Healthier Snack Alternatives for Your Office: Nutritious Options to Boost Energy
We’ve all been there – the mid-afternoon slump hits, and the vending machine becomes tempting. While convenient, vending machine snacks are typically high in added sugars, unhealthy fats, and excess sodium. The good news is that stocking your office drawer with...
Healthier Snack Alternatives for Your Office: Nutritious Options to Boost Energy
We’ve all been there – the mid-afternoon slump hits, and the vending machine becomes tempting. While convenient, vending machine snacks are typically high in added sugars, unhealthy fats, and excess sodium. The good news is that stocking your office drawer with...
What 100 Calories Actually Looks Like
Are you wondering how much food you can get for only 100 calories? Believe it or not, you can actually get quite a bit of food with just 100...
Tips for a Heart Healthy Diet
Did you know that heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women and almost all ethnic groups in the United States?1 It beats cancer...
Forget the Fads – Nutrition Counseling for Healthy Weight Management
Have you or someone you know ever tried a fad diet? Chances are, most people can answer yes. The prevalence of different diet fads continues to...
Sugar cravings: What causes them and how to fight them
People often express concerns about sugar cravings and how to eliminate them to achieve healthier eating habits. Diets high in sugar have been shown...
Healthy Halloween Tips!
Healthy Halloween Tips! Ready or not, Halloween will be here soon! There are few holidays that kids look forward to as much as Halloween....
Save Time and Money with Meal Planning
Remember the days when we didn’t have cell phones to direct us from point A to point B? It wasn’t too long ago that we had to print out instructions...
Alcohol Effects on Nutrition
Alcohol is a tonic and a poison. How often and how much you drink determines which it is. For example, moderate drinking (one drink per day for...
Artificial Sweeteners: The good, bad and ugly
The prevalence of non-nutritive (artificial) sweeteners added to commonly consumed foods and beverages is on the rise. Artificial sweeteners are...
Branched Chain Amino Acids in our Diets
Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) are three of the essential amino acids that cannot be made by our bodies and must be obtained through diet or...
Food for Every Age and Stage 12-36 Months
Toddlers grow at a slower rate than infants. Although normal growth differs from child to child, they grow on average 2.5 inches and gain 4-5 pounds...
Back to School Health Tips!
It’s that time of year again: Back to school! Whether your child is off to kindergarten, senior year of high school, or even college, bringing a...
Fueling your Body for Sports Performance
Water is the most important, yet overlooked, nutrient for athletes. Even mild dehydration can cause muscle cramps, dizziness, and lightheadedness...