Ten Years Later…
With 10 years under her belt, Registered Dietitian, Sunny Yingling reflects on her 10 years in the practice of dietetics and shares the recurring themes and recurring messages from the field.
Author: Sunny Yingling, MS, RD, CSSD
Getting the Most Bang for Your Buck: Choosing Nutrient Dense Foods
One important nutrition strategy is choosing nutrient dense foods for your diet. What exactly does that mean? It means that you are choosing foods higher in nutrients per calorie you consume. In this article we review how to get the most bang for your buck with nutrition.
Go Further with Food in 2018
Every March, we celebrate National Nutrition Month®, and this year, we’re encouraging you to “Go Further with Food.” It’s important to fuel your body well throughout the day and provide the necessary energy and nutrients it needs. With a healthy diet, your body can function at its best which means you can function at your best.
Super Bowl & Snacking!
With the Super Bowl approaching, so do invites to parties full of appetizing food choices. No one event, one meal, one snack will ever ruin your weight or your health status, but sometimes we want healthy alternatives as well. In this article, Sunny Yingling (Director of Nutrition) provides some tips to stay balanced during the big game.
Make Better Choices During the Holidays
Thanksgiving and Christmas will soon be upon us! For many, dietary and exercise behaviors begin to shift as the focus lands on parties, gifts, shopping, and other holiday events. Unfortunately, those behaviors aren’t usually shifting in a healthy direction.
Fruits & Veggies for ALL Seasons
It never fails, the fall comes and many of my clients begin to struggle with their fruit and vegetable intake. The stone fruits and berries of the summer begin to go out of season and, for many, getting adequate produce in the diet becomes more challenging.
Put Your Best Fork Forward
Its National Nutrition Month 2017® and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics wants to remind you to “put your best fork forward.”
Saying “Yes!” to Grains
In this power point presentation, we take a look at grains and how to incorporate them into a healthy diet.
Back-to-School: Planning for Healthy, Focused Kids
The start of the school year is a time for planning and preparation…the drop-off and pick-up schedule, after school child care (if you work), and back-to-school shopping. This year, don’t forget to add meal planning to that list.
Serving Sizes: How Much are You Really Eating?
Reading food labels is an important behavior to get into when you’re trying to eat healthy. It’s your window to educating yourself on what you’re eating and how much nutrition you’re getting from that food or beverage product.