The 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs), released by the USDA, encourages healthy dietary patterns at each stage of life. Healthy dietary patterns do not need to be rigid, but rather are flexible and customizable to meet a person’s traditional, personal, and cultural preferences. The Dietary Guidelines make four key […]
Nutrition and Health
Successfully Shopping for One
Shopping and eating for one may have its challenges, but can also be fun since you know what you like and have control and freedom to choose what you want to eat. Plan Ahead Plan out what you will eat each day so that you are prepared when you walk […]
Selecting Healthy Breakfast Cereal for Children
What’s in Your Child’s Breakfast Cereal? While most children’s cereals are fortified with beneficial vitamins and minerals, many are also often highly processed, can be loaded with sugar, and have little to no fiber. Recently, cereal manufacturers have been pressured to modify their recipes to make whole grain the first […]
