Six Things You May Not Have Known About Your Digestive System
In the last blog, we learned about nutrition, but do you know anything about the bodily system that takes the nutrients and turns it into fuel for your body?
Category: Health & Nutrition
Tips for Eating Healthy with Your Family
Food is an integral part of who we are and impacts our lives, therefore eating nutritious and healthy food is essential.
Dine-In Day is Monday, December 3!
There’s a nationwide obesity epidemic, especially in children and teens, and a lot of that has to do with unhealthy eating and lack of food preparation knowledge. Research has shown that the whole family benefits from family mealtime… Read More
Climate Change is a Current, and Future Issue
The nation’s economy, public health, infrastructure, and natural resources face an immediate and continued threat from climate change impacts, warns the comprehensive 4th National Climate Assessment (NCA4) released last Friday. The report is broken down into chapters on… Read More
November is National Diabetes Month
Sierra Ditto Dietetic Intern Bay Pines VA Healthcare System Diabetes affects over 30 million Americans. In fact, every year over one million Americans are diagnosed. In addition, many more people who have diabetes go undiagnosed. Since November is… Read More
Step Aside Halloween-Let’s celebrate seafood too!
Jared Mason Dietetic Intern Bay Pines VA Healthcare System October has arrived! While October is synonymous with Halloween for many of us, let’s not forget that October is National Seafood Month. In celebration of this month-long extravaganza, we… Read More
Celebrate the Goodness of Whole Grains
Brittany Thomas Dietetic Intern- Bay Pines VA Bay Pines Health Care System The month of September is National Whole Grains Month which means it’s time to explore the many different flavors, textures, and nutritional benefits that whole grains… Read More
‘Got Milk’-Dairy or Non-dairy?
Shannon Parks, Dietetic Intern Bay Pines VA Healthcare System June is Dairy Month and a good time to celebrate the many benefits of dairy products, particularly milk. There is a controversy brewing over what should be called milk…. Read More
Probiotics: for your gut and much more
Joseph Buchman, Dietetic Intern Bay Pines Health Care System Whether it be on the news, in magazines, or overheard in the grocery store check-out line, it is likely you have heard about probiotics recently. Lately it seems everyone… Read More
Get Kids Cooking….to help them eat right!
August is Kids Eat Right Month and one of the best ways to get help your kids make healthy food choices is to get them into the kitchen. Cooking is a valuable life skill that not only teaches… Read More