Healthy Recipes and Nutrition Resources
Healthy food, healthy living
Eating healthy is one of the most important things you can do to protect your body and achieve good, overall well-being. Eating nutrient rich foods has many advantages — and not simply in terms of achieving or maintaining a healthy weight.
That’s because eating a healthy diet affects every part of the body and its health, from the brains to the bones. A proper, healthy diet, for example, can help lower the risk of getting chronic diseases, such as diabetes and high blood pressure, even cancer. But it can also improve other aspects that should not be overlooked, including brain health, digestion, moods and sleep. The benefits of healthy eating are many and varied.
Benefits of healthy eating:
- May help you live longer
- Helps achieve and maintain a healthy weight
- Improves sleep quality, mood and energy levels
- Keeps skin and eyes healthy
- Supports muscles
- Increases immunity
- Boosts brain health
- Strengthens teeth and bones
- Lowers risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and some cancers
- Improves digestion
Below are healthy recipes and resources to help you eat — and live — better.
Healthy Recipes: Cooking for Good Health
Take a look at the following recipes and cooking
demonstrations by our food and nutrition experts. These recipes are delicious
but also simple to cook in the kitchen.
Quinoa Whole Grain Salad
Amaranth Fritters
Millet Stuffed Peppers
Egg Bites
Overnight Oats
Tomato Stuffed with Salmon Dill Salad
Healthy Eating Resources
In addition to recipes, the following general nutrition tips and resources can help support you in making lifestyle changes and improve your health using nutrition.
