Nutrition Blog

Holiday meals can be stressful between the grocery shopping, budgeting, planning, baking and cooking — and then don’t forget about the cleanup. You can get tired just thinking about the ongoing to-do list. So how can we juggle eating healthy, keeping cost low and reducing meal stress around the holidays?...

Often we think of processed foods as lacking any nutritional value. But are all processed foods “bad”? Can there be a place for these foods in our diet? First, it is important to know what qualifies as a processed food. According to the USDA, a processed food is defined as:...

Did you know that drinking alcohol increases your risk of cancer?  Did you know that alcohol is the third leading preventable cause of cancer, behind tobacco and obesity?   There is strong evidence that alcohol can cause several types of cancer, including breast, colon, mouth, throat, voice box, esophagus and liver...

WRAL recently published a great article on why hitting the produce aisle can help improve your mood and stress levels.  Not only do fruits, vegetables, and other plant foods fight cancer but they also provide a calming effect during stressful times that treatment (and a pandemic) can cause.  Check out...

Female Breast Cancer How what you eat and how active you are may affect your breast cancer risk   Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer diagnosed in women. Per the American Cancer Society, there was an estimated 268,670 new cases in 2018. Evidence now shows that an...

NC State University developed a nice graphic that provides tips for handling groceries during the COVID-19 outbreak. You should NOT: Go grocery shopping if showing symptoms or think you may have been exposed to the virus Store groceries outside your home, in your car, or in the garage Wash produce...

The CDC, FDA, and USDA are NOT aware of any reports that suggest COVID-19 can be transmitted through food or food packaging.  NC State University developed a great graphic that helps answer all your questions regarding the safety of getting takeout during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Click the link below for...

Too often people look for the secret to weight loss by following the latest and greatest fad diet like: Keto, Whole 30, Paleo…the list goes on and on.  It’s true that you lose weight initially, but 95% of dieters regain their weight within 1-5 years.  Why?  Because fad diets are...

This is probably the number one misunderstood topic related to cancer and nutrition. It also happens to be the number one question we get. Let's take a closer look at what sugar does in our bodies.