The Food Pyramid

The Food Pyramid, developed by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), is an excellent tool to help you make healthy food choices. The food pyramid can help you choose from a variety of foods so you get the nutrients you need, and the suggested serving sizes can help you control the amount of calories, fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sugar or sodium in your diet. But you need to understand how to use the pyramid. LifeClinic has a nice summary of the tool, and explanation about how to best use the Food Pyramid.  Check out LifeClinic here. Read Full Story

“Eat right. Exercise. Have fun.” That’s the slogan from MyPyramid for Preschoolers - the new food guide pyramid the USDA released this week for children ages 2-5. (Hey, it kind of sounds like FatFighterTV’s slogan - Fitness. Food. Fun. - huh?) I just checked it out and it’s full of pretty cool info and tools like the MyPyramid Plan - You just enter your children’s first name, age, gender, and how much they usually exercise and it gives you a customized plan for them - what and how much they should eat to meet their needs plus ideas to help you plan their meals. ... Read Full Story

  By Anthony J Sepe http://fromadietitiansperspective.blogspot.com http://www.medicalnutritiontherapyservices.com In my article posted yesterday, February 12, 2009, I spoke about Nutrition and Food Choice. It was discussed that nutrition comes in the form of nutrients and that food choice is important. Overall, good healthy eating can provide pleasure from the incorporation of foods from all food groups in your daily meals. Let’s take things, a step forward, in a positive direction. Let’s see how this can actually work out,-- even-- if you dine out. I’d like to use Subway ® as a legitimate and credible example of how you can eat out; how you can eat ... Read Full Story

By Anthony J Sepe http://fromadietitiansperspective.blogspot.com http://www.anthonyjsepe.com Nutrition: What is it? You hear this term and, most likely, have said the word—nutrition—all your life.  I bet you’ve even heard that exercise it also a key component for your health fitness.  These 2 words:  nutrition and exercise go hand-in-hand.  Therefore, nutrition + exercise = a healthier [new] you!  Just like, when you get up each morning and shower, wash your face and brush your teeth.  These are done repeatedly, over and over again.  They are a habit.  Eventually the exercise part of the equation  will become a habit too.  The bottom-line: the food we take in ... Read Full Story

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