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Mediterranean Diet Linked to Reduced Risk of Breast Cancer, Type 2 Diabetes

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By Rebecca Brundidge For much of the last 30 years, U.S. dietary guidelines have emphasized low-fat diets in an effort to decrease obesity rates and create a healthier population. This paradigm has changed, and in 2015, the previous restriction on percentage of calories from total fat was discontinued. With cardiovascular disease still on the rise …

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The Importance of Family Meals – How to Cook with Kids

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We hear again and again the profound impact sharing family meals can make to kids’ health and well-being.  Breakfast, lunch or dinner, at home or dining out, family meals teach valuable skills, boost confidence and more!  Participating Kids LiveWell and Healthy Dining restaurants can help families sit down together over a meal any day of the week, …

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Don’t Do This if You Want Your Kids to Eat Their Veggies!

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Instead of inspiring your preschooler to eat up all that nutritious food, telling her how healthy it is could lead to some pretty serious consequences, including: Tantrums Making faces Vegetable-filled napkins Overfed dogs Etc. You see where I’m going with this – in most cases it just means more stress for everyone involved. Here’s the lowdown.  Researchers gathered …

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6 Tips to Sidestep Sodium

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Courtesy of Melissa Halas-Liang, MA, RD, CDE of SuperKidsNutrition As a parent concerned about your child’s nutrition, you may already focus on boosting your family’s consumption of a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, and seeds. But do you pay attention to your family’s sodium intake? Consuming too much sodium can increase your risk …

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