Nutrition From the Ground Up

It’s common knowledge that a healthful diet is an important part of a healthful lifestyle, but most people have trouble figuring out what to do when planning a complete diet overhaul. During National Nutrition Month^®, the American Dietetic Association reminds everyone that an easy way to focus on eating better is to start with the basics: build your nutritional health from the ground up.

Promotional ideas from the American Dietetic Association:

• Organize a “healthy recipe” contest among employees. Have the judges be VIPs from your workplace. Award National Nutrition Month t-shirts, mugs, or other items as prizes.
• Distribute coupons for discounts on a healthy meal featured in your cafeteria.
• Decorate the cafeteria with NNM materials. Have the cashier ask every tenth customer to tell them the NNM theme, “Nutrition From the Ground Up.” Give those customers a discount on their meal, a NNM pencil, pen, or button.
• Create a “take one” box with a nutrition brochure, NNM bookmarks, Nutrition Fact Sheets, or MyPyramid handout.
• Sponsor a canned food drive, and deliver the food to a homeless shelter or food depository.

Nutrition tips

Beans

• One cup of beans provides 13 g of fiber, half of our daily requirement, with no saturated fat.
• Beans are loaded with key nutrients, including calcium, potassium, and magnesium.
• Studies link beans to a reduced risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and breast and colon cancers.
• Beans pack a powerful and tasty punch at a low price.
• Beans and legumes can be stored for a long period of time. They will keep their quality for 6–12 months, if stored in a cool dry place.

Quote of the month

“The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition.”

— Thomas Edison

Nutrition From the Ground Up

Nutrition tips

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