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21 01, 2023

Try something different: Bean Toast

By Rosanne Rust|2023-07-31T11:49:54-04:00January 21st, 2023|DASH Diet/Wellness, Easy Cooking, Family meals, Food Facts, Food Trends, Healthy Aging, Heart Disease, Recipe, Weight Management, Wellness|Comments Off on Try something different: Bean Toast

Move over avocado toast, I'm starting a new trend: Bean Toast. Beans are rich in fiber, a great source of potassium, and magnesium. Most Americans need more fiber in their diets. The recommended daily intake is 25 grams of fiber a day. One half cup of beans provides [...]

24 03, 2021

Personalizing Your Plate

By Rosanne Rust|2023-10-11T11:03:47-04:00March 24th, 2021|DASH Diet/Wellness, Easy Cooking, Family meals, Food Facts, Food Trends, Healthy Aging, Heart Disease, Recipe, Weight Management, Wellness|Comments Off on Personalizing Your Plate

This year's theme for National Nutrition Month® is about personalizing your plate. I encourage you to work on this all year long. Every five years the USDA publishes the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA). The DGA are dietary guidelines based on the current body of evidence that associates [...]

2 01, 2020

DASH Diet Continues in Top 3 with Best Diet Ranking

By Rosanne Rust|2023-06-10T11:29:25-04:00January 2nd, 2020|Book Review, DASH Diet/Wellness, Easy Cooking, Health Professionals, Heart Disease, Weight Management, Wellness|Comments Off on DASH Diet Continues in Top 3 with Best Diet Ranking

The news is in. For a decade, the DASH Diet has been ranked as one of the top 3 diets by an expert panel at US News and World Report (#1 for eight years, and #2 the last two).  It tied with a Flexitarian Diet (4/.1/5), and was [...]

19 03, 2019

3 Easy Steps to Planning Family Snack Time

By Rosanne Rust|2023-03-21T12:43:51-04:00March 19th, 2019|DASH Diet/Wellness, Family meals, Food Facts, Food Trends|Comments Off on 3 Easy Steps to Planning Family Snack Time

I've written about family mealtime in the past, and have supported the idea of "eating together is better" since the late 1990s. We know sitting down to eat together supports the physical and emotional growth of children, but consumer data is showing that snacks are often making up [...]

27 02, 2019

Snacking Can Be Heart-Healthy

By Rosanne Rust|2023-03-21T12:43:51-04:00February 27th, 2019|DASH Diet/Wellness, Food Facts, Food Trends, Heart Disease, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Snacking Can Be Heart-Healthy

It's Heart Month, and it's a good idea to gradually add more heart-healthy foods to your overall diet. If you are trying to follow a DASH Diet plan and lifestyle, one strategy is to choose well at snack time. Research about how consumers eat is showing that snacks [...]

25 09, 2018

Sneak some Healthy into Your Tailgate Party

By Rosanne Rust|2019-08-27T15:52:05-04:00September 25th, 2018|DASH Diet/Wellness, Easy Cooking, Family meals, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Sneak some Healthy into Your Tailgate Party

Tailgate season is in full swing. If you have high blood pressure you may think that you can't enjoy special events, or that you'll "have to cheat on your diet" if you do. This is just not true if you take an active role in making healthy choices [...]

5 06, 2018

Easy Ways to Create a Plant-Based Summer Menu

By Rosanne Rust|2023-03-21T12:43:44-04:00June 5th, 2018|DASH Diet/Wellness, Easy Cooking, Family meals, Food Facts, Healthy Aging, Weight Management|1 Comment

The calendar may not officially say "summer" but that summertime vibe is definitely here. Somehow summertime seems to be less scheduled than other months of the year. This lack of structure can unknowingly impact your eating plan. You may find yourself on vacation, taking a long weekend, running [...]