Nutrition News

A recent graduate of the department, Elizabeth Chitwood, wrote this blog for the Wisconsin Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (WAND).  Click here to see her original blog on the WAND Facebook page. August is National Breastfeeding Awareness Month! A mother’s breast milk has all of the nutrition a baby needs to grow up healthy and…

Did you know that our bodies are 60% water? Everything in your body needs water to work well.  Losing too much water, or dehydration, can lead to fatigue, headache, dizziness, and if we’re chronically dehydrated can lead to constipation, kidney stones, urinary tract infections, and problems thinking. How do we prevent dehydration? The old “8…

Nutrition and Immunity Dr. Olson was interviewed on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “The Morning Show” about how we might eat to make sure we’re keeping our immune system strong.  Listen here.

With limited shopping trips, people are relying more on shelf-stable foods, which are sometimes called “processed” foods.  Most foods we buy are processed in some way to make them edible or make the nutrients available to us, to provide us with more nutrition (adding Vitamin D to milk), to make them safe to eat, and…

It is estimated Americans waste 915 pounds of food per person, each year! We can help reduce this waste by making sure we understand how to store and cook our foods properly.  USDA worked with Cornell University and The Food Marketing institute to develop a website and an app to help you keep your foods…

For teens Your nutritional needs haven’t changed suddenly, but now that you’re at home more you may have time to think about the choices you make about what you are eating or drinking.  Here are some ideas to make sure your choices are healthy and helping to prepare you for what is next in your…

Using your leftovers in later meals can save time, money, and trips to the grocery store. Here are some ideas to help you use your leftovers:  Have a “leftover” night, where you get out all your leftovers and everyone has a bit of everything, or people choose their favorites.  If you don’t have enough leftovers…

For older adults living at home, this may be a challenging time to eat healthy.  Lack of meals at senior centers, difficulty with transportation, and perhaps challenges to using online grocery shopping may mean some seniors are not receiving good nutrition.  However, this is an important time for older adults to stay healthy, including with…

When sitting home all day with easy access to a refrigerator or pantry full of snacks, it can be easy to fall victim to “bored eating.” It’s important to stay healthy right now, and that includes eating healthily in both quality and quantity. We covered quality in our blog post on nutrition for the immune…