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10 Whole Food Meals from Daily Harvest That Make Healthy Eating Easier Than Ever
For most of us, spending every day in the kitchen whipping up nutritious, delicious recipes just isn’t possible. After all, there is that little thing called life that just gets in the way. But there are ways you can balance healthy eating habits with responsibilities, commitments, and, let’s be honest, just low-motivational days, and one…
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5 Easter Foods You Should Be Making, Not Buying
Welcome to Thrifty. A weekly column where assistant nutrition editor and registered dietitian, Jessica Ball, keeps it real on how to grocery shop on a budget, make healthy meals for one or two, and make earth-friendly choices without overhauling your entire life. Easter is fast approaching. Even though your celebration might look a little different…
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VA group helps SNAP/EBT users afford fresh foods
During National Nutrition Month, groups like Virginia Fresh Match are providing people with healthy fresh food options. Since 2009, the coalition of farmer’s markets and mobile food stores has been helping people on SNAP or EBT get access to healthier foods. Some groups have found almost 24% of the benefits are used for healthy foods,…
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An avocado a day may improve overall diet quality, researchers report
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Eating one avocado per day may improve overall diet quality, according to a team led by researchers in Penn State’s Department of Nutritional Sciences. Poor diet quality is a risk factor for many diseases, including heart disease, and many American adults have poor diet quality and do not meet key dietary recommendations…
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An avocado a day may improve overall diet quality, researchers report
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Eating one avocado per day may improve overall diet quality, according to a team led by researchers in Penn State’s Department of Nutritional Sciences. Poor diet quality is a risk factor for many diseases, including heart disease, and many American adults have poor diet quality and do not meet key dietary recommendations…
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Can a ‘prescription’ for free fruits and vegetables improve health? Studies say yes.
Aria Bendix Updated March 21, 2024 at 9:39 AM If doctors prescribed fruits and vegetables like medicine, could people improve their health through diet alone? That’s the theory behind a growing number of programs in the U.S. that deliver free produce. These so-called produce prescription programs aim to combat heart problems and obesity-related diseases by…
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This 21-Day Bone Broth Diet Is Trending, But Does It Work For Weight Loss?
Andi Breitowich March 21, 2024 at 7:00 AM “Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” If you’ve seen your favorite wellness influencer sipping bone broth on a cozy morning and raving about its benefits for gut health and inflammation, that sounds about right. After all, the beverage-slash-soup…
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Master Gardener Works to Help Prevent Diabetes Through Fresh Food
HORTICULTURE … Toni Gatlin aims to instill lifelong healthy habits in children PUBLISHED ON March 21, 2024 University of Missouri Extension Master Gardener Toni Gatlin works in Kansas City schoolyards to plant fruit and nut trees and vegetables to teach children about the importance of eating healthy and keeping active. (Photo by Brandon Parigo, University…
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‘I’m a dietician – here are the best ways to stay healthy during Ramadan’
With fasting underway for over a week now, many Muslims will be feeling the effects of not eating or drinking for long periods of time – but a dietician has shared his ways to stay healthy during the Holy month. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, and it marks a period of…
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“What Is Actually Healthy But People Think It Is Not?” (55 Answers)
Bored Panda reached out to Uta Boellinger, a BANT registered nutritionist, who kindly agreed to tell us more about what leads us to believe some things are unhealthy when they are good for us. She explained, “Over the years the food and diet industries have spread so much misinformation in an attempt to sell their…
