eat right with color Archives

Eat Green for St. Patty’s Day

In keeping with National Nutrition Month Theme of "Eat Right with Color", my blog today has to do with green-colored foods. However, let me digress for a moment and discuss the new "green eating" trend. That refers to reducing your carbon footprint, or impact on the environment. Choosing more locally grown vs. foods that have to travel across the globe to reach you plate, plant based foods and organically grown are all ways to "eat green". Here a few foods of various shades of green that can help boost your nutrition: 1. Bell Peppers: Most common is the green variety, [...]

There’s More to Losing Weight than Counting Calories

At www.eatright.org, the official site of the American Dietetic Association, fellow dietitians remind us that there is more to losing weight than just counting calories. There are a number of ways I could expand on this thought. In keeping with ADA's National Nutrition Month Theme "Eat Right with Color", I will address the importance of variety and color when trying to lose weight. My favorite part of my Transform Your Grocery Cart supermarket tour is the time we spend in the produce aisle. Here, I explain how choosing a variety of fruits and veggies, including a wide spectrum of colors, [...]