Healthy Eating

"50 Foods that lower your cholesterol"

If you want to eat a heart-healthy diet but are not sure what foods you should buy, check out this heart-healthy kitchen essentials guide. From fruits and vegetables to whole grain goodness, learn what foods to keep on hand.

Food Pyramid-Mypyramid.gov

One size doesn't fit all. MyPyramid offers personalized eating plans and interactive tools to help you plan and assess your food choices based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

The Lowdown on Food Labels

Today, most food packages display detailed labeling information. However, do you stop to read this information? Learning how to read and understand food labels is extremely important in helping us make healthier food choices.

My Grocery List

Need help creating a grocery list full of heart healthy foods? Let us help you!

Face the Facts

Do you know your fats?  Some fats are better than other.

Interactive Menu Planner

The menu planner helps you to create your own meals or add up your daily calorie intake.

We Can!^TM

We Can!^TM or "Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition" is a national program designed for families and communities to help children maintain a healthy weight. The program focuses on three important behaviors: improved food choices, increased physical activity and reduced screen time. Read more about the program.

We Can! provides families and communities just like yours with helpful resources that you can start using today to help prevent childhood overweight. Learn how your family can start living more healthfully today.

Healthy Snack Ideas

Check out these sites for some healthy, easy snacking options that will keep you full, longer.

dietriffic.com part 1, part 2

A Visual Guide to 15 Healthy Snacks

• Low fat popcorn
• Non-fat yogurt
• Raw nuts
• Whole grain pretzels
• Fresh fruits and vegetables
• Non fat cottage cheese
• Celery with peanut butter
• Plain rice cakes

Make smart decisions when eating out!

American Heart Association

Tips for eating healthy when dining out, broken down into different food genres.

UW Health

This is a 2-page document full of tips to help you stay healthy when eating out.

The Fast Food Explorer

You can find out the nutrition information for many fast food favorites here.  You can also compare different menu items from various restaurants.

Nutritional menus for local restaurants

Olive Garden

Find out how many calories, total fat, saturated fat, sodium, and carbohydrates each dish at Olive Garden has.  There is also an easy-to-download print version.

Red Lobster

Red Lobster's Health page not only has nutrition facts for its entire menu, but also has smart cooking tips, information about Omega-3 fatty acids and seafood, a Lighthouse© menu guide, and eating out tips.

Carrabbas

This page shows you the Diabetic Exchange and carbohydrate information for most of the Carrabbas menu.  This information is useful if you are counting carbs but feel like having some Italian food for dinner.

Potbelly's

Potbelly's nutrition page allows you to find out the nutrition information for your exact meal.  You choose which sandwich, soup, salad, or desert you want and customize your choice to find out exactly how many calories, total fats (saturated and trans), cholesterol, sodium, and protein you meal has.

Freebird's

Freebirds offers you some "Suggestions for Balance", such as go light on the BBQ sauce.  If you want more specific nutritional information, such as "how many calories is the Pico de Gallo I added to my burrito?", click on "Suggested Combinations for Popular Lifestyles" at the bottom of the page.

Einstein Bros. Bagels

Click on the "nutritional information" button to open the 18 page nutrition guide.  It contains detailed descriptions of every item on the menu as well as nutritional facts, such as calories, carbohydrates, and sodium.

Jason's Deli

This is a complete nutrition guide (calories, protein, trans fat, sodium, etc.) for the Jason's Deli menu.

Arby's

Find out the detailed nutrition information on all your favorite Arby's foods, including your favorite beverage and the dipping sauces.

The Daily Plate Chick-Fil-A calorie information

Find out how many calories, fats, proteins, and carbs your favorite items on the Chick-Fil-A menu has.

McDonald's

Want to know how much cholesterol a double cheeseburger has? Find out all the nutritional information by checking out the McDonald's nutrition facts. Everything from sandwiches to coffee is listed, complete with nutritional facts. A downloadable version is also available and a search function makes finding your favorite item easy.

Shipley Donuts

This webpage contains the nutritional facts for Shipley's glazed Do-Nuts.

Shipley Kolache's

This webpage contains the nutritional facts for Shipley's sausage kolache.

Sonic

This is a complete nutrition guide (calories, trans fat, sodium, cholesterol, etc.) for all the items on the Sonic menu.