by Midtown Nutrition | Oct 21, 2019 | Newsletters – Emailed Once Per Month
HEALTHY FALL MEALS As the weather gets cooler, make your fall get-togethers, barbeques, and other family meals healthier. MAIN DISHES Choose a Healthy Protein Option: –Top round steak, bottom round steak, top sirloin steak, and round tip roast are all lean cuts....
by Midtown Nutrition | Sep 18, 2019 | Newsletters – Emailed Once Per Month
EATING FOR A HEALTHIER PLANET 1. Eat more plant-based meals. Try eating at least 1-2 vegetarian meals a week, such as lentil soup or black bean soup with a side salad with one-quarter avocado, or a falafel sandwich, or beans or lentils over quinoa or buckwheat with...
by Midtown Nutrition | Aug 26, 2018 | Newsletters – Emailed Once Per Month
POTASSIUM POWER WHAT IS POTASSIUM? Potassium is a mineral that your body uses for: Maintaining proper heart and nerve function Enabling your muscles to contract Maintaining a proper amount of fluid in your body Maintaining a proper acid balance in your body Building...
by Midtown Nutrition | Jul 25, 2018 | Newsletters – Emailed Once Per Month
WHAT IS FIBER Fiber is the part of a plant or grain that our body does not absorb when we eat the entire plant or grain. Fiber passes through the body undigested, and exits in our stool. Fiber is part of the carbohydrate (starch) food group. An easy way to tell the...
by Midtown Nutrition | Jun 27, 2018 | Newsletters – Emailed Once Per Month
COOK WEEKLY WHAT IS MEAL PREP? Meal Prep (sometimes called Batch Cooking) is a designated time where you prepare some or all of your meals ahead of time for the week. FIVE REASONS TO MEAL PREP: 1. It’s easier to eat healthy, since food prepared outside of the...
by Midtown Nutrition | May 22, 2018 | Newsletters – Emailed Once Per Month
SEASONAL EATING Spring is the perfect time to take a new look at your health and well-being. Eating seasonally can be a great start. Not only can eating seasonally be more affordable, but foods also tend to be fresher with a higher nutritional value. And because...
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 | 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,...
by Midtown Nutrition | Mar 20, 2016 | Newsletters – Emailed Once Per Month
ARE YOU MEETING YOUR NUTRITIONAL NEEDS? –Try to fill half your plate with non-starchy vegetables (green leafy vegetables, broccoli, carrots, mushrooms). –Limit starches to about 1 cup for grains and starchy vegetables (corn, potatoes, peas, plantains,...
by Midtown Nutrition | Oct 8, 2014 | Newsletters – Emailed Once Per Month
HEALTHY SUGGESTIONS FOR FUELING YOUR DAYTIME BREAKFAST Choose a whole grain + protein + fruit Whole grains: oatmeal, high fiber/low sugar cereal (such as Barbara’s Puffins, Erewhon Raisin Bran, Cascadian Farm’s cereals, Kix, Wheaties, Total, Kashi Cinnamon Harvest,...
by Midtown Nutrition | Jul 10, 2014 | Newsletters – Emailed Once Per Month
HEALTHY EATING FOR ADULTS OVER 50 For adults over 50, the benefits of healthy eating include good mental capacity, resistance to illness, good energy levels, and better management of chronic health problems. Eating well is also a factor to a positive outlook. HOW DOES...
