Category Archives: Nutrition

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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An RD in the Dairy World

Karen Kafer is a registered dietitian (RD) and Vice President of Health Partnerships-Nutrition Affairs for the National Dairy Council (NDC). Karen is a guest blogger.

As a dietitian, I have spent over 30 years working in food and nutrition communications. I have long had a passion for public and private partnerships and collaborations that help advance public health, and I greatly enjoy working on behalf of America's dairy farmers with leading health and nutrition organizations. I am excited

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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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