Dec 3, 2014 | Blog, Healthy Eating
When you prepare your favorite recipe for dinner, do you find yourself adding salt and butter to make it extra mouth-watering? Here in the good ole South, the more salt and butter the better (ask Paula Deen), right? Although adding salt and butter to recipes may make...
Nov 19, 2014 | Blog, Healthy Eating, Weight Maintenance
Thanksgiving is around the corner, and with it comes lots and lots of delicious food. Often we celebrate this holiday by overeating and—quite frankly—indulging to our heart’s desire. What’s the harm in a little weight gain anyway? Actually, quite a lot! The State of...
Nov 10, 2014 | Blog, Healthy Eating, Weight Maintenance
It’s almost Thanksgiving, and for most Americans this means eating – lots of eating, followed by weight gain. The average American consumes 3,000 calories and 225 grams of fat during one Thanksgiving meal. This doesn’t include the alcoholic drinks and high-caloric...
Nov 4, 2014 | Blog, Diabetes, Healthy Eating
When you have diabetes, it is often confusing to know what foods are okay to eat with a diabetic diet. You have probably gotten advice from numerous people and have heard things like “just stay away from added sugar” or “avoid white foods.” Blood sugar...
Nov 2, 2014 | Blog, Weight Loss, Weight Maintenance
Do you eat when you are feeling stress? You are not alone and there is a very good reason for it. Stress causes the adrenal glands to release the hormone cortisol, which increases your appetite. If stress is persistent, cortisol levels in your body will stay...
Oct 9, 2014 | Blog, Child Nutrition, Cholesterol Management
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 71 million Americans (nearly 34%) have high cholesterol, called hypercholesterolemia. Even the average adult American has a cholesterol level of 200 mg/dL. This is just at the borderline for being considered...
