It’s hard to believe, but we have been posting to this blog for more than a year now, and what a year it’s been. We have accomplished so much in that time! We have written articles focused on healthy eating, raising healthy kids, dealing with picky eaters, reversing the growing childhood obesity trend, and much more! And there’s a lot more to come, to!

Along with the 250 posts, we publish our newsletter, Nutrition Unmasked, twice each month, sponsor a daily Nutrition Unmasked newspaper, and we just published our 4th book. Wow!

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Are they healthy snacks?

A new study published in the International Quarterly of Community Health Education finds that U.S. Children consume about a quarter of their daily calories from snacks.

Children in the study reported consuming an average of 302 calories per day from calorically dense, nutrient poor snacks such as cookies, potato chips and candy. At the same time, children consumed only 45 calories per day from fruit and vegetable snacks. This is far too much unhealthy snacking!

We have discussed the need to snack throughout the day… Read the rest

May is national salad month, so it’s a good time to think about just what could go into a healthy salad. First, decide on the base of your salad. Iceberg lettuce may be the most popular variety in the U.S., but we recommend that you choose another variety instead. In terms of taste and nutritional value, iceberg lettuce is at the bottom of the ladder, and… Read the rest

Most obese adults start out as overweight children. In fact, most of the eating habits we have as adults are established during childhood. This means that to reverse the adult obesity trend, we need to start with the current childhood obesity trend. Many of the people who will be adults in 2030 (18 years from now) are children today.

There is a persistent belief that… Read the rest

Here are some tricks that the best chefs use to make eating fun, while still making it healthy:

Eat what you want, but really want it. Chefs rarely put foods on a “banned list.” They enjoy eating without guilt. So how can they do that? The healthiest chefs eat things like bread and sugary foods less often. These just… Read the rest

Of the top 10 costliest medical conditions, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, many are chronic conditions that have one or more lifestyle components. This means that they can be caused or made much worse by lifestyle choices we make each day.  Medical conditions that make the top 10 list include heart disease, cancer, pulmonary disease, hypertension and diabetes. All of these are directly affected by what and… Read the rest

A recent article in Time Magazine, however, comes to a different conclusion. The article finds that these types of taxes can raise revenues, but they don’t do much to change behavior. They cite one recent study that suggests that it may take as much as a 10 percent increase in the… Read the rest

One of the best ways to have healthy kids is to introduce them to growing their own veggies. Children love to be involved in selecting and preparing meals, if you… Read the rest

A new study that was released on Sunday found that, once diagnosed with diabesity, nearly half of teens failed to control their condition, and 1 in 5 suffered serious complications. This new study supports our position that childhood obesity is more than a problem – it’s an epidemic. The sad part is that this problem is almost entirely preventable.

Type 2 diabetes is a condition that affects tens of thousands of U.S. children,… Read the rest

It’s really about making it simple for people to eat healthy. There are so many conflicting options today that it can be hard to separate fact from fiction. And, opinions keep changing. Over the years, there have been leading “experts” touting eating plans based on low-carb diets, juice fasts,… Read the rest