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spring clean your diet

5 ways to spring clean your eating habits

Springtime – who isn’t ready for this season following a long, cold winter?  Spring not only reminds us to freshen up our homes but to also take a fresh start, a fresh approach to rethinking old eating habits.  It’s the perfect time to do some spring cleaning by making healthy food swaps kick-starting improvements in…

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By Cheryl Mussatto, MS, RD, LD | Apr 9, 2018
March national nutrition month

“Go further with food” all year long

Each year during the month of March the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics celebrates National Nutrition Month.  Initiated in 1973 as National Nutrition Week, this public education campaign became a month-long observance in 1980 as people began to show a growing interest in nutrition. This year’s theme is “Go further with food” focusing on various…

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By Cheryl Mussatto, MS, RD, LD | Mar 12, 2018
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Get crazy healthy with cruciferous vegetables

Be honest – when’s the last time you went a little crazy and had a cruciferous vegetable?  If it’s been awhile, it’s never too late to change that – these veggies pack a nutritional and inflammation-fighting one-two punch for your health. Cruciferous vegetables are a group of vegetables of the family Brassicaceae (also called Cruciferae)…

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By Cheryl Mussatto, MS, RD, LD | Mar 1, 2018
red foods

8 Red Foods Your Heart Will Love

Normally we are encouraged to “eat a rainbow” of colorful fruits and vegetables. However, “seeing red” will be very popular in the coming weeks thanks to the beloved holiday of Valentine’s Day.   However, February is also American Heart Month making it a perfect time to add in heart healthy red foods into your daily diet….

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By Cheryl Mussatto, MS, RD, LD | Feb 6, 2018
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Healthy Hearts Love Lean Beef

Traditionally, February is the month for lovers and all things heart related.  To celebrate that fact, this month is designated as American Heart Month, educating the public about heart disease reminding us to take care of our one and only ticker. The goal is to help everyone live longer, healthier lives enjoying life to its…

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By Cheryl Mussatto, MS, RD, LD | Feb 1, 2018
Meal prepping

Healthy eating is a snap with meal prepping

Have you ever been crunched for time after work and decided to pick up fast food at the nearest drive-thru for dinner?  Of course you have and so has everybody else.  Rushing around picking up kids after school, attending their sports and school activities, or making it on time to an evening club meeting, leaves…

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By Cheryl Mussatto, MS, RD, LD | Jan 29, 2018
digestive health

8 Tips to Improve your Digestive Health

Your lifestyle and food choices have a strong effect on how your body digests what you eat. You have to eat in order to live but when digestive issues arise such as bloating, constipation, gas, and pain, what normally should be a pleasurable occurrence can take a turn for the worse in a stressed-out stomach…

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By Cheryl Mussatto, MS, RD, LD | Jan 22, 2018
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10 tips for breaking through a weight loss plateau

You go on a weight loss diet, you’re working out and all that efforts has been paying off in just what you wanted – losing weight.  But then, your body suddenly puts the on brakes with the peeling of pounds coming to a screeching halt. What happened and how can you pick up momentum again…

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By Cheryl Mussatto, MS, RD, LD | Jan 8, 2018
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8 easy nutrition resolutions for the New Year

It’s the annual time of year for making a New Year’s Resolution.  According to the most popular Google searches for self-improvement, the top New Year’s resolution for 2017 was to get healthy which had 62,776,640 searches, a 13.77 percent increase over the previous year. One of the very best ways to “get healthy” is to…

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By Cheryl Mussatto, MS, RD, LD | Dec 20, 2017
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Give gifts of health this holiday

The holidays are here and if you haven’t found that perfect gift for that special someone, here are some great ideas.  You won’t find socks or underwear or ties on this holiday list.  This list is meant to show you care about their health especially for someone who could use a bit of nudging towards…

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By Cheryl Mussatto, MS, RD, LD | Dec 11, 2017