National Nutrition Month is a nutrition education and information campaign created annually in March by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Larkin Community Hospital's dietetic interns join this excellent campaign and organized an event at main campus in South Miami. The campaign focuses on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits.
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Dietetic Interns At Larkin Celebrate National Nutrition Month
Can Sun Exposure Prevent Diabetes?
Written on in Healthy Living, Nutrition and Wellness.
By Joel Exebio, PhD Candidate, dietetic intern, MBRS Fellow, vitamin D expert
The incidence of diabetes has increased dramatically over the last 30 years. It is widely known that Scandinavian countries such as Finland and Sweden have the highest rate of type 1 diabetes in the world due to the limited amount of sunlight ...
Coffee: Is it Healthy or Not?
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By: Nina Talamas, Dietetic Intern
As one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world, coffee consumption is second only to water. In spite of this popularity, coffee and its effects on our health are hotly debated in the worlds of medicine and nutrition. Current research has been slowly answering the questions we have concerning ...
Ready for something yummy!
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The good ol' days:
Remember your parents telling you how important it is to eat breakfast and how it is the "most important" meal of the day? Well, there's definitely some truth in that!
Why breakfast?
Breakfast has the power to jump-start your metabolism while decreasing cravings throughout the day. Breakfast is so important ...