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National Nutrition Month

2 03, 2017

Beef: Know Your Cut

By Rosanne Rust|2023-03-21T12:42:21-04:00March 2nd, 2017|DASH Diet/Wellness, Easy Cooking, Food Facts, Heart Disease, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Beef: Know Your Cut

I will be blogging this month about how you can incorporate beef into your healthy diet. These posts are sponsored by the Northeast Beef Promotion Initiative and the Pennsylvania Beef Council, but are expressions of my own. My goal is to help you enjoy eating for better health. [...]

28 02, 2017

5 Simple Steps to March into Better Habits

By Rosanne Rust|2023-03-21T12:42:18-04:00February 28th, 2017|DASH Diet/Wellness, Easy Cooking, Food Facts, Uncategorized, Weight Management|Comments Off on 5 Simple Steps to March into Better Habits

Wow. It's March already. And you know what that means? Registered Dietitians are all hopped up on nutrition tips, now more than ever! It's National Nutrition Month®! via GIPHY Every year, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics uses the month of March as an additional platform to encourage [...]

24 03, 2016

A Fresh Start this Spring: Adding Flavor with Less Salt

By Rosanne Rust|2023-03-21T12:41:07-04:00March 24th, 2016|DASH Diet/Wellness, Easy Cooking, Heart Disease|Comments Off on A Fresh Start this Spring: Adding Flavor with Less Salt

There's something about spring. It's a time for fresh starts and fresh air.  National Nutrition Month® is all about celebrating eating for good health, and springtime somehow gives us a boost - helps us want to make some healthy changes in our lives. While salt is a common and [...]

17 03, 2016

Flavor Meets Lifestyle on the Road to Health

By Rosanne Rust|2023-03-21T12:41:07-04:00March 17th, 2016|DASH Diet/Wellness, Food Facts, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Flavor Meets Lifestyle on the Road to Health

When you think about "healthy eating", does "food that tastes good" come to mind? The National Nutrition Month theme, Savor the Flavor of Eating Right, encourages you to enjoy a healthy diet. Flavor definitely rules when it comes to choosing foods to eat, but of course health matters too. Can you [...]

2 03, 2016

What Flavors Do You Savor?

By Rosanne Rust|2023-03-21T12:41:05-04:00March 2nd, 2016|DASH Diet/Wellness, Uncategorized|1 Comment

March is National Nutrition Month®. Each year, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics creates a new theme geared toward helping the public eat a healthier diet, and enjoy a healthy lifestyle. This year's theme is: "Savor the Flavor of Eating Right". I'm always excited about National Nutrition Month® because it's [...]

2 03, 2015

National Nutrition Month® 2015

By Rosanne Rust|2023-03-21T12:39:55-04:00March 2nd, 2015|DASH Diet/Wellness, Uncategorized|Comments Off on National Nutrition Month® 2015

March is National Nutrition Month®, a special month when registered dietitians-nutritionists (RDNs) send out extra special messages to consumers about healthy eating and lifestyle. Source: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Each year the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics chooses a campaign theme. This year's theme: "Bite [...]

19 03, 2014

10 Tips for Healthy Eating – For Your Body and Mind

By Rosanne Rust|2023-03-21T12:39:16-04:00March 19th, 2014|Uncategorized, Weight Management|Comments Off on 10 Tips for Healthy Eating – For Your Body and Mind

You probably read a lot about what's healthy to eat, or what's not. But I contend that eating habits and behaviors associated with food (healthy food or junk food) are more important than hyper-focusing on exactly which healthy foods to eat (don't get me wrong - including healthy [...]

13 03, 2014

Sowing Your Oats

By Rosanne Rust|2014-03-13T14:00:10-04:00March 13th, 2014|Food Facts, Heart Disease, Uncategorized|1 Comment

A friend recently asked me about freezing oatmeal. She was concerned that her method of making steel cut oats ahead, and then freezing it in muffin cups for later use, may impact the nutrient level of the oatmeal. The minimal, if any, nutrients lost in freezing cooked oats [...]

11 03, 2014

Try A New Vegetable for National Nutriton Month®

By Rosanne Rust|2023-12-19T14:36:17-05:00March 11th, 2014|Easy Cooking, Food Facts, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Try A New Vegetable for National Nutriton Month®

When I was a kid, my father and grandfather grew a huge vegetable garden. Between the two of them we had a variety of tomatoes, peas, string beans, greens, squash, broccoli, corn, onions, potatoes, carrots, and beets. There's a picture in my parent's family album of me holding [...]

20 03, 2013

Shop Smart: The Lure of Junk Food

By Rosanne Rust|2013-03-20T10:00:32-04:00March 20th, 2013|Food Facts, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Shop Smart: The Lure of Junk Food

I just read "The Extraordinary Science of Junk Food" by Michael Moss in the NY Times recently. It certainly was a thought-provoking read (and fairly long, so allow yourself some time). It addresses not only the profit-seeking aspect of junk food companies, but also the company's goals to [...]