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24 03, 2021

Personalizing Your Plate

By |2023-05-26T11:44:43-04:00March 24th, 2021|DASH Diet/Wellness, Easy Cooking, Family meals, Food Facts, Food Trends, Healthy Aging, Heart Disease, Recipe, Weight Management, Wellness|Comments Off on Personalizing Your Plate

This year's theme for National Nutrition Month® is about personalizing your plate. I encourage you to work on this all year long. Every five years the USDA publishes the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA). The DGA are dietary guidelines based on the current body of evidence that associates [...]

17 02, 2014

Set Simple Personal Goals for Heart Month

By |2014-02-17T16:34:43-05:00February 17th, 2014|Heart Disease, Uncategorized|1 Comment

Do you feel tired, have high blood pressure, get short of breath doing daily activities, have high cholesterol or triglyceride levels? If so, it's time to check in with your doctor. This is the time of year to assess your health, and start taking action to manage any [...]