Signal Tribune Newspaper

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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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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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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