Snacking while losing weight does not have to be boring.   Healthy snacks can look good and taste good as well.
Choose snacks that are high in complex carbohydrates and add a small amount of protein and heart-healthy fat so that you can stay fueled longer.  For example, put together 6 almond pieces, 5 dried apricots and a Babybel light round cheese for a filling and healthy snack.

This healthy snack combo is equivalent to one allowance of fruit, one allowance of lean meat, and one allowance of heart-healthy fat.
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by Kate Haisch
Oftentimes, we find ourselves bombarded with advertisements for weight loss, muscle-building and athletic-performance-enhancing supplements.
Do they really work?  Do they really help people lose weight and build muscle?  Let’s take a look at some of the more popular supplements in the market today.
Chromium
Chromium is an essential trace mineral that appears to have a beneficial role in the regulation of insulin action in the body. There have been some evidence that suggest Chromium may help control diabetes and may lower cholesterol.  Many people use Chromium to help reduce body fat …

by Kate Haisch
Over the years, sales of supplements have steadily increased and billions of dollars have been spent on supplements each year.  Nearly 40% of Americans regularly take some sort of dietary supplement. Do we really know what we are taking? Are supplements safe? In this series of blogs, Nutrition for You discusses the most popular supplements in the market today. We will talk about the pros and cons, which hopefully will help you in making an informed decision.
Are Supplements Safe?
Supplement safety can be difficult to assess. Unlike drugs, …

Many Americans struggle with finding the right source for help about nutrition and weight loss. A lot of people rely on weight loss celebrities, personal trainers or health and fitness magazines and websites. But the most accurate and science-based information can only come from registered dietitians or RDs.
Anyone can call himself or herself a nutritionist but RDs are the nutrition professionals with the right credentials. RDs are licensed by the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the American Dietetic Association. They can legally practice medical nutrition therapy and are highly trained …

by Kate Haisch
Everyone should take care of their eyes.  More so with age, since eye cataracts and age-related macular degeneration are the leading causes of blindness in older adults.  Proper nutrition is always the most powerful preventive medicine and so you may ask what foods can be good for the eyes?

Nutrition for You recommends the following list of foods that can help you keep your eyes healthy and your vision sharp.
Leafy greens such as kale and spinach because they are packed with the antioxidants necessary to reduce incidents of eye  …

Is KFC following the low carb trend?
It seems like it with their latest high-calorie creation, the Double Down Chicken Sandwich: it’s bacon, swiss cheese, pepper jack cheese and the “Colonel’s special sauce” sandwiched between two fried breaded chicken fillets instead of buns.
Clearly, there is no nutrition benefit in replacing two buns, which are equivalent to 2 grams of fat and 160 calories, with two fried chicken fillets. The KFC Double Down sandwich has an astounding 590 calories, 31 grams of total fat, 10 grams of saturated fat, 190 mg …