“Personalize Your Plate” is the theme for National Nutrition Month 2021. How do we personalize our plate while maintaining a balance of healthy vitamins, fat and carbs? Since there is no one-size-fits-all approach to nutrition and health, the best place to start is to find recipes that temp our unique taste buds and make adjustments that support our nutrition goals. This may be reducing sugar or increasing your veggie intake.
Using tip sheets from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, make attempts to personalize your and your family’s plate this month:
We are all unique with different bodies, goals, genetics and tastes! However, we all need inspiration at one time or another to focus on what we eat and how we eat. Does stress create the desire for sweets? Does a busy day influence your choice of quick meal options that may fall short of health goals? Try these tips:
- Place veggies and fruit such as carrots or blueberries in bowls at eye-level in the fridge. When we conceal our fruits and veggies in a crisper, we tend to forget them. By keeping them handy when we open the fridge during a fuel-up, impulse moment, it’s more likely we’ll grab a healthier choice.
- Commit to meat-free Mondays and boost your veggie intake
- Switch pasta for zoodles and other veggie spirals to reduce your intake of highly processed grains
