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Diet and Nutrition

    Healthy Eating Made Easy

    Maintaining a healthy, nutritious diet doesn't need to be complicated. All it takes is a little advance planning. From finding fun ways to eat veggies to picking the most nutrient-packed foods and feeling full with fiber, find the tips you need to eat smart, stay well and slim down or maintain a healthy weight.

    Power Through Your Day

    Find energy boosters, bone builders and more.

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    Healthy Breakfasts

    Food Remedies in Your Kitchen

    Prevent -- or improve -- common health conditions with these foods.

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    Diet Action Plans

    How to Be a Healthier Cook

    Learn how to select, buy and prepare food for maximum nutrition.

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    Fresh Ideas

    Helping America Eat Smart

    Most Americans agree that eating a proper diet is important. In reality, though, our daily eating habits don't always measure up. Luckily, these top advocates are spreading the word on how to make healthy food choices. Meet the Top 10 Influencers in Nutrition. 

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    Healthy Moves

    Make healthy choices with every meal you eat. Fill half your plate with fruits and vegetables, make at least half your grains whole, switch to fat-free or low-fat milk and vary your protein choices—fish, lean beef or skinless poultry are always great options. Go meatless occasionally with protein from dried beans or peas.

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    Calories Up, Nutrition Down

    Americans eat a whopping 300+ more calories today than they did back in 1985. What’s worse: Nearly 50% of those calories come from added sweeteners or fat. Try this simple trick to pay closer attention to what you eat – and even double your weight loss.

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    Portion Distortion

    Food portions have changed drastically over the last 20 years. An average bagel used to be 3 inches wide and 140 calories. Now, a bagel is 6 inches wide and 350 calories—that’s 2.5 times more calories! Test your healthy eating smarts by taking our Portion Control quiz.

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    Eat Smart, Fight Disease

    Healthy eating can reduce the risk for heart disease, stroke, diabetes and lung, prostate, stomach and colon cancers. Want more tips on living a longer live? Take our quiz for more tips and tricks you can do every day for a fuller, healthier and longer life.

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    Diet and Nutrition Q&As

    Keri Gans, MS, RD
    Keri Gans, MS, RD
    Nutrition & Dietetics
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    What are healthy snack options?
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    Think of a healthy snack as a mini meal (one that includes protein and carbs). Portions should be smaller than at breakfast, lunch, or dinner, and chances are this mini meal is not going to be found in the vending machine. Here are . . .


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    Q What should I do when I'm stressed and crave junk food? Q Why should I avoid processed foods?
    Q What foods should I have in my pantry? Q What should I know before I try a vegetarian diet?
    Q Which foods can help me maintain high energy levels? Q Why should I avoid processed foods?
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    Smart Shopper

    Try these tips to save money and make healthier choices at the supermarket.


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    Connect with an Expert

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    Nutrition & Dietetics
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    What's Your RealAge?

    Find out how your diet is affecting your RealAge and receive a custom action plan to grow younger.


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    Easy Baked Salmon

    Salmon provides heart-healthy omega-3 fats and vitamin D, which most people don't get enough of. Vitamin D is critical for strong bones.


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    Get Kids to Eat Their Veggies

    Many kids won't touch broccoli or other strong-flavored vegetables with a 10-foot fork. Here's one way to get them happily eating more of the green stuff.


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    Eat Your Medicine
    By Mark Hyman, MD

    Food is the most powerful medicine available to heal chronic disease. All you need to do is think of your grocery store as your pharmacy. We are learning from research in this nutrigenomics that food "talks" to our DNA, switching on or off genes that lead to health or disease. What you eat programs your body with messages of health or illness . . .


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    Welcome to the group. It's nice that you've joined up to work with everyone on achieving goals. There is a weekly weigh-in thread, too, if you're up for it. We don't have to post our weight, but we can mention how we've done this week, if we're up or down, tired, anxious -- all that good stuff. Glad you're on board. 

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