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Jill Helpful Hint's to make having 6 meals a day easy!

Whole-fat dairy products

The list below will help make eating 6 meals a day easy. When you are picking out what to eat plan ahead for the next day. When you are shopping take this list with you. It will help you make wise choices. Below are helpful hints on eating healthy. Continue

Added by Jill on January 3, 2009 at 9:56pm — 1 Comment

Lisa Nelson Trans Fats Banned in California Restaurants

Good news if you live in California! Starting in 2010 restaurants will be banned from using trans fats in food preparation. This will be a major benefit to those of you struggling to lower total cholesterol, low LDL "bad" cholesterol, or raise HDL "good" cholesterol. To improve your lipid profile you should follow a diet with less than 30% daily calories from fat. IdeContinue

Added by Lisa Nelson on October 13, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments

Mike Foster Viva Avocado!

As much as I love eating avocados today, it's hard to image that I didn't taste my first one until I was well into my twenties. I grew up in a small town in a small New England state. Our foods of choice leaned more toward clam cakes and chowder than tacos and enchiladas. Avocado? I hadn't a clue what one was. And don't even get me going about guacomole.… Continue

Added by Mike Foster on September 19, 2008 at 5:09pm — 2 Comments

Lisa Nelson Your Checklist to Lower Cholesterol

Here’s a checklist of the top 8 things you must do if you want to successfully lower your cholesterol and keep it low. Know your numbers Have you had a lipid profile? Do you understand the numbers? If you are going to successfully lower cholesterol you need to know your numbers and what they mean. The most effective way to raise HDL is not necessarily the best way to lower LDL. Evaluate your lifestyle There are risk factors for high cholesterol that you can not control, such as… Continue

Added by Lisa Nelson on September 12, 2008 at 3:40pm — 2 Comments

Diana Young, RD, LD/N, CDE Healthy vs Harmful Fats

Healthy fats Healthy fats can lower your risk of heart disease by reducing the total and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels in your blood. Cholesterol, which your body produces for building cells, is the main substance in fatty deposits (plaques) that can develop i… Continue

Added by Diana Young, RD, LD/N, CDE on May 4, 2008 at 7:01am — 3 Comments

Diana Young, RD, LD/N, CDE What You Can Do to Raise Your Good Cholesterol – HDL

To understand how lifestyle affects our heart health, let’s take a look at how cholesterol works in the body. The liver produces and the diet provides cholesterol, which is carried by LDL (the “bad” cholesterol) throughout the body, serving vital functions. The HDL then shuttles t… Continue

Added by Diana Young, RD, LD/N, CDE on April 3, 2008 at 4:03pm — 5 Comments

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Bicycling! The United States is among the nations with the highest obesity rate in the world, obesity has been a difficult issue to deal with in the social life of us Americans, and in the last decade we have really led the way in overweight pe...
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Oh, I wish I could run a healthy restaurant or food store selling healthy prepared goodies... but it takes a lot of money and a lot of effort to compete with big ones! ................ :(
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Good advise! Luckily, I haven't had any of those problems. I had a healthy veggie meal with Brazilian Nut Roast en Croûte I made from scratch with potatoes, carrots, and peas on the side... and I even made my own gravy from scratch... :) See pos...
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I had a healthy Thanksgiving at home with my family. It took a big effort and long time to cook everything but it was worth it! I made a Brazilian Nut Roast en Croûte from scratch the day before just to be sure it came out OK. Also, I made vegg...
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