• Self-Management Program: Improving Your Nutrition

    Self-Management Program: Improving Your Nutrition

    Your body has an appetite for good food. You’ve heard the saying, “You are what you eat.” It’s true. When you eat well, your body rewards you. Want to be healthy and happy with energy to do the things you love? Nosh on fruits and vegetables, whole grains…
  • The Link Between Nutrition and Mental Health

    The Link Between Nutrition and Mental Health

    You’ve likely heard the cliché a million times — “You are what you eat.” So you might nosh on foods reported to lower your blood pressure, strengthen your bones or burn belly fat. You might even load up on brain food to feed your head. As it turns out…
  • Nutrition

    Nutrition

    Nutrition, Recipes for diabetes, heart heath, general health, high blood pressure, high fiber, carb conscious, heart conscious, sodium conscious, Ask a dietitian

  • Nutrition labels?

    How do I read nutrition labels to know what option is the best choice?
  • Living With Diabetes? Find Big Eats on a Small Grocery Budget

    Living With Diabetes? Find Big Eats on a Small Grocery Budget

    Food choices are so important when diabetes is part of your day-to-day life. Here’s something to keep in mind: The best healthy meal plan for those living with diabetes isn’t very different from one for people without diabetes. Our bodies have an appetite…
  • How to Get the Right Nutrients at Any Age

    How to Get the Right Nutrients at Any Age

    Your body needs different things at different ages. That’s especially true when it comes to nutrition. What we eat affects how we age. And aging changes our nutritional needs. Understanding that link is vital to maintaining good health as we get older…

  • Recipe Book Home

    Welcome to the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois digital recipe book , your ultimate nutrition source for delicious recipes, helpful cooking and nutrition tips and even the opportunity to "ask the dietitian" nutrition questions! All of our recipes…

  • Comment on Preventive Care or Medical Care? Learn the Difference

    You can see a dietitian for nutrition counseling and it is covered on the preventive side which people don’t realize! Allaccessdietitians.com
  • Inflammaging: 5 Ways to Reduce Inflammation as You Age

    Inflammaging: 5 Ways to Reduce Inflammation as You Age

    When it comes to our long-term health, it’s important to know about inflammation and its effects. As we age, all of us develop some inflammation. The key to healthier aging is to be aware of it and keep it under control. Short-term inflammation is a…
  • Surprising Signs You Might Have a Thyroid Problem

    Surprising Signs You Might Have a Thyroid Problem

    Thyroid disease is common, and many people don’t know they have it. That may be in part because some of the symptoms are surprising. About 30 million people suffer from thyroid dysfunction. And more than half don’t know they have a problem, says the…

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