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Last week I shared 4 of the Healthy Eating Habits the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition recommends.   The Council has Eight Healthy Eating Goals , and this week we will look at the remaining 4 healthy eating habits you can adopt in 2017.   So many people think healthy eating means giving up food.   But for many people, healthy eating means adding food to your day – adding more fruits and vegetables, adding whole grains.   Yesterday, I was in a grocery store and the mother of a toddler was buying a carton of Juice Drink boxes.   She probably thought this was a healthy choice but she was really buying mostly sugar water for her young child.   Had she bought real juice she would have been offering her toddler something with nutritional value rather than a drink of empty calories.   Making some small changes in the foods we choose to eat and buy each day can have a major impact on our health.   Simply buying real juice instead of ju...

Everyone is watching the Olympics.   What do Olympic athletes eat to stay in shape and have the energy to compete?   WebMD had a recent article, Eat Like an Olympian:   5 Nutrition Essentials .    How can you “eat like an Olympian”? Hydration – Olympic athletes stay hydrated.   A dehydrated body does not perform well.   One of the ways any athlete can improve performance is to stay hydrated.   A rule that WebMD recommends is to fill up with fluids equal to half your weight.   Thus, if you weigh 160 pounds, you want to take in 80 ounces of fluid.   Since there are 8 ounces in a cup, 80 ounces would be 10 cups of liquids a day.   But all liquids count – a glass of milk, a glass of ice tea and of course, water. Seafood – many health experts recommend eating seafood at least twice a week.   How does seafood help athletic performance?   Seafood has the omega-3 healthy fats including   EPA and DHA.      ...