This past month, U.S. News ranked the most popular diets from best to worst. You can read them here: http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/best-overall-diets Fad diets and special diets are popular for their promises for weight loss and a healthier life. This is pertinent especially in January when everyone has made a New Year’s resolution to lose weight. However,
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This is the 8th installment in a series of 10 named "10 Simple Steps To Make Good Habits More Delicious" sponsored by the Sport, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutrition practice group and I Can't Believe It's Not Butter.Want the secret to eating right on a regular basis? It's really no secret. In 2010, the USDA introduced
This post is the 7th in a series of 10 named “10 Simple Steps to make Good Habits More Delicious” from the “Sport, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutrition” practice group. Any food made from wheat, rice, oats, cornmeal, barley, or another cereal grain is a grain product. Examples of this food group include bread, pasta, rice,
Go Lean With Protein This post is my 6th in a series named “10 Simple Steps to Make Healthy Habits More Delicious”. These posts are inspired by SCAN: The Sport, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutrition Group. Protein choices come in many forms. They include meat, poultry, seafood, beans/ peas, eggs, processed soy products, nuts, and seeds.
This post is the 5th in a series of 10 titled "10 Simple Steps to Make Good Habits More Delicious" from the Sport, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutrition group. Sugar is definitely getting a bad reputation lately. Do you know why? Sugar is a simple carbohydrate that gives some foods their sweet taste. Sugar is dense
This post is the 4th in a series of 10 called “10 Simple Steps to Make Good Habits More Delicious” courtesy of the Sport, Cardiovascular, and Wellness nutrition group. Too much sodium in our diets has been linked with high blood pressure, a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and heart attacks. The dietary guidelines
This post is the 3rd in a series of 10 called "10 Simple Steps to Make Good Habits More Delicious" courtesy of the Sport, Cardiovascular, and Wellness nutrition group.Hopefully, by now, you have seen USDA's MyPlate. This replaced the Food Guide Pyramid in 2010. This plate is a great visual on meal planning and eating
This post is the second in a series of 10 called "10 Simple Steps to Make Good Habits More Delicious"The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans suggests that we limit our intake of saturated fats. These fats come from animal products such as milk, meat, and butter. A diet high in saturated fats has been linked
This post will be the first in the series of 10 from SCAN (Sport, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutrition). While the quality of food we eat is important, so the the quantity, or amount, we eat. With food, you can definitely eat too much of a food at expense of others. This is where portion control
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