The USDA’s food guidance system is a guideline to help you eat a variety of foods while encouraging the right amount of calories and fat. It’s divided into the following five food group categories that build the MyPlate symbol.
Table salt, also known as sodium chloride, is a regular dinner guest at Thanksgiving. If this particular condiment is a highly featured ingredient in your Thanksgiving meal, it may be more than just your in-laws making your blood pressure rise.
Millions of Americans regularly skip breakfast for many reasons. Some of those reasons include wanting to lose weight or oversleeping. But according to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, eating breakfast helps with brain function, attention span, concentration, and memory. Eating breakfast can reduce irritability and tiredness. It also helps prevent overeating later in the day.
With the growing size of restaurant portions, it’s no wonder that we have a poor handle on what meal proportions should actually look like. If the U.S. were to improve portion sizes more closely aligned with daily caloric goals, daily energy consumed from food among U.S. adults would drop 22 to 29 percent. That’s over 500 extra calories a day we consume just because the size of our food is…well, oversized! Arming yourself with the knowledge of portion sizes and planning ahead can help you succeed in the long run with weight loss efforts.
Looking for the perfect side dish that takes under 30 minutes to prepare? Skillet zucchini with chopped tomatoes will satisfy every craving without adding to the waistline. You can even eat it as the entrée by serving it over pasta or rice.
Fall in Arkansas is one of our favorite seasons. A crisp chill fills the air, leaves on the trees turn to beautiful reds and oranges, and all over the state you can hear people pull out their slow-cookers and Dutch ovens to make their favorite fall recipes. It may be tempting to grab every can of Cream of Chicken condensed soup and live on that for the next few months; we’ll help you resist the urge with these fresh fall recipes with a healthier approac.