Nutrition Blogs

While working for St. Joseph Health System (2010 – 2014), I created the Healthy Habits blog. 

Kid Valentines - Healthy Options

Prepping for a party you don’t get to go to?  

 

If you’re the parent of a pre-teen or pre-schooler, it’s likely you’ll be sending your child to school with valentines next Tuesday.  Maybe you’ve been asked to sign up to bring something to an afternoon sugar-fest.

 

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Navigating the Thanksgiving Feast

Americans prefer to use our national holiday of gratitude to see how much food we can eat in a 24-hour period.  We stuff the turkey and then we stuff ourselves.  

 

Many people eat well over 2,000 calories during the first serving of their Thanksgiving meal!  (That’s more calories than many of us need in an entire day.)

 

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Not Inviting Fat to Your Super Bowl Party

Having company this Sunday, say, oh, around 5:30 p.m.?

 

Super Bowl XL VII provides the last live opportunity ‘til the Maroon and White game to combine two things we Texans love: football and food.

 

But in your zealousness to bid a fond yet agonizingly long three-month farewell to this pigskin pastime, don’t go overboard on the menu.  Your guests want to watch football players, not look like them.

 

This is your permission and playbook for cutting out the bad and leaving the good.  Your guests will appreciate your hospitality and eat what you serve.  They will, after all, be trapped at your house for several hours with no alternatives.

 

Catering or cooking, St. Joseph Dietitian Kristin Shaffer is here to help.

 

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