by Midtown Nutrition | Mar 18, 2018 | Newsletters – Emailed Once Per Month
Hypertension (HTN) is the medical term for high blood pressure, which is when the heart is working harder than normal to pump blood throughout the body. You usually cannot feel high blood pressure, so it is often referred to as “the silent killer”. Often people are...
by Midtown Nutrition | Feb 25, 2018 | Newsletters – Emailed Once Per Month
NEW FOODS TO TRY IN 2018 Start off the New Year by giving your diet some variety. Lots of new products have hit the shelves including a number of plant-based food options. COCONUT JERKY made by Cocoburg is vegan friendly and gluten free, made from coconut meat and...
by Midtown Nutrition | Jan 23, 2018 | Newsletters – Emailed Once Per Month
HEALTHY WINTER EATING SOUP Eating soup is a great way to stay warm and eat a balanced meal. Broth-based and tomato-based soups are usually low in saturated fat, and packed with vitamins and minerals. VITAMINS Vitamins A, C, D and E are especially important in the...
by Midtown Nutrition | Dec 20, 2017 | Newsletters – Emailed Once Per Month
HEALTHY HOLIDAY EATING SIZE MATTERS By choosing mini and bite-sized portions of your favorite treats you can reduce total fat and calories. When at a holiday meal or party, take time to survey all of the food available. Then fill up your plate, just once, with small...
by Midtown Nutrition | Nov 29, 2017 | Newsletters – Emailed Once Per Month
FOOD INTOLERANCE Do you sometimes get bloating, gas, abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation or reflux? It may be a food intolerance. WHAT IS A FOOD INTOLERANCE? A food intolerance occurs in your digestive system (your stomach and intestines) when your digestive system...
by Midtown Nutrition | Oct 23, 2017 | Newsletters – Emailed Once Per Month
PCOS Around 10% of women of childbearing age in the United States have PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome), making it one of the most common hormonal disorders in women and the primary reason for female infertility. PCOS is a health condition characterized by an...
by Midtown Nutrition | Aug 14, 2017 | Newsletters – Emailed Once Per Month
HEALTHY SUMMER MEALS As summer winds down, make your picnics, barbeques, and other summer meals healthier. SIDE DISHES Reduce Fat: –Use less mayonnaise than the recipe lists, or substitute low-fat mayonnaise. –Substitute low-fat sour cream or plain yogurt...
by Midtown Nutrition | Jul 24, 2017 | Newsletters – Emailed Once Per Month
GMO’S–GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISIMS WHAT ARE GMO’S? GMO’S are crops that have been produced through genetic engineering. By using biotechnology, you can take a desired trait and transfer it from one plant or organism to another plant or...
by Midtown Nutrition | Jun 28, 2017 | Newsletters – Emailed Once Per Month
COCONUT OIL Coconut oil has made headlines again, this time the American Heart Association is weighing in. In their position statement, they explain that coconut oil is 82% saturated fat which is higher than butter (63% saturated fat) and beef fat (50% saturated fat)....
by Midtown Nutrition | May 19, 2017 | Newsletters – Emailed Once Per Month
BETTER SNACKING A well-timed snack may prevent overeating at the next meal. But sometimes we snack mindlessly, and often when we’re not hungry. That kind of snacking can make weight control difficult. Here are some strategies for smarter snacking. BUY SNACKS IN...
by Midtown Nutrition | Apr 18, 2017 | Newsletters – Emailed Once Per Month
ENHANCE THE FLAVOR OF MEALS –Cooking can be healthy, tasty and cost-effective. Research suggests that taste more than nutritional content determines what foods people select. –To maximize food’s flavor AND nutrition quality it is helpful to start...
by Midtown Nutrition | Mar 10, 2017 | Newsletters – Emailed Once Per Month
THE PALEO DIET The Paleo Diet, sometimes called the Caveman or Paleolithic Diet, is the presumed diet of ancient human hunter-gatherers who lived in the Paleolithic Age before agriculture was developed. The diet consists of a little over 50% of calories from protein,...
