Nutrition on the Go: It IS possible
There are many obstacles to eating well: your busy lifestyle, the ready availability of convenience foods, super portion sizes, and conflicting information on nutrition and weight loss.
You might also think that dietary changes made later in life will have little effect on your health.
But there is GOOD NEWS:
Any change is better than none.
Changing dietary habits and losing weight at any time, even in middle or old age, can significantly improve how you feel—and decrease your risk of chronic diseases.
This series of articles will provide you with simple, effective strategies for achieving good nutrition and, in the process, help you keep your weight under control, and increase your chances of good health and disease prevention.
In this series of articles, you will learn the basics of good nutrition and how much of each nutrient you should be consuming.
The focus will be not on fads, but on what we know based on the latest research about the nutrients that play the most important roles in preventing and managing chronic diseases.
In particular, we will deal with fats, fiber, and specific minerals and vitamins.
