March is National Nutrition Month

Posted on March 6, 2015 by TP Mechanical

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National Nutrition Month is designed to promote nutrition education and information. Created by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the campaign focuses attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating habits. For 2015, the theme is “Bite into a Healthy Lifestyle,” which encourages everyone to adopt eating and physical activity plans that are focused on consuming fewer calories, making informed food choices and getting daily exercise.

You can participate in National Nutrition Month by preparing nutritious meals for dinner and keeping healthful snacks on hand. You can also work on making every month a nutrition month by creating a nutrition plan at choosemyplate.gov.

Try some of these foods when hunger strikes

Posted on July 15, 2013 by TP Mechanical

This article gives some good tips on foods which will fill you longer and help stop hunger cravings. Read more via http://www.everydayhealth.com/digestive-health-pictures/satisfy-your-appetite-with-these-delicious-choices.aspx?pos=1&xid=nl_EverydayHealthDietandNutrition_20130710#/slide-11

Would you like more energy?

Posted on June 25, 2013June 25, 2013 by TP Mechanical

Start With a Better Breakfast

Don’t let lack of time or other hurdles keep you from having a balanced breakfast. Research shows many benefits of eating breakfast every morning.

Read via Start With a Better Breakfast – Everyday Nutrition: Finding the Flavor – Everyday Health.

Lose Weight With These 5 Surprising Foods

Posted on May 30, 2013 by TP Mechanical

Is peanut butter really a diet food? Even some high-calorie eats can help you shed pounds, some by making you feel full, others by actually blocking the formation of fat cells.

How can changing your diet improve your longevity?

Posted on May 4, 2013May 3, 2013 by TP Mechanical

Eating Right to Extend Your Life

Maintaining a healthy diet and a focus on proper nutrition can add years to your life.

By Amy Paturel

Face-lifts, Botox injections, and other anti-aging procedures are all the rage — yet doctors still haven’t developed a surgical procedure that will add years to your life (angioplasty doesn’t count). “With enough money, you can always look good on the outside,” says Ralph Felder, M.D., Ph.D., coauthor of The Bonus Years Diet. “Reversing the aging process internally is much more difficult.” And while a healthy diet won’t necessarily make you look like Demi Moore, it can extend your life.

To get some perspective on what proper nutrition and diet can mean for your health, think of your body as an engine — a machine. The higher the octane of the fuel you put into it, the better it’s going to run. Now consider what might happen to your internal machinery after ten years of fueling up on double burgers, fries, and milkshakes: painfully slow blood flow, and hardened arteries. Not pretty.

Here’s the good news: By changing your diet and starting to eat right, you can increase your chances for enjoying a longer life. Here’s how to start:

Milk! What! Has healthy advantages?

Posted on April 11, 2013 by TP Mechanical

The article below from Everyday Health has great information as to why everyone should be drinking milk. After reading this article let us know if you will start adding milk back into your diet.

9 Things You Never Knew About Milk – Diet and Nutrition Center – Everyday Health.

Can a Diabetes Diet Include Fruit?

Posted on April 9, 2013 by TP Mechanical

Although fruit contains sugar, it’s also loaded with essential vitamins, minerals, and fiber. Learn how fruit can be part of a healthy type 2 diabetes diet.

To continue reading article via Can a Diabetes Diet Include Fruit? – Type 2 Diabetes Center – Everyday Health.