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Best Diets 2020

The U.S News & World Report released their Best Diets 2020 annual list this week. A panel of nationally recognized experts in the field of diet, nutrition, obesity, food psychology, diabetes and heart disease reviewed 35 diets in terms of 7 categories: 1) Ease of following 2) ability to produce short-term 3) and long-term weight loss 4) nutritional adequacy 5) safety 6) diabetes prevention and 7)…

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Mango Salsa Recipe

Mango salsa is a year round recipe favorite that has a sweet twist and a jalapeño kick, making it a creative alternative to traditional salsa. Enjoy This healthy, colorful topping on skirt steak, chicken or fish on the grill or serve as a fruity dip for chips. Make from scratch or try these prep short cuts.

Traditional OR Shortcut

Makes 6 Servings

1 pealed, chopped…

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Don't Toss That Food!

Don’t Toss That Food!

Are you tossing too early? “Sell By”, “Use By”, “Expires On” and “Best Before” are examples of the more than ten types of terms placed on our foods. According to research by the Grocery Manufacturers Association and the Food Marketing Institute, these phrases confuse us into thinking that we need to discard the food by the date on the label. Whereas the “Sell By” date is geared towards the…

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#best if used by dates #Date marking #food expiration dates #food safety #maximizing your food dollar #tips to reduce food waste #ways to reduce food waste #ways to save money

Will You Eat CRISPR Food?

Out of the lab and almost ready for prime time, clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) will hit your grocery store shelves in the next few years. It’s a form of biotechnology that edits an organism’s own genes in specific ways to alter expressions that are undesirable such are browning, wilting and mold. It snips and adjusts from within, rather than inserting genes…

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#2016 Food and Health Survey #CRISPR Food #CRISPR Technology #Feeding the World #Food technology #Global Food Supply

It's Not All About the Food

It’s Not All About the Food

I’m a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist which may lead you to believe that I’m hyper focused on diet, but I’m not. Your health and wellness as you live your one life is actually an imperfect balance between healthy eating, exercise, adequate rest and good stress management. Anyone of these in the absence of the others topples your attempts to live your one life to its fullest.

The desire to fuel…

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#Balancing diet and exercise #diet tips #Healthy Lifestyle #How to live healthy

Berry White Chocolate Muffins

I like my muffins fully loaded and that includes fresh, antioxidant rich berries, gut loving, probiotic and protein rich Greek yogurt and a little taste of white chocolate with streusel topping. You’ll notice there’s not a lot of fat but they’re very moist and you can cut back on the sugar if you desire as the berries add a lot of sweetness on their own – your choice.

Preheat oven 350 degrees.…

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#Greek yogurt muffins #Healthy berry muffin recipe

Top 10 Foods of the Decade Twisted Healthy

The NPD Groupis a major market research firm on consumer shopping trends. They surveyed American’s about their eating habits from 2004-2014 and the percentages below represent the greatest percentage of change in consumption rates over the two-week period measured. They found that while we are eating more foods in the home and dining out less, we are not necessarily cooking more. In fact, eight…

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#Food Trends #Healthy Breakfast Bars #Healthy Food Trends #Healthy Pancakes #Healthy yogurt #How to choose healthy chips #Music #What america eats

The Zing Nutrition Bar Difference

Is it a meal or snack? Is it portion controlled or performance enhancing? Is the focus on fiber or protein and is it free of, GMO’s, gluten, artificial flavorings and food dyes, the list is endless. I’ve tested tons of bars with all kinds of suggested advantages in the past year and new products continue to land on my doorstep. Honestly I haven’t blogged about every shipment because I’ve…

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#high protein bars #Meal Replacement Bars #NonGMO Breakfast #nutrition bars #packaged facts #soy free bars #sports nutrition bars #vegan bars #zing bars

6 Easy Tips to Destress Your Holidays

The holidays are stressful for a multitude of reasons. For example, you may have to find the perfect gifts for everyone on your list while managing a budget, juggle year-end workloads, attend a plethora of holiday parties that require a perfect homemade appetizer, decorate the tree, wrap gifts, help kids with homework as the quarter winds down and ensure they have a top notch winter break…

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#Healthy Appetizer recipes #healthy appetizers #Healthy Crock Pot Chicken Tacos #Healthy Holiday Appetizer Recipes #Holiday Appetizer recipes #Mini Bacon and Blue Cheese Wedges #Pear and Smoked Gouda Skewers #Tips to Destress #Tips to Reduce Holiday Stress

EAT! BimBap™ A Healthy Frozen Meal?

