Whether you’re packing lunch for yourself or your child, staying healthy at school or the office requires a little bit of extra planning. Here are five easy, packable lunches to help you or your kiddo stay healthy and energized all week long. Monday: Meatless Monday…
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Summertime is a season full of warm weather, vacations and outdoor gatherings, like cookouts, barbecues and pool parties. Amidst the exciting and busy season, it’s easier to feel overwhelmed and harder to stick to your health routines. It doesn’t have to be either-or, though. You…
Do you wait for a new year to begin to set health goals? What if we told you that you could make resolutions on January 1 or June 1 with the same success? That’s because resolutions aren’t just for the new year. Summer is the…
Summer is a great opportunity to get friends and family together for cookouts and potlucks. What guest don’t you want at your gathering, though? Bacteria. With outdoor events in full force, food safety principles should be at the top of mind so you can keep…
A home-cooked meal can often be healthier and cheaper than going out to eat or grabbing takeout. But when it’s the heart of summer and temperatures are high, turning the oven on and heating up your house or apartment is less than ideal. A hot…
Whether you have been on one diet or many diets throughout your lifetime, you are well aware that a diet comes with a set of rules. A diet tells you what to eat, what to avoid and when to eat. What you may not realize…
If you’re under the impression that adopting a healthier diet means saying goodbye to your social life, think again. As a registered dietitian counseling clients on this very subject for close to 20 years, I can attest to how important it is to adopt the…
You may have heard that fiber is good for your digestion and for helping you feel full. What you might not know is that fiber is also important for heart health and that most Americans don’t get enough of it in their daily diets.1 The…