Vitamins
Posted on April 28, 2011 - Filed Under Fruit, Nutrition, Vegetables, healthy lifestyle | Leave a Comment
Eating a well-balanced, healthy diet that includes plenty of vegetables and fruits can help you get enough vitamins each day.
Medline Plus has a list of essential vitamins, what they do in your body and where to get them. Might be worth knowing.
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Medline Plus: Vitamins
Medline Plus: Fruits and Vegetables
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National Nutrition Month
Posted on March 9, 2011 - Filed Under Fruit, Nutrition, Vegetables | 4 Comments
March is National Nutrition Month and the theme is “Eat Right with Color.”
“Adding a splash of colorful seasonal foods to your plate makes for more than just a festive meal. A rainbow of foods creates a palette of nutrients, each with a different bundle of potential benefits for a healthful eating plan.”
– Karen Ansel, RD [...]
Healthy Monday – Cook with Your Kids
Posted on November 8, 2010 - Filed Under Healthy Monday, Nutrition | 2 Comments
Each Monday, a simple health tip will be posted as part of Healthy Monday. Healthy Monday is a public health initiative founded in 2005 in association with Johns Hopkins University, Syracuse University, and Columbia Univerisity.
Their mission includes ending “chronic preventable disease in the U.S. by offering people and organizations a weekly prompt to start and sustain [...]
Spice it Up
Posted on November 3, 2010 - Filed Under Nutrition, healthy lifestyle | 2 Comments
Some ways to get more flavor in your foods without adding salt:
Source: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute: Your Guide to Lowering Your Cholesterol With Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes
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Broccoli Much?
Posted on October 13, 2010 - Filed Under Random, Vegetables | 2 Comments
Nothing like a mouth full of broccoli. : ) She loves the stuff:
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Sodium Facts
Posted on September 15, 2010 - Filed Under Blood Pressure, Nutrition | 2 Comments
Source: CDC: Americans Consume Too Much Sodium (Salt)
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Portion Distortion
Posted on August 31, 2010 - Filed Under Nutrition | 3 Comments
Click the image to read about why checking the serving size on the nutrition label matters.
If you’re on Twitter, you should follow Fooducate.
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Creative in the Kitchen
Posted on August 3, 2010 - Filed Under Nutrition, healthy lifestyle | 1 Comment
Two-egg omelet with spinach, onions and tomatoes and a little cheese. Topped with avocado and more tomatoes. So fresh and so good.
This was our dinner the other night after not wanting to make anything that would take too long. Get creative in your kitchen. You never know what you can come up with.
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Zucchini, Mushroom, Garlic and Spinach Salad
Posted on June 3, 2010 - Filed Under Nutrition, Vegetables, food, healthy lifestyle | Leave a Comment
Had this last night w/ grilled chicken. Few cloves of finely chopped garlic sauteed in olive oil. Add chopped zucchini and mushrooms. Let it all cook together for a bit. Add some feta cheese and then add some chopped spinach. It was really good on top of the chicken.
I think I’ve posted this before but [...]
Proud Daddy
Posted on May 27, 2010 - Filed Under Nutrition | 3 Comments
I’m a proud daddy. Here’s my 15 month-old daughter eating some broccoli, sweet potatoes and chicken for lunch yesterday. Washing it all down with a fruit smoothie with spinach. Love it.
PS — I updated the About page. Check it out.
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