Healthy Food Choices
Dietary Fats: What’s Good and What’s Bad
There are good fats, which your body uses for energy and other health benefits, and there are bad fats, which…
Nutrition: How to Make Healthier Food Choices
Making healthier food choices allows you to have more control of your weight and your cholesterol and helps to prevent…
Healthy Ways to Gain Weight If You’re Underweight
While many people who are obese or overweight have a hard time losing weight, being underweight can cause health problems,…
Nutrients and Nutritional Info
Dietary Supplements: What You Need to Know
Dietary supplements are any substances you take to improve your health or wellness. This includes vitamins, minerals, and herbs.
Nutrition: How to Read a Nutrition Facts Label
Every packaged, or processed, product should have a label called a nutrition facts label. It tells you what’s in the…
Nutrition: Determine Your Calorie Needs
Your gender, age, and level of activity influence how many calories you need each day. This is an important part…
Sugar and Sugar Substitutes
Sugar Substitutes
Sugar substitutes are chemical or plant-based substances used to sweeten foods and drinks. You may have heard them called “artificial…
Added Sugar: What You Need To Know
Sugar provides energy to your body, but does not have other nutritional value. Learn why and how you should limit…
Weight Loss and Diet Plans
Dietary Supplements: What You Need to Know
Dietary supplements are any substances you take to improve your health or wellness. This includes vitamins, minerals, and herbs.
The DASH Diet: Healthy Eating to Control Your Blood Pressure
Eating healthier foods improves many health problems, including high blood pressure (hypertension).
Mediterranean Diet
The Mediterranean diet can help you to lose or maintain weight and also helps to manage blood pressure, blood sugar,…
