About: Audra Losey, MS, RD

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Vegetable Sushi Rolls

Venturing to try sushi wasn't easy for me at first. You could say I was a tad bit hesitant about trying a food associated with raw meat. If I wasn't feeling enough pressure already, on one of my first visits to my future in-laws' home, we dined on sushi rolls (thankfully with fully cooked meat), bulgogi (a Korean barbecued beef), and fried rice. My husbands' maternal grandmother is from Okinawa, Japan and I wanted to embrace the family's culture and keep away the
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A Woman’s Healthy Choices Affect More Than Herself

And that's a wonderful thing!  Think of those around you when you need some extra motivation to eat nutritiously and be physically active.  As friends, daughters, wives, and mothers, our healthy behaviors can positively influence those around us.   As friends... After graduating from college, I worked long hours at a consulting firm and often didn't know what time I'd leave at the end of each day.  The only time I really had to exercise was five o'clock in the morning.  Every day
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Caffeine? Check.

I almost feel guilty writing about watching your caffeine intake because it is one of my "habits to work on".  Despite the summer heat, I still enjoy wrapping my hands around a warm cup of coffee in the morning. I may think I'm a little dependent on caffeine, to say the least, but I recognize the good in taking a reality check to see just how much I need it. The good news: if you can get past a few headaches and sleepy
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