Food fitness for National Nutrition Month
By Amanda Hill
March is National Nutrition Month, an annual healthy eating campaign by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly the American Dietetic Association). This month, registered dietitians are encouraging Americans to “get your plate in shape” by working on your food fitness.
The thing about working out is…it’s hard. It often takes a lot of sweat (and time) to see results. Food fitness, though, is pretty easy. A few simple swaps to your grocery list can have a long-term impact on your family’s healthy eating habits. Here are some suggestions from the Academy for ways to improve your “food fitness”:
read moreStudy: Eat lean beef to lower cholesterol
By Amanda Hill
Healthy eating and improving health habits top the list of New Year’s resolutions for many Texans each year. If eating a heart healthy diet tops your list for 2012, a new study by Pennsylvania State University may give you some pretty tasty motivation.
The recent study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that eating lean beef—including top sirloin, tenderloin and 95 percent lean ground beef—every day could improve LDL cholesterol (“bad” cholesterol) levels by 10 percent. Eat a steak and improve your health? Sounds good to me!
read moreBack to school, back to sack lunches
By Amanda Hill
The back-to-school season is upon us, and each year I still get excited about the thought of crisp notebooks, freshly-sharpened pencils and a brand new lunchbox.
Growing up, packing my lunch was a daily event. My mom or dad would help me assemble a healthy meal of some sort of sandwich, fruit, vegetable or cheese stick and, if I was lucky, a dessert. Certainly there were healthy options offered at my school, but a lunch from home just seemed to give me an extra boost each day.
read moreAm I eating dirty food?
By Amanda Hill
There’s a link circulating via Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites that says we’re all eating dirty food. No, not the “10-second rule” kind. This Men’s Health article claims 10 common foods that we buy at local food stores are contaminated with Salmonella and E. coli. It also claims that we’re all at certain risk of food poisoning…or worse.
Honestly, I didn’t give it much thought the first few times it crossed my Twitter feed. But on the third appearance, I got curious and clicked.
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