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Nutrition Nuggets: A Winning Super Bowl Sunday

February 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Nutrition Nuggets, nutrition

By Carol Berg Sloan, RD
For many, Super Bowl Sunday is the first event after New Year’s resolutions are made for which they give themselves permission to overindulge. In fact, Americans consume a whopping 156 billion calories that day. This year, try a new “game plan” so you can be a winner on Super Bowl Sunday!
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Nutrition Nuggets: Hot Trends Go Healthy

January 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Nutrition Nuggets

by Carol Berg Sloan RD
Food and Nutrition Trends for 2009 include the desire for comfort foods……uh oh…chicken pot pie, rice pudding, ice cream, chocolate chip cookies, twice-baked potatoes..a dietitian’s nightmare. But these foods can provide comfort AND good nutrition.
Making small changes will allow you to enjoy the tastes you remember without the fat and calories. [...]

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Lean Leftovers

December 1st, 2008 · No Comments · Nutrition Nuggets

by Carol Berg Sloan, RD
Nutritionist
If you are like most Americans you just ate approximately 4600 calories. Those calories included something like: stuffed celery, sweet pickles, olives, turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, candied yams, rolls and butter, cranberry sauce, buttered peas, two cocktails, two pieces of pie with whipped cream and eggnog. Wow!…….but you waited and planned [...]

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Extreme Makeover – Family Kitchen Edition

September 4th, 2008 · No Comments · Health, Nutrition Nuggets

By Carol Berg Sloan
Registered Dietitian
To eat healthier, you have to start at the very beginning– a healthy kitchen cupboard. We recently did a walk-through of our kitchen stock for a couple of reasons: 1) to get rid of stuff that had been in the cupboard way too long and 2) to be more mindful shoppers [...]

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Fruit Bounty

June 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Nutrition Nuggets

By Carol Berg Sloan
Registered Dietitian
Have you seen the fruit bins at your local grocery store? Wow! This year’s summer fruits are bursting with color, sweetness and nutrition. Surprisingly, many consumers don’t take advantage of these delicious treats for a variety of reasons. Many think they spoil too quickly or that they look good on the [...]

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