Nutrition Program

This nutrition program offered by WeMD for Blue Shield of California Lifestyle Rewards covers all aspects of nutrition and diet to improve your health in daily life. Read more

September 14, 2008 · Filed Under Holistic Health

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Make the Most of Seasonal Foods

Phase 10: Keeping It Fresh -Step 4: Make the most of seasonal foods

Thanks to advanced food-growing, packaging, and shipping practices, many produce items are available year-round at your local supermarket. It’s easy to forget that in the dead of winter the fruits and vegetables on the display tables may come from far-away states or countries.

On the other hand, some items pop up just for a short time, or taste exceptionally fresh in certain seasons. For example, when you think of summer foods, you might think of watermelons. In the fall, pumpkins might come to mind. Read more

September 13, 2008 · Filed Under Creative Living

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Nutrition Program Special Issues

Phase 9: Special Issues - Step 7: Review

This is your next-to-last review for the program. Take another look at some of the points you learned earlier in the program to refresh your memory: Read more

September 13, 2008 · Filed Under Holistic Health

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Nutrition and Pregnancy

Phase 9: Special Issues -Step 6: Nutrition and pregnancy

During pregnancy, nutrition needs change. Here are some of the most important. Read more

September 13, 2008 · Filed Under Holistic Health

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Eating for Athletic Needs

Phase 9: Special Issues - Step 1: Eating for athletic needs

If you’re an athlete, all that running and jumping, swimming, pedaling, lifting, or throwing the ball puts a lot of demands on your body. And that, in turn, means that your diet should change to provide any extra nutrients that are needed. However, your nutritional needs might not change as much as you’d expect, according to the American Dietetic Association Complete Food and Nutrition Guide (John Wiley & Sons, 2002). Read more

September 13, 2008 · Filed Under Holistic Health

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Eating to Prevent or Treat Disease

Phase 6: Eating to Prevent or Treat Disease - Step 7: Review

You’re more than halfway through this program, and you’ve learned quite a bit about why you should put nutritious foods on your plate. For the rest of the program, the last step will be a review. This gives you a chance to refresh your memory about some of the important points you learned earlier. Read more

September 13, 2008 · Filed Under Holistic Health

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Figuring Your Nutritional Needs - Men vs. women: who needs what?

Phase 5: Figuring Your Nutritional Needs - Step 6: Men vs. women — who needs what?

Earlier in this phase, you calculated your Ideal Body Weight (IBW). You may have noticed that the calculation was different for men vs. women. You probably noticed a similar difference when you looked at the chart in Phase 1, Step 4. Read more

September 4, 2008 · Filed Under Holistic Health

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Counting Food Groups in Mixed Dishes

Phase 5: Figuring Your Nutritional Needs - Step 4: Counting food groups in mixed dishes

Let’s say that for lunch you had chicken pot pie. You may be wondering how to count all the food groups and servings you just ate. Many foods don’t fit into one specific food group. For example, lasagna counts in several groups: the noodles in the grains group, the tomato sauce in the vegetable group, the meat in the meat and beans group, and the cheese in the milk group. Some mixed foods also contain a lot of fat, oil, or sugar, which adds calories. Read more

September 4, 2008 · Filed Under Holistic Health

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Figuring Your Nutritional Needs - Whole grains

Phase 5: Figuring Your Nutritional Needs - Step 3: Whole grains

In this step, the program focuses mainly on the grain food group. The reason for this focus is simple — research continues to show the benefits of choosing not just grains, but whole grains. You should try to make half, if not more, of your grains whole grains. The chart below shows the daily recommended grain servings for inactive Americans according to MyPyramid.gov: Read more

September 4, 2008 · Filed Under Holistic Health

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Figuring Your Nutritional Needs - Your food group needs

Phase 5: Figuring Your Nutritional Needs - Step 2: Your food group needs

In the last step, you calculated your Ideal Body Weight (IBW) and thought through how many calories you need to take in each day to reach this goal weight. Once you know how many calories you need to consume, you can determine how much of each food group you need to eat. Read more

September 4, 2008 · Filed Under Holistic Health

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