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It's Nutrition Month: Make a Healthful Plate
Nutrition Month is finally here! We have been waiting to celebrate for a long time now, but we've also been wondering about where to begin. After we put our heads together, we decided we'd like to start with making a healthful and balanced plate. This lesson can help revitalize meal habits and is a great way to begin a push toward a healthful lifestyle.
Dietitian's Cleanse
People appear to be drawn to cleanses, no matter how bad the health consequences of cleansing are. If that's what they want, there's a way to give it to them without endangering their health. Offer a balanced alternative to the cleansing crowd with this free handout, The Dietitian's Cleanse. Developed by Lenore Shamah, MS, RD, this "cleanse" is healthful, balanced, and won't endanger people's hearts.
National Nutrition Month: An Educator's Guide
Here's everything you need to know for all of your Nutrition Month projects...
Food and Nutrition Hot Topics and New Theme Finder
Two Tools: Using MyPlate and Nutrition Facts Labels to Boost Health
When you use these tools to plan your meals, steer your shopping, and affect your eating, you will be building a more balanced eating pattern that will in turn promote good health. What's not to love?
MyPlate and Dietary Guidelines Update
MyPlate 4-Step Plan for the Holidays
Farmer's Market Dinner
I got to visit a Farmer's Market over the weekend. They had a huge array of tropical fruits, local grown seasonal produce, fresh herbs, sunflowers and more!
Added Sugars and Your Health
We're all familiar with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans' advice to reduce the amount of added sugars in our eating patterns. Today I want to talk about why that recommendation exists...
Do You Shop Smart?
Here's a quick quiz to help evaluate your skills in the grocery store.
10 Things You Should Know About Nutrients
Let's talk nutrients...
Put Your Best Fork Forward!
Let's talk about crafting an eating style that includes a variety of your favorite healthful foods...
Food Diary Handout for Portion Control
Tracking what you eat and when you eat it is a great way to help improve eating patterns. In order to facilitate this process for your clients, I've created a brand new printable food diary handout....
Reader Request: Diabetes Resources
Here is a large collection of useful diabetes resources, just for you!
New Vegetable Infographic
I'm back, with another fun way to help make vegetables appealing to your audience!
Fall Nutrition Handout
Fall is in full swing, and what better way to celebrate is there than with a fresh new handout?
Fall Activity Ideas
Here are 2 new interactive activity and display ideas. How will you put them to good use?
MyPlate's Advice
MyPlate is filled with great advice, and today I want to summarize some of the highlights!
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