Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet

Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet

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Plant-based eating has seen an explosion in the past few decades. According to market research plant-based eating is now a $7 billion market in the...
Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet

Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet

diet
Plant-based eating has seen an explosion in the past few decades. According to market research plant-based eating is now a $7 billion market in the...
How Much Salt Is Too Much?

How Much Salt Is Too Much?

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Current guidelines recommend no more than 2,300 milligrams (mg) of sodium per day for the average adult, both males and females. Sadly, many Americ...
Lifestyle Tips for Managing Gestational Diabetes

Lifestyle Tips for Managing Gestational Diabetes

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Gestational diabetes (GDM) is a type of diabetes that can develop particularly during the 2nd and 3rd trimester of pregnancy due to various physiol...
Lifestyle Tips for Managing Heart Health

Lifestyle Tips for Managing Heart Health

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Your heart is responsible for delivering blood to all parts of your body. Arteries carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart to nourish the cells...
Lifestyle Tips for Managing Diabetes

Lifestyle Tips for Managing Diabetes

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Diabetes is a chronic endocrine disorder affecting your ability to turn food you consume into energy and maintain your blood sugar levels. When you...
How do you take care of someone post-discharge from hospital?

How do you take care of someone post-discharge from hospital?

Dr. Robert Graham
It’s all about planning for a safe and coordinated discharge. Being admitted to a hospital can be a life-changing event. Leaving the hospital and b...
How to help my elderly parents eat better

How to help my elderly parents eat better

Dr. Robert Graham
Make eating delicious and nutritious food easy. Who doesn’t love a home-cooked meal? Home cooked meals and fresh, healthy snacks are delicious and ...
Why Does Bloating Happen?

Why Does Bloating Happen?

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This article has been written and reviewed by a Registered Dietitian, Samantha Cassetty Bloating can fall into a few different categories. Some peo...
How much vitamin D do we need a day?

How much vitamin D do we need a day?

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This article has been written and reviewed by a Registered Dietitian, Samantha Cassetty. Vitamin D needs vary by age. Adults require 600 IUs per d...
How much protein do we actually need?

How much protein do we actually need?

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This article has been written and reviewed by a Registered Dietitian, Samantha Cassetty. There are two ways to look at protein needs–there’s the a...
4 foods that "sneakily" have a lot of plant-based protein

4 foods that "sneakily" have a lot of plant-based protein

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Soy milk. A cup of plain, unsweetened soy milk has 8 grams of protein, which is the same amount as a cup of milk. Generally, plant-based milk, suc...
7 Reasons Why You Should Eat Fruit

7 Reasons Why You Should Eat Fruit

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🍇 Boost your immune system Having a healthy smoothie is much better for the overall immune system in the long run. Fruits are naturally rich in v...
Nutrition, Cancer, and You

Nutrition, Cancer, and You

Disclaimer: This article is intended for informational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagn...
Why a Renal Diet?

Why a Renal Diet?

Disclaimer: This article is intended for informational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagno...
6 Mindful Eating Tips for Thanksgiving

6 Mindful Eating Tips for Thanksgiving

Here’s a spoiler alert: You can have pie and anything else you’d like to eat on Thanksgiving. Still, many people are familiar with feeling overly s...
4 Tips for a Happy (and Healthy) Halloween

4 Tips for a Happy (and Healthy) Halloween

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 Halloween only comes around once a year, so while it’s perfectly okay to indulge a little, there are some ways to approach the holiday to help you...
Eat To Beat Depression - Performance Kitchen

Eat To Beat Depression

Is there a diet for depression? If you’re depressed, taking medication is only one of many treatment options. A holistic approach focuses on trea...
Don't Sweat It - How To Keep Your Skin Healthy This Summer - Performance Kitchen

Don't Sweat It - How To Keep Your Skin Healthy This Summer

As the weather gets warmer, it’s a good time to think about hydration. That’s because we sweat to help us cool down, so we need to replace the flu...
4 Must Have Summer Foods - Performance Kitchen

4 Must Have Summer Foods

Summer is a great time to get on board with fruits and vegetables since there’s a variety of tasty options this time of year. All fruits and veget...
Olympic Journey To Gold with Ronnie Baker - Performance Kitchen

Olympic Journey To Gold with Ronnie Baker

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Congratulations to our Brand Ambassador - Ronnie Baker for making his first Olympic Team with PR: 9.85. We're so excited to cheer you on as you g...
Important Nutrients in your 50's & 60's - Performance Kitchen

Important Nutrients in your 50's & 60's

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Of course, you want to meet your daily requirements for all vitamins and minerals, regardless of your age. However, certain nutrients may be especi...
Important Nutrients in your 30's & 40's - Performance Kitchen

Important Nutrients in your 30's & 40's

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Of course, you want to meet your daily requirements for all vitamins and minerals, regardless of your age. However, certain nutrients may be especi...
The Best Foods for Inflammation - Performance Kitchen

The Best Foods for Inflammation

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 Everyone deals with inflammation, some more than others. Some people avoid food allergies and sensitivities to prevent inflammation. The good news...
7 Foods to Make You More Productive - Performance Kitchen

7 Foods to Make You More Productive

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Think about a day in the last week when you were most productive. Now ask yourself, what did you have to eat for breakfast and lunch that day? Wha...
How to Clean Your Freezer - Performance Kitchen

How to Clean Your Freezer

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Where would modern civilization be without the ability to preserve food in the freezer for later? We’d probably have a lot less money and a lot le...
Vegan and Whole-food Plant-based Diets—What’s the Difference? - Performance Kitchen

Vegan and Whole-food Plant-based Diets—What’s the Difference?

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Plant-based eating is gaining momentum. I can’t click on Netflix’s Suggestions for You without seeing a documentary extoling the virtues of vegani...
Busting 3 Myths about Diabetes Nutrition - Performance Kitchen

Busting 3 Myths about Diabetes Nutrition

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Of course, as with all medical diagnoses, nutrition for diabetes is highly personal. If you have diabetes, you should work with a dietitian to fig...
12 Foods to Help Protect Your Heart - Performance Kitchen

12 Foods to Help Protect Your Heart

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Eating for a healthy heart means filling your plate with heart-healthy foods, like fruits and vegetables, increasing fiber intake, eating fish a f...
5 Foods That Help You Sleep - Performance Kitchen

5 Foods That Help You Sleep

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Do you have trouble sleeping? You’re not alone. In fact, just a year ago, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) published an article calling insuff...
7 Easy Adjustments to Make Fast Food Healthier - Performance Kitchen

7 Easy Adjustments to Make Fast Food Healthier

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Sometimes life gets a little out of control, and cooking meals at home just isn’t possible. Or, hunger might hit when you don’t have any food avai...
Morning Routines for Better Health - Performance Kitchen

Morning Routines for Better Health

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The word “routine” sounds so boring. Routines tend to be monotonous, tedious and dull. But that’s kind of the point. A regular morning routine can...