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February 26, 2018

Keep Rethinking Your Drink

In December, a three part series called Rethink Your Holiday Drink ran on the blog. Amy Meehan, our Healthy People Program Specialist, wrote about how sugary drinks can negatively impact our budgets and our health. This is true not only during the holidays, but all throughout the year! According to the Centers for Disease Control […]

WRITTEN BY: Maddi Taylor, Dietetic Intern, Marshall University

REVIEWED BY: Jenny Lobb, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Franklin County

SOURCES:

  • American Heart Association (2015). Rethink Your Drink: Reducing Sugary Drinks in Your Diet. http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/HealthyLiving/HealthyEating/%20SimpleCookingwithHeart/Rethink-Your-Drink-Reducing-Sugary-Drinks-in-Your-Diet_UCM_445267_Article.jsp#.WoMm4yXwaUl
  • American Heart Association (2017). Added Sugars. http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/HealthyLiving/HealthyEating/Nutrition/Added-Sugars_UCM_305858_Article.jsp#.WmjVJ1VG2fQ
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2017). Get the Facts: Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Consumption. https://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/data-statistics/sugar-sweetened-beverages-intake.html
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (2015). 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. https://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015/

Categories: Food
Tags: added sugar, Infused water, sugar-sweetened beverages, sugary drinks

March 30, 2017

Water with a Twist

I was recently teaching a diabetes education class when the topic of healthy beverages came up. I encourage drinking water or nutrient rich beverages such as low-fat milk and 100% fruit juices as opposed to “drinking calories” in the form of sugar sweetened beverages. Occasionally people tell me they do not like plain water and […]

WRITTEN BY: Christine Kendle, MS, RDN, LD, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Tuscarawas County, kendle.4@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Shannon Carter, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Fairfield County and Cheryl Mickley, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Carroll County

Categories: Food
Tags: Infused water

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