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Whether you want a prediabetes Mediterranean diet, a vegetarian diet to prevent heart disease or an omnivore’s diet to manage your diabetes, your best diet will have these characteristics. You know how I know I’m a dietitian? One of the most common questions I’m asked…
Knowing the results of these blood tests for heart health can save your life. Unless you ask, you probably won’t get two of them. Learn what these numbers should be and how to get them closer to healthy! I asked ChatGPT what Americans fear most….
Here’s how to boost nutrient absorption, so you’ll get more health-boosters in every bite. Some health-boosting nutrients and phytonutrients get scraped into the trash. Others are wasted in the cooking water. And more are trapped inside the food waiting to be unlocked. These don’t happen…
You know to eat more protein from plants, but do you know the best sources? And are you tricked by foods that aren’t good sources at all? Your questions about protein from plants are finally answered – simply and accurately. When you think of food…
Here’s the plant-based food list you’ll want whether you eat meat or not. Add them to your shopping list to reap the benefits of plants, plants, and more plants. “I want to eat plant-based, but my family would disown me if I stopped cooking meat…
What if a tasty, healthy diet for cancer prevention also helped prevent diabetes and heart disease? This cancer prevention plan is good for all that and more. You do not need a different diet plan for every single health concern! “I’m doomed,” a woman said…
If you have prediabetes or diabetes, you must wonder how does high blood sugar affect your heart and how can you manage both health concerns at once. Conflicting goals swirl around me. And you too, I bet. Should you get up early to work out…
Blueberries, chickpeas, and walnuts are loaded with phytochemicals. But what are phytochemicals? They’re health-boosters, disease-fighters, and defenders from the bad stuff! You should have seen the cringey expression on my face when I overheard a “health and nutrition coach” tell someone that chickpeas and hummus…
This aromatic, healthy vegetarian one-pot meal gives you plant protein and fiber from the veggies, farro and chickpeas and extra deliciousness from the lemongrass and ginger. Yay! Farro is back in the supermarkets! When COVID-19 first disrupted the food supply, I couldn’t find one of…
Delicious, nutritious, disease-fighting AND fast to prepare! Beans are all that and more. Here are 12 fast, simple ways to eat more beans + 25 fabulous bean & lentil recipes. I stood inside my pantry looking for “what’s for dinner.” Actually, I sat on a…
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Hi there! I'm Jill, a nutrition & diabetes expert and the author of 4 books.
I believe simple changes in health habits can bring you life-changing rewards.
And I believe willpower is way overrated.
Right here is where you can discover the mindset and habits to stick with healthy lifestyle choices most of the time - and drop the guilt when you don't.
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