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UVA Health shares tips for healthy holiday eating
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – UVA Health is sharing tips on how to have a healthy eating balance during the holiday season. “It’s a short period of time. You still need to enjoy yourself, but still always having kind of those big-picture goals.” Katherine Basbaum with UVA Health said Friday, November 17. These goals can be…
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Lay’s Potato Chips May Taste Differently in the Future—Here’s Why That’s a Good Thing
My mom never served a sandwich without including a side of potato chips. It provided the perfect salty crunch to counter my soft turkey sandwich on white bread. Looking back on it now through the lens of a dietitian, that meal was likely one of the saltiest we ate. The combined sodium content of the…
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Minnesota’s Alt-Meat Revolution: Midwesterners open to more plant-based food, but change is hard
MADISON — With three school-aged children involved in athletics and other activities, Kelli and Matt Fernholz know the routine all too well. Many of their evening and weekend hours are spent on the go, kids in tow. Dinner too often means pizza from the gas station or burgers and cheese sticks from fast food restaurants.…
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Keep your brain healthy with these foods
What you eat on a daily basis affects your brain health, and it’s important to have color and variety in your diet. Sponsored by Providence Swedish. SEATTLE — Nutrition plays a significant role in brain health. Providence Swedish is now part of the Teaching Kitchen Collaborative, an international organization that promotes whole food and plant-based…
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PLUM Foundation to host Thanksgiving food distribution in Stuttgart on Monday
An Arkansas-based charitable organization is holding a food distribution event in Stuttgart next week before Thanksgiving. The PLUM Foundation will deliver Thanksgiving baskets on Monday, Nov. 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or until supplies run out at Holy Benton Temple Church of God in Christ at 1208 N. Maple St. in Stuttgart. Dr.…
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SoCal Filipino community Lacks access to healthy food
A Long Beach, California health department’s study indicates that the local Filipino community struggles with accessibility and affordability of healthy food options, according to the Press-Telegram. The Filipino Community Health Needs Assessment surveyed 219 participants as a subset of the 20,000-strong Filipino community in Long Beach. It was originally created to understand the impact of…
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Free 7 Day Healthy Meal Plan (Nov 20-26)
This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy. A free 7-day, flexible weight loss meal plan including breakfast, lunch and dinner ideas and a shopping list. All recipes include macros and Weight Watchers points. Free 7 Day Healthy Meal Plan (Nov 20-26) It’s almost go time! Get that turkey brined and ready! Don’t forget to check out some of my new Thanksgiving…
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Changing Tastes
What we make for dinner, grab as a snack, or have for breakfast changes all the time — and there are some major forces at play: consumer tastes and marketing, but also climate change, global supply chains, nutrition science, health concerns, and social media influencers. On this episode, we’ll look at what we eat and…
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10 Best Frozen Foods at Walmart for Weight Loss
Frozen foods can make meals and snacks convenient, but not all options are created equally. When browsing the frozen section of the store, you’ll find plenty of fried foods, options loaded with sugar, and foods that pack calories with few vitamins and minerals. When selecting foods that will help with weight loss, you’ll likely see…
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Think beyond cranberry sauce
Jessica Lewis / Pexels In the winter, cranberries serve as festive decor on wreaths. However, the best way to enjoy cranberries is as a food. There are so many ways to do so beyond a classic can of cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving (or homemade, if you’re feeling fancy). “Cranberries deserve more love outside of your…
