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5 01, 2024

How to Embrace Your Best Self through Each Life Cycle

By Rosanne Rust|2024-01-05T13:48:55-05:00January 5th, 2024|DASH Diet/Wellness, Family, Food Facts, Healthy Aging, Weight Management, Wellness|Comments Off on How to Embrace Your Best Self through Each Life Cycle

We are about to embark on the diet industry's favorite month: January. It is hard to believe that the endless cycle of shame, weight loss, weight re-gain, continues to grab people's attention. It's perfectly fine to want to take care of yourself and get back to "normal eating" [...]

30 11, 2021

Reframe the Holidays with Less Stress

By Rosanne Rust|2023-11-16T13:15:37-05:00November 30th, 2021|DASH Diet/Wellness, Weight Management|Comments Off on Reframe the Holidays with Less Stress

The holidays can be a wonderful time of year, but they can also be stressful. You may be dealing with added financial burdens, a heavier work load, scheduling conflicts, or are grieving a recent loss - it all adds up to stressful moments amongst the joyful. That stress impacts your health. [...]

1 09, 2021

Quick & Dirty Tips to Add Fruits and Veggies

By Rosanne Rust|2021-09-01T09:12:45-04:00September 1st, 2021|Easy Cooking, Family meals, Food Facts, Food Trends, Wellness|Comments Off on Quick & Dirty Tips to Add Fruits and Veggies

September is National Fruits & Veggies Month! Your role is important because we are right in the middle of a fruit and vegetable consumption crisis. Close to 9 in 10 Americans still do not eat enough of them! It's the perfect time to set goals to [...]

9 09, 2020

Why Aren’t You Eating More Fruits and Veggies?

By Rosanne Rust|2020-09-09T14:47:23-04:00September 9th, 2020|DASH Diet/Wellness, Easy Cooking, Family, Family meals, Weight Management, Wellness|Comments Off on Why Aren’t You Eating More Fruits and Veggies?

You probably have heard that eating more fruits and vegetables is a healthy habit. You may have seen the MyPlate graphic, which depicts a picture of a plate that is 50% covered in fruits and veggies. So why don't you eat more of them? Better Health, Better Mood [...]

15 05, 2017

Why I Don’t Eat “Clean”

By Rosanne Rust|2023-03-21T12:42:42-04:00May 15th, 2017|DASH Diet/Wellness, Food Facts, Uncategorized|2 Comments

I will be blogging about food facts and sharing information about modern agricultural practices over the next several months. These posts will be notes as sponsored by the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance, but are expressions of my own. Clean eating. I get it. Eating more whole foods [...]

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 [...]

15 11, 2016

Finding a New Holiday Groove: Serve It Up on a Pretty Plate

By Rosanne Rust|2019-06-26T13:53:21-04:00November 15th, 2016|DASH Diet/Wellness, Just for Fun, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Finding a New Holiday Groove: Serve It Up on a Pretty Plate

Guest Blog by Kimberly Bennett, EMU Dietetic Student Want to find a new holiday groove this year? And stick with it? Let’s talk about where to turn when you need some comfort and you think only that big magic plate of cookies will help! Comfort food. We hear about [...]

21 10, 2016

We Went, Saw, Tasted, Heard: Now We Decide

By Rosanne Rust|2023-03-21T12:41:53-04:00October 21st, 2016|DASH Diet/Wellness, Food Facts, Just for Fun, Uncategorized|2 Comments

This year, 10,400 registered dietitians, registered diet technicians and students (along with certified personal trainers, food scientists, and others), went to Boston to participate in the annual conference called FNCE® (food, nutrition conference and expo). I didn't get much sleep there, but had a blast. Opening session was [...]