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...