Category Archives: Nutrition

Fuel Your Day & Help Protect Your Kids from Obesity

Whether you sit down at the kitchen table and eat a bowl of cereal with fruit or grab something quick as you run out the door, starting your morning off with breakfast is an important part of being healthy. Even if you’ve never put the two together, your presence (or absence) in the morning may play a role in your own child’s breakfast habits. A recent study from Oklahoma State University took a closer look at the relationship between “parental presence”
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Nutrition Confusion?

This article is written by our guest blogger Beth Bruck-Upton, MA, RD.  She is the Director of Nutrition Affairs for the American Dairy Association/Dairy Council of Nebraska. Anytime I am at a gathering where I am meeting new people, the question always comes up "What do you do for a living?" Naturally I respond that I am a Registered Dietitian and explain my responsibilities. It seems that from then on the entire mood of the group changes.  People begin to pay
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Invest in One Good Cookbook

I'm embarrassed to admit that I own enough cookbooks to fill up four bookshelves.  While some have sat on my shelf for years collecting dust, Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything gets pulled out over and over again.  It's the book I turn to when I want to make something but don't quite know how or when I just need a trustworthy resource.  When I'm going to try a new technique, even if I have a recipe, I always compare my
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