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Pesto Edamame Salad

Pesto Edamame Salad 8 Ingredients | 6 Serving | 15 minutes Nutrition Facts/serving: 340 calories; 21g fat; 7g saturated fat; 8g monounsaturated fat; 3g polyunsaturated fat; 20g carbohydrates; 6g f.... read more

Sep 01, 2024 6:23am

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Starting a new health habit? Tell yourself these 5 things

“I don’t need more discipline. I need more time.” It takes about 7-8 weeks to “learn a new taste. Sources like the National Kidney Foundation recommend giving yourself about 2 weeks to gradually adj.... read more

Jul 14, 2024 11:03am

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These are the three drinks you should replace this summer

Every year, North Texas weather climbs well above 100 degrees during the summer months. What a person chooses to drink during this time can make the difference between enduring the heat or being well .... read more

Jun 09, 2024 10:09am

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Making the Most of Your Medication Regimen

An opinion piece written by Katherine Tom MS, RDN, LD, CDCES What is semaglutide? Its a popular drug that belongs to a class of medications that are called glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists .... read more

Sep 09, 2023 6:52am

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Why You Don't Have To Track Calories to Reach Your Nutrition Goals

Its been long referenced in the nutrition space that we are a part of to encourage clients and patients to track their calories particularly when the end goal is weight management. In fact in 2008 a.... read more

Aug 07, 2023 6:31am

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The MIND Diet: A combination diet for cognitive health

What is the MIND diet? The MIND diet is a hybrid of the Mediterranean diet and the DASH diet (a pattern of eating aimed at lowering blood pressure) which has been studied for its positive effects on .... read more

Sep 21, 2022 11:54am

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Does fruit turn into sugar?

Fruit provides an abundance of nutrition: antioxidants, water, vitamins, minerals and energy--aka "fructose" a long sugar chain that gets broken down into glucose (the body's preferred fuel source) .... read more

Aug 08, 2022 8:03am

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Getting Ready for Change

How many times have you thought to yourself, “I want to eat healthier but don’t know where to begin?” or “I want to achieve this goal but don’t know how to get there?” If this is you, you’re not alone.... read more

May 22, 2022 1:37pm

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Buy back time in the kitchen--in just 15 minutes

How do you buy back time in the kitchen when you don't have time to cook? Or time to prep? Or when you work long hours? Or what about when you're fielding kids and family to sporting events? How do yo.... read more

May 05, 2021 8:00am

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Year of YOU- The Link between Sleep and Metabolism

If you're just joining us, our April series, Year of You, has been looking into all the different ways we can shift our mindsets- and our habits- to refocus on our most valuable resource- ourselves. W.... read more

Apr 28, 2021 8:00am

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