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Member-Only Articles
Update Your Spaghetti
This clever recipes combines spaghetti squash with spaghetti to lower the calories and add more veggies to the dish
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.
Happy Soy Foods Month!
Celebrate Soy Foods Month with this collection of soy facts and recipe inspiration!
Winter Fruit Plate
On my latest trip to a Vietnamese market, I picked up a dragon fruit. What a neat food! The color is bright fuschia on the outside with white, kiwi-like seeds on the inside. It's a little sour, so it's better to mix dragonfruit with sweeter fruit in a salad as a fun complement. Here's one great way to use this versatile fruit!
Nutrition Month Display Ideas
Want to engage your audience when it comes to vital health and nutrition topics? A Nutrition Month display could be the perfect answer. Will you make one this year? If you do, check out this list of things I’ve learned from setting up tons of displays…
Learn About Added Sugars with SuperTracker
SuperTracker is an interactive tool available for free through the USDA’s Choose MyPlate initiative. With SuperTracker, you can plan, analyze, and track your daily food choices and physical activity.
Nutrient Boosters
Just because nutrients are present in your food doesn’t mean that your body is actually using them. Some nutrients, antioxidants and phytochemicals are destroyed during cooking or by air or light during storage. Others need the help of your gut bacteria or other nutrients to be activated or to be absorbed. Use these tips to get the most health-boosters from your food...
Why Eat Yellow and Orange Fruits and Vegetables?
The contest fun continues with another handout about yellow and orange fruits and vegetables...
Meet SuperTracker!
Have you ever tried SuperTracker? It's a great health and wellness tool from the USDA. With the slogan "My foods. My fitness. My health." this resource is surprisingly versatile, with a wide variety of uses. Let's take a closer look!
Book Review: French Kids Eat Everything
I wish all new parents could read Karen Le Billon’s French Kids Eat Everything!
Get Ready for Handwashing Week!
Did you know that National Handwashing Week runs from December 6th through the 12th? Now is the perfect time to prepare. How will you teach your clients about proper hand hygiene?
Sweetening Drinks
Today, I want to talk about sweetening drinks, both hot and cold. There’s so much more to the story than sugar! Here are some of my favorite ways to sweeten drinks…
Citrus 101
What do you know about citrus? What do your clients know? Today I want to offer a closer look at the basics of citrus -- what types of citrus fruits there are, what nutrients they contain, what impact on health they can have, and ways to incorporate them into a healthful eating pattern. There's even a new handout, if you know where to look!
More 3-Step Recipes for You and Your Clients
Here are 2 3-step recipes that are perfect for client counseling sessions, handouts, and cooking demonstrations. I hope you like them!
Family Health and Fitness Day
Over the years, my team and I have created quite a few educational resources that would be perfect to share with your clients for Family Health and Fitness Day! Here are some of the top options -- which will you pick?
Activity Ideas: How Much Fat is in That?
Sometimes foods can hide far more fat than you might expect. Help your clients develop a good sense of how much fat a product contains (along with where to look for it) with these fun and engaging activity ideas.
Recipe for Whole Grains Month: Pancakes
Whole grain pancakes can still be fluffy and delicious. They're more filling than traditional pancakes and they have way more nutrients! So why not use them as a way to help your clients learn to appreciate whole grain foods?
September Checklist
Psssssst! Wanna see something neat? Here's a brand-new animated graphic that presents MyPlate's messages for fall. It's perfect for your next email blast or presentation intro!
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