Many nutrition campaigns encourage eating at least 5 fruits and vegetables each day.  This week, concentrate on the fruits.  Fruits provide a variety of vitamins and minerals, water, and energy in the form of sugar.  Fructose is the natural sugar in fruits.  Our bodies break down this simple sugar to use for energy. While grocery shopping and planning your days intake, remember that lots of market fruits will equal at least 2 fruit servings.  One serving of an apple, ora...

The adult woman’s body is roughly 60% water. We lose this water continuously throughout the day through breathing, digesting, perspiring, etc. It’s important to replace this lost water to prevent dehydration.

It’s the time for New Year’s resolutions. I bet you can you guess two of the most popular resolutions: 1) Eat healthier and 2) Begin exercising. Each year, these two are in the top five.