Get Your Plate In Shape

“Get Your Plate In Shape” is the 2012 theme for National Nutrition Month. The theme is encouraging consumers to eat the recommended amounts of vegetables, fruits, grains, protein, and dairy foods. The idea for this theme resulted from the USDA launching...

Eating Healthy on the Run

In our fast-paced lifestyle, things often get squeezed out or skipped if time is limited.  As a result, many people are skipping breakfast not realizing the benefits of this important meal.  Or you may just be stuck in a rut eating the same food each morning for...

The Nutrition Challenge

It seems everyone is always looking for the latest, greatest health fad, craze, or new super food. We forget that staying with simple basics can have great benefit. Why does eating more fruits and vegetables seem boring and why is it so hard to actually do it each...