrition Facts Label will get an update.
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RESEARCH SAYS – Unraveling Mysteries of a Healthy Diet
With all the hype surrounding diet and nutrition, it can be easy to become confused in the whirlwind of latest fad diets and contradictory recommendations. So what is a person to eat?
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2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans Summary
Due to the focus on nutrition over the last 100 years, many nutrient deficiencies have been eliminated. But now we find an increasing number of the population suffering from chronic diseases related to poor diet as well as decreased physical activity. What if the top chronic diseases including heart disease and type 2 diabetes could be eradicated by
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Happy Nutrition Month
Food and nutrition professionals everywhere are celebrating March as National Nutrition Month®. What started in March of 1973 as National Nutrition Week grew into a month-long celebration by 1980 due to the rising interest in nutrition. The American Dietetic Association (now known as the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics or AND) started this campaign to bring
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