Beverages

June is National Dairy Month! The theme this year is Doing Good With Dairy with a focus on the local farmers and community. The National Dairy Council is having a photo challenge each day this week. If you would like to participate, you c...

In my last post, "Kids choose less soda in school but still have sugary alternatives," I talked about the sugary drinks that children are still drinking in school. Kids don't really think about what all the extra calories really means to their ...

A new study just published in the Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine found that recent changes to laws in the schools are making a difference with children's sugary beverage consumption. The study found that only one in four high school students h...

Controversy is brewing over whether kids should drink flavored milk.  More and more schools are discussing whether to ban it altogether.Then of course, there is a lot of sugar in flavored milk and we know kids already get too much sugar.  Sugar fuels t...

Sugar sweetened beverages (SSB) has a been a hot topic for some time. Many blame these sugary drinks on the obesity problem that we currently face. According to the F is for Fat report these statistics can be attributed to the consumption of sugar...

Hot Weather Nutrition| No- Cook Recipes| Heat Wave Safety Tips | Summer Safety Resources Many parts of the country are in a heat wave, the National Weather Service and the CDC is providing heat wave safety information,  maps and recommendations to r...

Assemblyman Bill Monning, a Democrat-Carmel California is proposing a tax on soda.  I know we have heard this before but with states, especially California, now hurting for money, it might have a chance of passing.  A tax on soda would mean $86 million...

Water is such an important part of a healthy diet.  Unfortunately, it gets overlooked.Water is very important for adults and kids too.  I use my water bottle and try to keep it filled so I can easily grab a sip.But one of the things I don't like about ...

A new study just released by the Journal of Pediatrics indicates that kids think sports drinks are healthy. In this study, they found a correlation of increased sports drink with increased activity and healthier food choices. In the same study, th...

According to a new study published in this months Journal of the American Dietetic Association (October 201 issue): empty calories represent 40% of the average American child's diet more than 11% of calories came from sugary drinks (compare that to...