March is National Nutrition Month

Join me in celebrating National Nutrition Month by taking steps for better health! This week (March 1-7) make it a goal to eat @ least 5 fruit and vegetable servings each day. Any combination will work such as 2 fruits and 3 vegetables, 1 fruit and 4 vegetables or 2.5 fruits & 2.5 vegetables! Do what is doable for you, but make sure to get a variety! If you have diabetes, remember that fruit has natural sugar in it so you may not want to eat 5 or more fruit servings/day. Also, if you are on a carbohydrate controlled diet, eat less starchy vegetables and more non-starchy vegetables.  Starchy vegetables have more carbohydrate per serving as well as more calories. The following are starchy vegetables: corn, peas, potatoes, yams, sweet potatoes, parsnips, winter squash, lentils, baked beans, refried beans, black, garbanzo, kidney, lima, navy, pinto and white beans.