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Functional foods that lower CVD risk

Tips and strategies to help clients get more fiber

The role RDs can play in preventing blindness in diabetes patients
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Other Nutrition News
Raw Milk Causes Most Dairy-Related Disease Outbreaks
Unpasteurized or raw milk is often seen as more healthful, but it’s 150 times more likely to cause a disease outbreak than pasteurized milk, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times.

Panera, Others Plan
Pay-What-You-Can Cafés

USA Today reports on a new trend in restaurants that aim to make a social difference.
Tech & Tools
New App Helps Urology Patients Find Bladder-Friendly Foods
The new Food List app by the Interstitial Cystitis Network gives patients an easy-to-use database and a comprehensive food list they can use while grocery shopping and eating out at restaurants.
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Innovative App Enables Clients
to Track Food and Fitness Goals

The free Calorie Counter & Diet Tracker app by MyFitnessPal.com is being touted as the fastest and easiest to use calorie counter with the largest food database to date. Learn more »
Continuing Education
Learn about antioxidant-rich herbs and spices in this month’s issue of Today’s Dietitian. Read the CPE Monthly article, take the 10-question online test at ce.TodaysDietitian.com, and earn two CPEUs!
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Editor's E-Note
Getting Your ‘Breakfast’ Plate In Shape

Everyone knows that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It jump-starts your metabolism, renews your energy, and fills your body with much-needed vitamins and minerals to last you ’til lunchtime.

In this month’s E-News Exclusive, Today’s Dietitian spoke with RDs who discuss the importance of breakfast and how to turn popular calorie-laden morning fare that Americans love to eat into lower-calorie, nutritious options. Plus, we tell you about some of the new, healthful breakfast products now sold in grocery stores.

If you’d like to read more about this all-important morning meal, check out the feature article “Best Breakfasts From Around the World” in the March issue of Today’s Dietitian. We interviewed RDs who discuss a variety of breakfast meals from Turkey, Costa Rica, and other parts of the world that are nutritious as well as delicious. If you’re not a subscriber of the magazine, you can read the digital version here.

Be sure to visit Today’s Dietitian’s website at www.TodaysDietitian.com. You’ll find great news and information that’s relevant and reliable to daily practice. We welcome your feedback at TDeditor@gvpub.com. Enjoy the e-newsletter and follow Today’s Dietitian on Facebook and Twitter!

— Judith Riddle, editor
E-News Exclusive
Healthful Breakfast Makeovers
By Juliann Schaeffer

Dietitians share ideas on how to transform high-fat, high-calorie breakfasts into more healthful fare.

The many benefits of eating a regular breakfast is likely old news to dietitians, but the meal’s significance for clients’ overall wellness is worth restating. “It’s been shown that eating breakfast is a key habit of a healthful lifestyle,” says Connie Guttersen, RD, PhD, author of The Sonoma Diet and Kraft Foods' spokesperson. “Breakfast not only gives you a jump-start on getting the energy you need to start the day but, depending on your food choices, it also can provide key nutrients for health, such as calcium from dairy, B vitamins, iron, and fiber. Studies also show that those who eat breakfast have a better overall diet quality.”

Yet, despite these and other advantages, a regular breakfast routine is hardly commonplace for many families in the United States today. Guttersen notes that more than 50% of Americans report skipping breakfast regularly.

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Field Notes
Welch's Announces Winners of Its Reward Your Heart,
Reward RDs Contest


Welch’s has announced the five RD winners of its Reward Your Heart, Reward RDs contest and the people who nominated them as leaders in heart-health education. Each winner has received a $500 cash prize, and each person who submitted the winning nominations has received $500 to put toward their nutrition education efforts. Find out who the winners are and read about their stories here.

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