Frozen dinners often get a bad rap because they are typically sodium and saturated fat meal bombs formulated into frozen mac-n-cheese, chicken pot pies and Salisbury steak dinners from words I can’t pronounce and neither of us should be eating. They sell well because they’re cheap, convenient and as many would describe, tasty. So what’s a dietitian to do when she gets eight, free frozen TV…

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#Bim Bap #EAT! BimBap™#Healthy Frozen Dinners

The MIND Diet, Power Your Brain

We eat certain types of foods and beverages to fuel our muscles, strengthen our bones and to reduce our blood sugar and blood pressure, so what can we eat and drink to power our brain? With Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and general mental decline on the rise due to our aging population, it’s important for us to bathe our brains in healthy nutrients to prevent or at least slow down these changes…

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#brain food #DASH diet #How the mind diet works #Mediterranean Diet #mind diet

Five Fit Frozen Dinner Tips

Short on time, aren’t we always? If the frozen food aisle is beckoning your name, don’t fear the attraction, there’s no reason to steer clear of these convenient dinner options. Follow these 5 tips for a fitter shopping cart.

Top Five Tips

350-600 calories per serving. Choose meals that fall within this calorie range. Many frozen dinners cater to the lower end as many of us are trying to lose…

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#frozen dinner tips #frozen food tips #frozen meal tips #healthy frozen food tips #healthy frozen meals #how to chose frozen dinner #how to chose frozen meals

#Chicagomarathon Expo, A Dietitian Runs the Aisles

I love sports and nutrition expos with all of the latest and greatest products. You just have to be careful on what and how much you sample. Here’s my dietitian’s review on new products from start to finish.

Kashi launched three new products all dark cocoa based: Go Lean Dark Cocoa Powder Plant Powdered Shake, Go Lean Salted Dark Chocolate & Nuts bars and Dark Cocoa Karm cereal. I didn’t get to…

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#Chicago Marathon #Curate bar nutrition review #Dark Cocoa Karm Cereal review #Go Lean Dark Cocoa Plant Powdered Shake Review #Go Lean Salted Dark Chocolate Nut Bars Review #Kashi #nuun nutrition #Smartypants vitamins #Sports nutrition bar reviews

Rhythm Superfoods, A Healthy Crunch

Life’s a JOURNEY. Bring a SNACK!

Snacking has lots of fans. This practice is up by nine percent since 2014. Busier lifestyles, an increase in smaller households and more flexible meal times are the primary drivers according to research by Technomic Inc. 2016 Consumer Food Trends Report. Consumers want portable, healthy snacks with new and unique flavors. If this is the criteria, Rhythm…

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#Beet chip nutrition #broccoli bites #Healthy Snacks #Kale chip nutrition #Kale chips #Rhythm Foods

Panera: What A Kid's Meal Should Be

Panera: What A Kid’s Meal Should Be

As a parent and as a dietitian, I support restaurants and manufacturers who use clean ingredients, no attention grabbing gimmicks and offer a variety of healthy options for my family and I to choose from. Fort these simple reasons, Panera is my poster child for what a kid’s meal should be.

Clean

The January 2016 Journal of Clinical Pediatrics published research by Batada stating that artificial…

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#Healthy Kids Menu #Healthy Kids Restaurants #Panera Bread #Panera Challenge #Panera NoNo List #Panera Nutrition #The Kids Meal Promise

Feeding Elite Athletes at the Olympic Village

In addition to the 18,000 athletes, more than 500,000 visitors are expected to attend the first Olympics in South America, Rio de Janeiro. An estimated 460,000 pounds of food will be prepared each day in a kitchen the size of a football field. Associate food service director Terri Moreman along with two onsite and two in-the-field dietitians, 20 chefs and 2500 staff are working round the clock to…

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#Athletic nutrition #Elite athlete nutrition #olympic athlete nutrition #Pao de Queijo Recipe #Rio Olympic Village foods #Stephen Lamdin Nutrition #Terri Moreman and Olympic Athletes #what do olympic athletes eat #what olympians eat #Women&039;s Basketball Nutrition

Pressed by KIND: Two Fruits, One Bar

How do they do it and more like how do they keep doing it? KIND is well on it’s way to overhauling the breakfast and snack bar market into something I can really wrap my hand around as a dietitian. Their newest product PressedbyKIND boasts these healthy attributes:

1 cup of Fruit per Bar

50% RDA for Fruit

Gluten Free

Good Source of Fiber

No Sugar Added

Low Glycemic Index

Good Source of Vitamin C

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#KINDnutrition #KINDpartner #PressedbyKIND #atheltic nutrition #cycle nutrition #Healthy Lunch #healthy school lunch #Healthy Snacks #product review

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