Nutritional Tips

Research shows that if you eat together as a family, it helps children eat less junk food and more fruits and vegetables.

Replace white stuff with the brown stuff…brown rice, whole wheat bread (without corn syrup as an ingredient), whole wheat pasta.

Read the ingredient labels on food packages and choose foods with “whole” in the grain or flour name of the first 3 ingredients.

Add a green vegetable to dinner every night.

Snack right by eating an apple, banana, or strawberries at snack time

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Dinning Out Suggestions PDF Print E-mail

Remember:

  • Restaurant meals are often considered special occasions, which automatically sets you up for overindulging
  • Restaurant meals are often loaded with fat
  • Portions may be huge.
  • Menus are organized with the focus on protein, and the servings of protein are much too large.

Adapting the Menu to Your Health:

  1. Start smart
  2. Pick an appetizer as your main course
  3. Don’t butter the bread
  4. Minimize the main dish
  5. Control the portions
  6. Sideline the sauce
  7. Share dessert

ACT!  Select foods which are:

  • Steamed
  • Garden fresh
  • Broiled
  • Baked
  • Roasted
  • Poached
  • Lightly sautéed or stir-fried