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January 29, 2018
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Posted by jean
The following post contains press release information about eating good food on a tight budget, which comes from the Environmental Working Group, EWG, a nonprofit organization.
EWG collaborated with Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters to create Good Food on a Tight Budget, http://tinyurl.com/8rjd5mb – to help you shop smarter and fill your grocery cart with the foods that deliver the biggest bang for your buck.
You Can Eat Good Food on a Tight Budget
This shopping guide looks at 100 foods that are healthy, inexpensive, clean and green. The guide features simple tips for eating well, tasty recipes for meals and kids’ snacks, as well as proven money-saving tools for tracking food prices and planning meals.
Click here to check out EWG’s Good Food on a Tight Budget – including 15 recipes that average less than $1 per serving and tips like, http://tinyurl.com/8rjd5mb:
:: A pear a day keeps the pesticides away – more fiber, potassium and folate than an apple and fewer pesticide residues.
:: Eat your garnish – parsley packs a punch as potent as kale for a quarter the price.
:: Not a carrot lover? Sweet potatoes pack twice the fiber, potassium, and vitamin A as carrots.
:: Super okra? Okra beat out more than 100 other veggies to rise to the top of our lists.
Did you know: one serving of filling oatmeal is about half the cost of a bowl of sugared cereal? For animal sources of protein – roasted turkey tops the list. But to eat on the cheap, you can’t beat pinto beans or lentils for one-fifth the cost.
These tips are perfect for back-to-school, too – and to help you plan out food choices for those important meals, the guide’s lead author, EWG nutritionist Dawn Undurraga, pulled together visual suggestions for a week of easy lunches. Click here to read her back-to-school blog, http://tinyurl.com/bs5sflt.
We believe that eating healthy and affordably should be easy. I hope you enjoy this guide about the food you can eat and still keep to a tight budget.
Categories: good food, HealthBeat, healthy snacks, lean meats, low carb-high protein diet, nutrition, research, school lunch program, Share Our Strength's Cooking Matters, tight budget, U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, whole grain snacks
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March 24, 2016
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Posted by jean
The 100 calorie packs available in most major food markets can be a handy way to maintain snack portion control between meals for kids and adults.
The challenge… read the nutrition label and see what the salt, fat, and carbohydrate intake is in this low calorie snack. It may be 100 calories, but it is not necessarily a healthy snack.
The site, fruits & veggies, more matters, at www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org/healthy-weight-management, issued a 100 calorie list of foods that make for healthy and low calorie snacking. Here are their suggestions:
100 Calorie Snacks
Tortilla Chips – 3/4 c
Strawberries – 2 cups
Sliced Peppers – 2 cups
Pretzels – 1 ounce
Muffin – 1 ounce (1 mini)
Lettuce, shredded -20 cups
Ice Cream (not premium) 3/8 cup
Fresh Blueberries – 1 1/4 cup
Donut 3/8 – whole
Cucumbers, sliced – 7 cups
Chocolate Chip Cookies – 2-2inch cookies
Cherry Tomatoes – 4 cups
Cheese P-Nut Butter Snack Cracker – 3
Cantaloupe Cubes – 2 cups
Canned Peaches (in juice) – 1 1/2 cup
Bagel – 1/4 of 5 oz. bagel
Baby Carrots – 2 cups
Apple Slices – 2 cups
American Cheese (thin slices) -2 slices
100% Vegetable Juice -2 cups (16 fluid ounces)
100% Orange Juice – 7 fluid oz.
Happy Snacking on 100 Calories!
