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Nutrition Knowledge – The sour side of sugar
In this country, most of the sugar used in our food products is from sugar cane and corn. Often, the concentration of sugar in...
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Nutrition Knowledge – Windowsills full of flavor … and health!
Many of us are harvesting the bounty from our gardens that are overflowing with goodness and we are able to preserve much of our...
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Nutrition Knowledge – Thinking Outside the (Lunch) Box
The start of school is only a few weeks away, and that has us rounding up school supplies and thinking about school lunches. The...
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Nutrition Knowledge – Healthy hydration
Our bodies are about 70 percent water. We know it is good for us, but do we know why?
Water is essential for every system...
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Nutrition Knowledge – Fresh, local produce means great nutrition
The advantage of eating vine-ripened fruit and vegetables is that they are the most nutritious. The vast majority of nutrients enter the fruits and...
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Nutrition Knowledge – Make a healthy choice when eating out
In Naperville, we have many choices for eating out… but we want to make our choices health ones. So what makes a menu item...
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Nutrition Knowledge – Walking on sunshine
Sunshine, diet and exercise are essential to our overall health and coordinating them together gives us the best recipe for optimal calcium, Vitamin D,...
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Nutrition Knowledge – Put Your Best Fork Forward
March is National Nutrition Month® and this year’s campaign focuses attention on “making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits.”...
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Nutrition Knowledge – Show your heart some LOVE
February is the month we celebrate LOVE. Aside from the paper hearts we may use to decorate our homes, does our actual blood-pumping heart...
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Nutrition Knowledge – New Year, New View?
Well, 2017 is here and this New Year will undoubtedly bring many new “miracle” food items and new diet fads to the market. How...
