April 1, 2021

Widespread use of fruit and vegetable prescription programs may be way off, but here’s what dieticians and physicians can do today to help their patients

Healthy Meals

The recent blog post by Garry Welch, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer of Silver Fern, focused on ways to improve Americans’ fruit and vegetable intake. Dr. Welch discussed the rationale for society to invest in programs that allowed and encouraged medical personnel to prescribe food as opposed to, or in combination with medicine, to treat chronic …

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March 19, 2021

Can we transform our nation’s health if clinicians strongly promote fruits and vegetables with patients?

Healthy Meals

This post explores the healing power of fruits and vegetables and the need for clinicians to become more involved in national strategies that encourage Americans to eat more of them. Research shows that eating more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and seeds as part of a broader lifestyle medicine strategy – especially combined with weight loss …

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March 3, 2021

Four ways we can help patients make dining out a regular part of a healthful diet plan

Practice Points - Nutrition

According to Business Insider, Americans eat out 5.9 times a week on average. That’s an astounding 28% of meals, and we spend a lot of money doing it. Business Insider broke the cost per person down by state, and on the high end, in states like Massachusetts and New York, a person can spend more than $3,500 each year eating out.  There …

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