Handouts

Antioxidant Guide : This handout gives a brief overview of the benefits of antioxidants and where to find them.

Best Brands : This handout lists the healthiest brands of food on the market and where you can find them.                                                                                             

Bones - Healthy Bones : This handout discusses several controllable lifestyle factors, such as nutrition and physical activity, that can make a difference between a frail or strong skeleton.

Carbohydrate Content of Fruits and Vegetables : This handout has the carbohydrate content of several popular fruits and vegetables.

Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) : A diet that can help decrease and prevent elevated blood pressure.

Fat - Finding a Balance : This handout has information on balancing fat intake and gives helpful information about foods to avoid that have high fat content.

Fiber : This handout has good information about fiber, it's importance, the difference between soluble and insoluble, and fiber content in certain foods.

Fish : This handout gives information on the advantages of incorporating fish into your diet, along with buying and cooking tips.

Flax : This handout is about how flax can protect your health and gives practical hints on how to use flax in cooking.

Fruits : This handout is jam packed with information on fruits including suggested daily intake, nutrition information, buying fruit and the benefit of eating fruits.

Grains - Global Grains : This handout gives an overview of grains, and ideas on how to use grains in your daily diet.

Grains Nutrional Information : This handout has more information on grains, their dietary value.

HDL - Raising Your Level of HDL : This handout gives helpful hints on how to raise your level of High Density Lipoprotein, your "Healthy Cholesterol."

LDL -Lowering Your Level of LDL : This handout gives helpful hints on how to lower your level of Low Density Lipoprotein, your "Lousy Cholesterol."

Meats : This handout has fat and calorie content of various meats.

Nuts -All CRAZY about NUTS :This handout discusses the health benefits of eating nuts, the best types of nuts to eat, and ways to work nuts into your daily diet.

Omega-3 Fatty Acids : This handout discusses the health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids, what types of food has them, and how to work them into your daily diet.

Potassium Foods : This handout discusses food sources containing potassium.

Restaurant Guide : This handout divides popular restaurant foods into three categories; RED Foods- you should avoid, YELLOW Foods- you should limit, and GREEN Foods- are good. 

Soy : This handout has almost everything you need to know about soy, it's nutritional and health values and cooking suggestions.

Triglycerides - Lowering Your Triglycerides : This handout gives helpful hints on how to lower your triglycerides, dietary fats that float in your blood and increase risk of stroke, heart disease, and diabetes.

Vegetarian Diets : This handout gives information on the nutrients that are some times lacking in a vegetarian diet.