Storage and Handling of Breast Milk

Wash your hands before pumping breasts or handling breast milk.
Storing
It’s best to store breast milk in glass or hard plastic bottles. Plastic bottle liners are not designed for long-term storage of breast milk. However, individually sterilized breast milk freezer bags are designed to store breast milk for freezing. Breast milk […]

Top Ten Healthy Weight Tips

Be realistic about your body weight. You can’t change the shape you were born with.
Make regular physical activity part of each day. Include a minimum of 30 minutes of moderate physical activity on most, if not all, days of the week. Click here for Top Ten Activity Tips.
Have a balanced breakfast […]

Meal Planning Tips

A weekly meal plan can help you get organized, cut down on trips to the store, and reduce reliance on take-out or delivered foods. Get other family members involved in the planning, shopping, preparation and clean-up.
Variety is the spice of life! Be adventurous and experiment with some new taste sensations by trying new […]

Nutrition Tips: Our list of food and nutrient advice and recommendations

Carbohydrate foods are an important part of healthy eating and are the main source of energy for most people. Include more whole grains breads and cereals, rice, pasta, vegetables and fruit as well as beans, peas and lentils in your meal plans.
Milk and milk products […]

Nutrition Tips: Together, cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and stroke account for more than 75% of all deaths in the U.S. The latest scientific evidence provides even greater support for the role fruits and vegetables play in helping to protect against all of these diseases.
Adults who increase their fruit and vegetable […]

We all hope to live to be much older than 50 years of age.  Hopefully this list of nutrition tips for healthy living after 50 years of age will help:

Grocery shop with a friend. It is pleasant and can save money if you share items that you can only use half of, such as […]

Potassium: Most Americans get less than half the amount of potassium they need for healthy blood pressure.
In addition to helping maintain healthy blood pressure, potassium may reduce the risk of developing kidney stones, and possibly decrease bone loss with age.
Some of the best sources of potassium may come as a surprise.

Great sources of […]

Fruits and vegetables can help you feel full on fewer calories than if you ate the same amount of many other foods. That’s because fruits and vegetables are high in water and fiber content and therefore low in calories relative to their volume.
Studies show that a calorie-controlled low-fat diet that allows unlimited consumption […]