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Scheduling: Meal Prep and Exercise
Balancing meal prep and exercise in your weekly schedule requires thoughtful planning and organization. Here's a step-by-step guide to help you integrate both into your routine:
Meal Prep
In essence, meal prep is a proactive approach to nourishing your body, managing time efficiently, and making choices aligned with your health and lifestyle goals. It's a practice that empowers individuals to take control of their nutrition and simplify their daily lives.
Peer Educators Are The Secret Sauce in New Recipe Development and Testing
5 Ways to Use Butternut Squash
Butternut squash is not only delicious but also offers an array of nutritional benefits. Here is a way to prepare it in bulk so you can have it ready to use at a moment’s notice.
Cracking the Vault: Reduced Salt Equals Reduced Blood Pressure
Reducing blood pressure is one of the top ways to reduce the risk of future heart attack and stroke. New research from Northwestern Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the University of Alabama at Birmingham finds that reducing salt intake can drop blood pressure even among those taking medication for hypertension.
Spice Cabinet Organization
Organizing your spice cabinet not only makes cooking more efficient but also creates a visually appealing and enjoyable kitchen space. It's a small investment of time that can have a big impact on your daily cooking routine.
Where Does Sodium Come From?
Where is the sodium in your diet coming from?
High Salt Intake Linked to Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
Nutrition Month (R) 2024
By embracing the "Beyond the Table" theme, you're acknowledging that health is a holistic concept that involves various lifestyle factors. Making informed choices in meal planning, shopping, and exercising contributes to an overall healthier and more balanced lifestyle.
DASH Diet Checklist
The DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet is a dietary plan specifically designed to help prevent and manage hypertension (high blood pressure). It emphasizes the consumption of nutrient-rich foods that are known to lower blood pressure. The DASH diet is often recommended by healthcare professionals as a lifestyle approach to managing blood pressure and improving overall cardiovascular health. Here are the key principles of the DASH diet.
Cracking the Vault: Prescription Produce Program Produces Better Heart Health
Fruits and vegetables are the best prescription to prevent heart disease. Here is a new update.
Top 10 Nutrition Education Lessons for Today’s Consumer
The most important nutrition education message often revolves around promoting a balanced and varied diet. Here are key messages that are supported by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
Most Romantic Healthful Meals for Valentine’s Day
Choosing healthful options for Valentine's Day can still be delicious and enjoyable. Here are some ideas for health-conscious Valentine's Day foods.
Elderberry: Help or Hype?
Do elderberries help or harm our eating plans and health? Here is an updated article on this topic by our dietitian, Lisa Andrews, MEd, RD, LD
Best of FAH: January 2024 Edition
Let’s take a look back at the most popular recipes and articles from January.
Cracking the Vault: Your Brain Off Alcohol
How to Lower Sodium In Your Diet
USDA Publishes Standards for Snack Foods for Schools
The health of today’s school environment continues to improve. Students across the country are now offered healthier school lunches with more fruits, vegetables and whole grains. The Smart Snacks in School standards will build on those healthy advancements and ensure that kids are only offered tasty and nutritious foods during the school day.
What Can Collagen Do for You?
Collagen is an abundant collective tissue protein found in animals with 29 varieties discovered. We obtain collagen from the cartilage, bones, and connective tissue of animals, including fish. Gelatin is one type of collagen as are peptides and amino acids, which are hydrolyzed (AKA broken down).
15 New Year’s Resolution Ideas for Better Health
Setting healthy New Year's resolutions is a great way to start the year with a focus on improving your well-being. Here are 15 healthy resolutions that you might consider - pick your favorite and do one each month of the year:
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