Nutrition Awareness

Get the Most Out of Your Meals by Adding These Nutrient-Dense Foods to Your Diet

Nutrient-dense foods are foods that are high in nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, lean protein, healthy fats, and complex carbohydrates, and are relatively low in calories. These foods are the healthiest to consume, as they provide the most benefits to our bodies. The United States Department of Agriculture states that, “the most nutritious or nutrient-dense …

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The FDA Has Updated the Nutrition Facts Label: What You Need to Know

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has mandated all food manufacturers to update packaged foods with its new nutrition facts label to reflect updated scientific findings to help consumers make better-informed food choices. The mandate gives some manufacturers until 2020 and others until 2021 to have the new labels on all their packaging. The …

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