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How More Dietary Protein Causes Insulin Resistance
To prevent and treat type 2 DM, a more plant-based diet with a lower calorie density and a higher fiber content coupled with regular exercise remains the top priority...
Fiber and Healthy Aging
People who ate more fiber experienced a lower risk of age-related diseases and disability, including high blood pressure, diabetes, depression and even cognitive problems...
Triglyceride Factsheet for Heart Month
It's American Heart Month and I've got a few brand-new resources to share with you! Let's kick things off with this triglyceride factsheet...
5 Ways to Ease Into a Plant-Based Eating Pattern
Plant-based eating patterns are linked to a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and other health problems...
Aging and Sarcopenia
Starting at about age 30, we begin to lose muscle mass and strength...
Berries and Diabetes
Have you seen the latest meta-analysis from the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition?
Healthy Skin: Part One
Skin is the largest and fastest growing organ in our body, and for centuries we’ve been fascinated with ways to nourish our skin so that it’s glowing and beautiful...
Plant-Based Diet: A Quiz
Get started with a plant-based diet today!
Berry Fact Sheet
It's time to take advantage of all the perfect summer fruit out there! This berry fact sheet provides a great opportunity to engage your clients with new and healthful foods...
Which is Better: 3 or 5 Daily Meals?
Have you wondered if it’s healthier to eat several mini meals or three larger meals each day? The internet is rife with anecdotes and theories about the benefits of eating frequently throughout the day. The science, however, is far less clear about whether one way is any better than the other.
Dietary Guidelines for Americans Resources: A Collection
Here's a collection of all the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans resources that we have created to date. Which ones will make your life easier?
Fructose Promotes Fatty Liver Accumulation
While more research is needed to clarify the relative risk of various components of a typical modern Western diet for promoting excessive calorie intake, insulin resistance, the metabolic syndrome, and NAFLD it is likely that replacing refined sugars high in fructose with whole grains and starchy vegetables and cutting back on foods high in saturated fat and trans fat and refined grains is likely to improve insulin sensitivity and curtail the accumulation of fat in the abdominal area and also in the liver.
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...
A Dietitian's Take on the New Dietary Guidelines for Americans
The 2015-2020 edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans is finally here and Lynn Grieger, RDN, CDE, CPT, CWC, has written a brand-new post to walk us through the most important parts...
Calcium and the Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Most Americans simply aren’t getting enough of certain vital nutrients, including calcium, dietary fiber, potassium, and vitamin D. Let's start with a closer look at calcium -- what it is, where to get it, what your body does with it, and what happens when you don't get enough...
Salt Substitutes Chart
What do you know about salt substitutes? My team and I have exhaustively researched 10 different varieties of salt and salt substitutes, and we've compiled the highlights of what we found into a handy-dandy chart.
Fact Sheet: Plant Protein
October is Vegetarian Awareness Month! We'd like to celebrate by offering this research-based fact sheet about plant protein and its place in the diet...
Diabetes and Your Heart
If you are like many people with diabetes, you put a lot of effort into controlling your blood sugar numbers. You watch what you eat, prick your fingers, take your medications and more! But many people with diabetes forget that there are other health numbers that are just as important as blood sugar. These numbers are the ones that deal with the health of your heart...
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