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Pumping Iron for Babies and the Rest of Us

Posted on August 10, 2016 by L. M. Asta

Humans need iron. Babies triple their size in the first 12 months, and when the body gets bigger, the blood supply must get bigger. Iron is a critical mineral to build red blood cells. Without red blood cells, the body … Continue reading →

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Best Squirrel Nutrition

Posted on July 28, 2016 by L. M. Asta

This ad on the shuttle buses in Zion National Park made me smile.    

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Vegetarian Diets for Children

Posted on November 11, 2015 by L. M. Asta

There are lots of healthy reasons to go vegetarian diet. To support the needs of growing children, parents need to make sure the foods consume enough of theses: protein calcium vitamin D iron Vitamin B12 A good resource is vegetarian-diets-in-children-and-adolescents-childrens-hospital-oakland.

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Eliminating Foods in Food Allergy

Posted on July 16, 2015 by L. M. Asta

Food Allergy Research and Education has the information you need if you want to better understand the difference between food allergies and intolerance, or if your child has been diagnosed with a food allergy and you need to eliminate specific foods … Continue reading →

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A Day’s Worth of Food: for Adults

Posted on March 31, 2015 by L. M. Asta

Pyramids and plates and portions—for adults, here’s the day—

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Resolution 4: Green and Yellow

Posted on January 28, 2015 by L. M. Asta

  Can you eat a green and a yellow vegetable each day?

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Resolution 3: Hungry Enough to Eat an Apple?

Posted on January 19, 2015 by L. M. Asta

I’m hungry! Wait, are you really? Try this: pick a food for the family that’s healthy and good in it’s own right like a pear or an apple. When someone is hungry, do a gut check: are you hungry enough … Continue reading →

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Resolution 2: Small Plates

Posted on January 14, 2015 by L. M. Asta

Make it fun. Pick a new food for the family (or revisit a healthy one that never got traction). Have the kids find the smallest plates in the house to serve this food on—this could be a doll plate or a … Continue reading →

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Resolution: 1

Posted on January 2, 2015 by L. M. Asta

Resolutions are great. The problem is we almost always set our expectations too high. We are going to eat right, get active, straighten up and fly right. And as soon as we fail, we feel terrible. We give up. Instead, … Continue reading →

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The Grade School 15

Posted on November 2, 2014 by L. M. Asta

The freshman 15 is weight gain most young adults don’t want or need, but there’s another time surprising time some kids can gain weight without cramming all night eating pizza: it’s between first and third grade. Researchers followed a diverse group … Continue reading →

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