Part 1: Protecting Your Health: The Ins and Outs of Your Immune System
Part 1: Protecting Your Health: The Ins and Outs of Your Immune System By Barbara Day, M.S., R.D. As a dietitian I have always been aware of how your immune system works in concert to help keep you healthy. I have an autoimmune disease so I take the steps to keep my immune system strong. This […]
Is Caffeine Good or Bad for Your Health?
Is Caffeine Good or Bad for Your Health? By Barbara Day, M.S., R.D. For years I have been writing and talking about the Pros and Cons of caffeine. Full disclosure, I drink coffee daily. I’ll admit that I am hooked on coffee and I am probably not going to stop drinking my daily coffee. But I […]
The ABCs of Cooking Easy & Affordable Meals at Home
The ABCs of Cooking Easy & Affordable Meals at Home By Barbara Day, M.S., R.D. In order make home cooked meals that are affordable and quick and easy there are several steps to consider: Planning & use a grocery list to shop. Use simple ingredients. Cooking larger portion for multiple meals. Plan Simple Meals for […]
The Perfect Storm of Events Create a Cascade of Long-Term Health Issues
The Perfect Storm of Events Create a Cascade of Long-Term Health Issues By Barbara Day, M.S., R.D. The Make America Healthy Again Narrative: America did not become chronically ill overnight. Our current health crisis is the result of many pressures hitting the human body at the same time. For decades we have slowly moved away from […]
Translating the ‘Added Sugar’ Guidelines in the 2025-2030 MAHA US Dietary Guidelines to a Plateful of Real Food
Translating the ‘Added Sugar’ Guidelines in the 2025-2030 MAHA US Dietary Guidelines to a Plateful of Real Food Barbara Day, M.S., R.D. Under the new MAHA 2025–2030 U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the recommendation on added sugar has shifted compared with previous editions because research has concluded sugar has been the major culprit that […]
Small Changes Make a Big Difference
Small Changes Make a Big Difference By Barbara Day, M.S., R.D. The 2025-2020 US Dietary Guidelines by the Trump HHS, there was a big uproar about of EAT REAL FOOD motto. Moving from an ultra-processed food culture to a Eat Real Food culture might be hard at first but many families could start by Making […]
Flipping the Food Guide Pyramid has Some Flipping Out: EAT REAL FOOD
Flipping the Food Guide Pyramid has Some Flipping Out: EAT REAL FOOD By Barbara Day, M.S., R.D. As a registered dietitian since 1973, I always tried to follow whatever the Federal Government’s Health Agencies like the CDC, FDA, NIH, Public Health, recommended because that is what I was taught to do when I was in college […]
How Many Grams of Saturated Fat and Protein Do You Need Each Day under 2025-2030 MAHA US Dietary Guidelines
How to translate the MAHA 2025-2026 Dietary Guidelines into a plate full of real food.
Senator Shelley Funke Frommeyer: The Force Behind MAHA Kentucky
Senator Shelley Funke Frommeyer: The Force Behind MAHA Kentucky By Barbara Day, M.S., R.D. Setting the Table: MAHA needs State MAHA Groups to Move to a Well Care System The Make America Healthy Again movement needs for every state in the US to set-up their own MAHA Task Force like the Kentucky Assembly MAHA Task […]
My Favorite Fish is Salmon: Wild or Farmed Salmon Which is Best
My Favorite Fish is Salmon: Wild or Farmed Salmon Which is Best? By Barbara Day, M.S., R.D. My favorite fish to eat is salmon! When we lived in Alaska when my husband was in the Army, we would eat freshly caught salmon, sometimes king salmon sometimes silver salmon. Yum! Sometimes, we caught the salmon and had […]