March is National Nutrition Month. It started in 1973 as a week-long event and became a month-long one in 1980 because people grew interest in nutrition. Nutrition Month is sponsored by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and focuses on helping people developing good eating habits, exercise and make correct food choices.
We are what we eat, so, celebrate this month by trying healthy food, sport and happiness.
The Theme for 2017 is “Put your best fork forward”, that means each bite counts. Start with small changes and make them bigger. Add a fruit or a vegetable to your daily meal and then try and stick with it for the year. Add every month a day without meat and then try and make it every week. Have a fruit for a snack once in a while. In time, you will start making this healthy choices more often.
Looks like my neighbors to the north get everything right
Nutrition is near and dear to my heart. These are good starter tips and can make a difference in preventing problems.
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This is awesome and sad. Awesome because healthy eating habits are integral to well being and should be promoted! Sad because needing to promote healthy eating habits needs to be done – choosing an apple over a bag of Doritos really shouldn’t be something that people need to do gradually so they get used to it. Keeping healthy choices in the spotlight is, in the end always a good thing! 🙂
RIGHT! Why does eating healthy have to be a holiday to be considered at all? If anything there should be a Ban Junk Food day!
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Love “Put your best fork forward” – its a reminder that we need to make better choices for our health! thank you for sharing!
You are welcome
Our grocery basket typically has as much as 50% fruit, veggie, & beans/legumes.
Sounds great!
I love this! I wish the would incorporate more classes during high school to show kids how good healthy cooking feels and tastes. 🙂
costs less, and is more impressive on a date too!
Funny. As I’m reading this, I’m munching on a bowl of chopped cantaloupe while a chocolate bar is trying to tempt me close by. Thanks for sharing.
Nice!
Should definitely follow those healthy tips which you shared here
I love this year’s theme! So beneficial for everyone.
What a sensible idea, one to copy!
This is great!
Great tips! Fruit is a favourite snack! 🙂
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As you wrote “We are what we eat”, we couln’t agree more
Do you already know a bit about Chinese medicine and nutrition? It may cast light on many practices and implicit healthy habits which find an explanation in the Chinese tradition!
We wrote more about it, if you’re interested 🙂
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Thank you for your information
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