March is National Nutrition Month, highlighting the importance of a nutritious diet. Most people know about fats and sugars being bad for you, but there are a lot of other, more complicated elements to understanding nutrition as well. For some very non-technical, easy-to-understand explanations of various nutrition topics, see these fact sheets from the Colorado State University Extension:
- Bacterial Food-Borne Illness
- Childhood Overweight
- Cholesterol and Fats
- Diet and Diabetes
- Diet and Hypertension
- Dietary Fiber
- Dietary Guidelines for Americans
- Food Preparation to Promote Health
- Food Safety During Pregnancy
- Guide to Daily Food Choices
- Guide to Washing Fresh Produce
- Ingredient Substitutions
- Labeling of Genetically Engineered Foods
- Meals for 1 or 2
- Nutrition and Aging
- Nutrition and Cancer
- Nutrition and Dental Health
- Nutrition and Oral Contraceptives
- Nutrition for the Athlete
- Nutrition Quackery
- Omega-3 Fatty Acids
- Osteoporosis
- Potassium and Health
- Salad Greens
- Shopping at Colorado Farmers’ Markets
- Sodium in the Diet
- Sugar and Sweeteners
- Understanding the Food Label
- Vegetarian Diets
- Water-Soluble Vitamins
- Weight Loss Diet Books
- Weight Loss Products and Programs
- Weight Management
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