5 reasons fat is your friend

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5 reasons fat is your friend

It’s hard to tell from week to week whether fat is supposed to be your friend or your foe.  When we talk about fats, understand it’s the type of fat that matters.  There are really good, healthy fats for you – monounsaturated and polyunsaturated - and then there are the not-so-good fats you should avoid – saturated and trans fat.    Being able to sort out the “wheat from the chaff” or in this case, the “healthy fats from the unhealthy fats” can set you on the path towards making smart choices impacting your health.

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DASH Diet Named Best Diet Overall

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DASH Diet Named Best Diet Overall

U.S. News & World Report has once again named the DASH Diet the 'Best Diet Overall.' DASH stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. This type of eating is mainly used for improving high blood pressure through an emphasis on portion size, eating a variety of foods and getting the right amount of nutrients. The food emphasized in this type of diet are whole grains, fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy, fish, poultry, nuts and legumes. It does allow for small amounts of red meat and sweeter items. 

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Put the pinch on salt to reduce hypertension

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Put the pinch on salt to reduce hypertension

Reducing your salt or sodium intake is an important step in reducing hypertension or high blood pressure.  When was the last time you had your blood pressure checked?   Do you ask and do you know what your blood pressure is?  These are questions everyone should have answers to.  It is often referred to as “the silent killer” as it often has no warning signs or symptoms.  That’s why it’s important to have it checked regularly and why it is always checked at any visit to a doctor’s office.

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“Clean” up your diet and change your life

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“Clean” up your diet and change your life

For the past several years there has been a dietary term called “clean eating” or “eating clean” that has followed on the heels of the organic, local and slow food movements.  Clean eating simply means eating foods in their most natural, whole state as possible while reducing the intake of processed and packaged foods to a bare minimum.  Foods eliminated would be prepared items such as frozen pizza, boxed or canned goods, sugary desserts, soft drinks, or anything that contains unnecessary food additives such as high fructose corn syrup, other added sugars, excess salt or chemical preservatives. 

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The magic of family meals – a secret to raising good kids

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The magic of family meals – a secret to raising good kids

Want to know a secret to raising happy, healthy, well-adjusted children?  Eat meals together as a family as often as you can.  This one simple yet often hard to make happen activity is so important it should be a main priority of strengthening your family.  Once you have children, sitting down to eat a  meal as a family is difficult when competing with conflicting schedules and other factors – jobs, sport practices and games, school meetings, club activities – it’s a struggle but it is vital to giving your child the advantage they need to succeed in this world. 

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