Healthy Eating
- By Claire Cameron
- May 12, 2023
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Food Guides
USDA Food Guidance System: My Plate | https://www.choosemyplate.gov/
Websites
American Cancer Society | https://www.cancer.org/
Nutrition for People With Cancer, learn about nutrition needs during treatment and how to manage treatment side effects that could affect how well you eat. https://www.cancer.org/content/dam/CRC/PDF/Public/6711.00.pdf
The American Heart Association | https://www.heart.org
Offers many resources to help you with healthy living and eating. Also many recipes: https://recipes.heart.org/en/recipes
Eat Right | https://www.eatright.org
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals founded in Cleveland, Ohio. Today, the Academy represents more than 100,000 credentialed practitioners and is committed to improving the nation's health and advancing the profession of dietetics through research, education and advocacy.
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute: DASH Eating Plan | https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/dash-eating-plan
Nutrition.gov | https://www.nutrition.gov/
Sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture, the website features information about basic nutrition, diets for various health conditions, dietary supplements, food assistance programs and more.
The New York Times | https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/13/well/eat/yogurt-kimchi-kombucha-microbiome.html
How Fermented Foods May Alter Your Microbiome and Improve Your Health: Foods like yogurt, kimchi, sauerkraut and kombucha increased the diversity of gut microbes and led to lower levels of inflammation.
Videos
Voice of America News: Grocery Store Tours Emphasizing Healthy Choices | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUdLl1RDhEA
A YouTube video of a brief tour that provides tips for healthy good choices.
Applications
My Fitness Pal | https://www.myfitnesspal.com/
A free, easy to use food and activity tracker that you can use on your computer or smartphone.
