Category Archives: Nutrition

Recipe: Veggies in a Blanket

This quick recipe is perfect for your kid’s lunch box or for your upcoming Labor Day party (just cut the large rolls into 5 small rolls to make finger foods) !  Veggies in a Blanket are filled with fiber and other … Continue reading

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Have a Food Craving? Check out this guide…

With a little preparation, you can satisfy your craving while saving calories.  Use this guide and enjoy! If you are craving… Have This: Why? Apple Pie Cinnamon Apple Delight Core an apple, & peel 1/3 of the way. Sprinkle the … Continue reading

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Could there be an Anti-Diabetes Vitamin?

Before people develop type 2 diabetes, they usually have prediabetes or impaired fasting blood glucose.  Prediabetes means that your blood sugar level is higher than normal, but not yet high enough to be classified as type 2 diabetes (over 100 … Continue reading

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New PLC Recipe: White Bean, Tomato, & Green Bean Salad

Planning a barbecue this weekend? Add some cancer-fighting and cholesterol-lowering fiber to the menu with this refreshing and delicious bean based salad! White Bean, Tomato, and Green Bean Salad Serves: 4 Dressing: 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 1 tablespoon balsamic … Continue reading

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Nix the soda, protect your heart

A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows that even low consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages can contribute to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Sugary drinks such as soda, sports drinks and other sugar-sweetened beverages have … Continue reading

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Is “MyPlate” on your table?

At the beginning of June, a new nutrition initiative was introduced with a simple, consumer-friendly image called MyPlate.  MyPlate is a symbol that looks like a dinner plate.  The plate is divided into four sections (see image below).  Two of … Continue reading

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What’s Really In Your Vitamins?

  If you have ever wondered what’s the best brand of vitamin or whether the more expensive ones are any better then here is a website you need to know about. ConsumerLab.com is an independent testing laboratory that analyzes what … Continue reading

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Five Cancer-Fighting Changes You Can Make This Week!

By: Karen McPartland, RD Senior Dietitian According to the National Cancer Institute, about eighty percent of cancers are due to identified factors and some of these factors can potentially be controlled. Thirty percent of cancers are due to tobacco use, … Continue reading

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