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Liz’s Nutrition Notes: Spring Fruits and Vegetables

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Post published:April 5, 2018
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Happy Spring! By the way Mother Nature, can we please get some nice weather?! Seriously, what’s up with the wind and snow! Anyways, as we are now (technically) in Spring,…

Liz’s Nutrion Notes: MyPlate

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Post published:March 29, 2018
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What is MyPlate? MyPlate is a visual representation of how to incorporate appropriate portion sizes of the five food groups in your meals. It replaced the Food Pyramid in an…

Friday Favorites

Post author:Heather
Post published:March 23, 2018
Post category:ben platt black panther confidence dear evan hanson friday favorites hamilton health lin-manuel miranda nutrition pittsburgh
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Anyone have fun plans for their weekend? I'm headed to a family friend's wedding, and I'm also really hoping that some of this snow melts!On to my favorites from this…

Liz’s Nutrition Notes: Portion Sizes

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Post published:March 22, 2018
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Portion sizes have increased over the years. With an increase in portion sizes comes an increase in caloric intake. Understanding portion sizes will help with planning meals and providing ourselves…

Liz’s Nutrition Notes: What is the Paleo Diet?

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Post published:March 15, 2018
Post category:diet Liz's Nutrition Notes nutrition paleo paleo diet
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I'm sure you've all heard of, and maybe tried, many diets; one that almost everyone has heard of is the Paleo Diet. So this week, I thought I'd share some…

Liz’s Nutrition Notes: National Nutrition Month

Post author:Heather
Post published:March 8, 2018
Post category:health Liz's Nutrition Notes national nutrition month nutrition
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Each week, Liz posts about a different topic related to nutrition and health. This week, she's talking about National Nutrition Month.Image viaEvery March is National Nutrition Month (NNM), so happy…

Liz’s Nutrition Notes: What is a “Healthy Diet?”

Post author:Heather
Post published:March 1, 2018
Post category:diet healthy eating Liz's Nutrition Notes nutrition weight loss
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Each week, Liz will posts about a different topic related to nutrition and health. This week, she's discussing what it means to eat a healthy diet.Heather sent me this article…

Liz’s Nutrition Notes: Amino Acids and Protein

Post author:Heather
Post published:February 15, 2018
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Happy Valentine's [yester]Day!Last week my sister asked me about amino acids, so I did a bit of reading/writing to give a quick briefing in today's post.Amino acids are the building…

Liz’s Nutrition Notes: Feeding Tubes

Post author:Heather
Post published:February 8, 2018
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Each week, Liz will be posting about a different topic related to nutrition and health. This week, she's talking about feeding tubes.I know Heather has talked about using a feeding…

Liz’s Nutrition Notes: Refeeding Syndrome in the News

Post author:Heather
Post published:February 1, 2018
Post category:feeding tube Liz's Nutrition Notes malnutrition nutrition refeeding syndrome
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Each week, Liz will be posting about a different topic related to nutrition and health. This week, she tackles refeeding syndrome - something that was on her mind after hearing…