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Men’s Health Week June 11-17, 2012 Part 1 of 2

With Father’s Day being celebrated on June 17, 2012, it seems appropriate to take a moment and talk about Men’s Health Week, June 11-17, 2012. Reportedly, Men’s Health Week was designated by the US Congress back in 1994 to occur during the week prior to Father’s Day. (Graphic courtesy of duchesssa via rgbstock.com) It has grown to be a global international effort since 2002 recognized and reportedly now promoted in Africa, Asia, Australia, Austria, Canada, Central America, Denmark, UK (England, Scotland &Wales), Netherlands, South America, and the United States. International Men’s Health Week as part of International Men’s Health Month provides a rich opportunity for many terrific

Beyond Watchful Waiting Part 2 of 4 (Food, Nutrition & Prostate Cancer)

Since this blog post is Part 2 of 4 in a series focusing on how food and nutrition consumption can potentially influence prostate cancer prevention, incidence & progression, treatment, and survivorship, let’s review how the intake of a rainbow of fruits and vegetables mentioned in part 1 of 4 can actually be part of the silver lining in the clouds surrounding this type of cancer diagnosis. (Double rainbow photo courtesy of Stuart Bran, taken in Rousseau, Dominica)

Beyond Watchful Waiting Part 3 of 4 (Food, Nutrition & Prostate Cancer)

In this 3rd of 4 blog posts of this series, some specific nutrients re: prostate cancer will be mentioned. (Photo courtesy of Felipedan via rgbstock.com)

Celebrity Chefs Echoing Food Portion of RD Food & Nutrition Messages

Fame. It influences people, whether members of the public are willing to admit that or not. Fame allows others to get their message out and have the opportunity for it to possibly be heard. RDs have been trying to convince people for decades that taking “small steps” when it comes to eating real food and changing food buying, storage, preparation and eating patterns do matter–that they can really make a HUGE collective difference in people’s lives when all those small steps are added together. Yet many people have simply either ignored/tuned out the RDs in far too many instances, or

A Dozen Heart Healthier Options When Dining on a Cruise Ship at Sea

You may be thinking to yourself are there REALLY any ways to follow a heart healthier dietary approach when vacationing on a cruise ship? Well, truth be told, it won’t always be easy to find them, but they do exist! (Photo taken in part of an AquaSpa Cafe area on board a cruise ship).

Guest Blog “Success Via Simple, Small Steps”

Today’s blog features a Guest Contributing Author sharing a real life story about how a number of simple, small steps taken in life when it comes to making food choices can add up to measurable success. Please welcome our Guest Blogger (she’s been a young military wife while her husband has served in the Armed Forces) and read on as she shares a true success story…this is what she wrote in to me… “A year and a half ago my husband asked me to help him lose a little weight. He was active and got regular exercise, however his waist

“Think Red” Healthy Red Bean Dip

Continuing on with our “Think Red” series to encourage wiser food choices that can contribute to heart health, today’s blog post is not just about beans and heart health. We’d like to also mention the larger family that beans belong to as well. Various beans can actually be quite heart healthy, depending upon exactly how they are prepared and what other ingredients they are combined with. Most people are familiar with red kidney beans, although there are many other beans, which belong to a larger family called “pulses” and include a wide range of naturally nutritious offerings. Image courtesy of

What to Eat in 2012?

Many experts have weighed in on this subject. Here is just some of the advice and a few of the various compiled suggestions that have been given by others for foods to consider incorporating into your foodstyle in 2012. © photo: www.e-Cobo.com, Nikolay Dimitrov

Do YOU Want to be the “Lady in Red”? (Go Red for Women) Take the First Step & Get Pinned!

February is heart month in more ways than one. Some of us might say “Hallmark Day” is coming, referring to Feb 14th and Valentine’s Day. But others will note that the American Heart Association (AHA) has long promoted women’s awareness of heart disease in the month of February. AHA has tied it’s efforts into a visible symbol of wearing red, including another variation of a red dress which is trademarked by the US Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS) and thus we’re not allowed to use that specific image here. The image shown was obtained from the stockfresh.com site.

Healthy Eating Need Not Be Just A Fairy Tale

Today’s blog title is adapted from a comment in the Albert Heijn Employee Magazine from 2009. Each year, that grocery store chain in The Netherlands organizes “Gezonde Weken” or “Health Weeks.” In 2009, the focus was on helping children to learn more about healthy eating in a fun way, so the chain handed out fairy tale place-mats for children. The fairy tale theme included “Wise Knight’s Facts” as well as “Princesses Tips” and was centered around the “Clover Land” theme, referring to the “Clover” logo based Point-of-Purchase Program designed to raise customer awareness of healthier food selection options in their stores. That grocery