Calling All Soccer Moms

It’s official, I am a soccer mom.  My 4 year old son just played in his first soccer game.  It is too early to tell if he will be the next David Beckham but he did look pretty cute in his uniform.

He wasn’t the only thing that caught my eye during the game.  I also [...]

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Struggling to get your preschooler to eat fruits and veggies?

As a dietitian and mom, friends will often ask me how to get their preschool-aged child to eat fruits and vegetables.  The question always brings back memories of being a kid and sitting at the dinner table long after everyone was done with a plate of peas in front of me.  My parents wouldn’t let me [...]

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Run Carrie Run

If you’ve read the last two articles posted you may be noticing a trend.  This month we all agreed to write about how we are challenging ourselves to become more physically fit.  So for the last couple of months I’ve been training for the Gretna Days Resurrection Run.  I am not what you would call [...]

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Choline – The Hot New Pregnancy Nutrient

Last year at this time I was pregnant and I didn’t give the nutrient, choline much attention.  After attending a conference last week I wish I would have.  Choline started to get the interest of nutrition researchers when it was found that fetal rats whose mothers didn’t get enough choline in their diets had less [...]

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