Categories: 100 calorie snacks, childhood obesity, diet, food and nutrition studies, fruits and veggies matter, health tips, healthy eating, healthy snacks, Information, low carb-high protein diet, nutrition, obesity, sodium, U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA), whole grain snacks
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November 1, 2012
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Posted by jean
The United States Department of Agriculture,USDA has an extensive site for parents of preschool and elementary school age children featuring comprehensive nutrition plans, daily meal and snack plans for parents to reference and games that children can play that stress good eating habits. Go to:
http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/consumers/ages-stages/preschool-elementary-kids
Got a picky eater? The USDA has extensive information that can help parents get the picky eater to eat food necessary for good nutrition at
Another great USDA site to visit for a personalized nutrition and physical activity plan, the ability to track your foods and physical activities to see how they stack up and to get tips and support to help you make healthier choices and plan ahead is:
https://www.supertracker.usda.gov/default.aspx
Categories: childhood, children, diet, exercise for preschoolers, family health care, food and nutrition studies, food safety, fruits and vegetables, good food, health tips, healthy eating, healthy snacks, Information, junk food, kids, low carb-high protein diet, nutrition, preschool activity research, U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA), unprocessed foods, USDA, whole grain snacks
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August 16, 2012
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Posted by jean
While many schools have removed sugary sodas from the school vending machines and other points of purchase, sugary fruit beverages and Gatorade-like drinks are still available in most schools.
According to the findings in a new study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation high-calorie drinks are the main source of dietary sugar among children. Making these drinks available at school can significantly increase students’ daily calorie intake.
The lead author of the study, Yvonne Terry-McElrath, a researcher from the University of Michigan and co-investigator with Bridging the Gap, a research program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, said in a foundation news release, “Our study shows that, although schools are making progress in removing sugary drinks, far too many students still are surrounded by a variety of unhealthy beverages at school. We also know that the problem gets worse as students get older.”
The researchers surveyed more than 1,400 middle schools and more than 1,500 high schools to track beverages sold by these schools outside of meal programs over four academic years beginning in 2006. Specifically, they looked at places where students could buy high-calorie sodas, such as vending machines, a la carte lines in the cafeteria, school stores and snack bars.
The study, published Aug. 6 in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, found one in four public high school students could buy high-calorie soda during the 2010 school year. Four years earlier, sugary sodas were available to more than 50 percent of these students, the researchers said.
While this decrease in schools is encouraging, the investigators found many middle and high school students still have access to other sugary beverages, such as fruit drinks and sports drinks. In the 2010 school year, 63 percent of middle school students and 88 percent of high school students could buy some type of high-calorie drink at school.
The study also showed that while students’ access to higher-fat milk declined, in 2010 it remained available to 36 percent of middle school students and 48 percent of high school students.
C. Tracy Orleans, senior scientist at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, said the progress being made to remove sugary sodas from schools is encouraging. “But while this study does have good news, it also shows that we’re not yet where we want to be,” Orleans said in the news release. “It’s critically important for the USDA [U.S. Department of Agriculture] to set strong standards for competitive foods and beverages to help ensure that all students across all grades have healthy choices at school.”
Categories: childhood obesity, diet, fruit drinks, Gatorade, healthy eating, healthy snacks, high-calorie drinks, junk food, nutrition, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, school cafeteria, school lunch program, school-age children, sugary drinks, U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA), vending machines
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June 11, 2012
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Posted by jean
A study, recently released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Economic Research Service, found that healthy foods like beans, carrots, milk, and yogurt are actually less expensive than ice cream sandwiches, cinnamon buns, and soda.
The USDA researchers looked at calorie content but also compared the prices of more than 4,000 healthy foods and moderation foods based on price by weight and portion size.
Using dietary recommendations from the federal government’s choosemyplate.gov website, researchers identified healthy foods as those that contain at least one of the major food groups (vegetables, fruits, grains, dairy, and protein) and contain only moderate amounts of saturated fats, added sugars, and sodium.
Researchers found that by portion size, the cheapest healthy food to eat is grains, followed by dairy, vegetables, fruit, protein, and moderation foods.
When broken down by how much it costs per day to fulfill dietary guidelines, grains and dairy are the cheapest recommendations to meet while vegetable and protein are the most expensive to meet, the researchers wrote. Fruit falls somewhere in the middle.
It costs more money to meet the fruit and vegetable guidelines for a healthy diet because nutrition guidelines call for consuming such a large amount of fruit and vegetables, not because they are more expensive than other foods.
Earlier studies have found that people with limited incomes don’t spend more on fruits and vegetables as their incomes rise, suggesting that tastes and cultural food preferences play a significant role in food choices.
Categories: food and nutrition studies, fruits and vegetables, healthy eating, healthy snacks, junk food, nutrition, research, U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA)
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