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Alyson Mar, RD's Blog – June 2010 Archive (3)

What is Healthy?

What is healthy? It may seem like a silly and simple question, but can you put a number on it? What about a set of numbers? If so, do those numbers apply to me; a 5’3” female? What about to a 6’5” male athlete? When you think about it, healthy is a very subjective term.


When people go out to eat and look for “healthy” options what do they look for? There are so many nutrition messages circulating around stores, restaurants, and the media, it’s hard to tell which…
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Added by Alyson Mar, RD on June 30, 2010 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Will the new Dietary Guidelines Affect Menus?

Every five years the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) releases a new and revised set of dietary guidelines for Americans. Basically what happens is that a group of nutrition and health experts get together to decide how Americans should be eating. Then the USDA publishes these guidelines to the public and evidently (based on obesity statistics) most of us ignore them.


Since the last set of guidelines was published in 2005, we’re due for an update this year,…
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Added by Alyson Mar, RD on June 16, 2010 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

Bring it On!

Anyone who knows me well knows that I am a fair weather dieter. I eat well when it’s convenient (i.e. in the FoodCALC offices). But there are certain situations that call for certain foods: chicken wings on football Sundays, Indian delivery the day after a long night out, fast food onroad trips; some things you just have to do.



No matter how healthy we should be, and how well…

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Added by Alyson Mar, RD on June 2, 2010 at 8:30pm — No Comments

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