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What is Responsive Feeding?
Did you know we are born with the ability to self-regulate our hunger and fullness cues, which tell us how often and how much to eat? Unfortunately,…
What is a Vegetarian Diet?
The Basics of a Vegetarian diet A vegetarian diet is one of the three healthy eating patterns highlighted in the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. In fact,…
What is the Anti-Inflammatory Diet?
Inflammation has become so mediagenic that we are seeing a new term; an anti-inflammatory diet is popping up in social conversations. But what is inflammation? Is it…
What Is Lactose?
There are many different types of sugars. Some are monosaccharides, which are single units of sugar and are often referred to as “simple” sugars. Other sugars are disaccharides,…
What Is Glucose?
There are many different types and forms of caloric sweeteners that are collectively called “sugar.” The most familiar type of sugar is table sugar. Scientifically speaking, table sugar is sucrose, a disaccharide made…
What Is Propylene Glycol, and What Does It Do in Our Food?
As you put away the flour from making pancakes, you glance into the pantry and notice a second box of that cake mix you used for your…
What is the Flexitarian Diet?
Download the Flexitarian Diet Fact Sheet Here Highlights The flexitarian diet can be generally defined as a semi-vegetarian, plant-forward diet. More specifically, the flexitarian diet is a…
What is Molasses?
Highlights Molasses is a product of the sugar beet and sugar cane refinement processes. Molasses from sugar cane is preferred for human consumption. Molasses is the ingredient…