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SAS Nutrition

As a staff of certified nutritionists, our mission is to bring you the most up-to-date nutrition information that will enable employees to make strategic nutrition choices for their personal health needs and the needs of their family.

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Ashley Bailey, MS, RDN, LDN, IFNCPDecember 11, 2024 0

12 sweet seasons of giving

Since 2012, the SAS Health Center Center and VETS Employee Inclusion Group have been collecting and donating leftover and excess Halloween candy. This year marked the 12th annual candy drive, and SAS families showed up with their candy-coated generosity once again, tipping the scales at 400 pounds of candy.

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Ashley Bailey, MS, RDN, LDN, IFNCPDecember 4, 2024 0

Happy Tummy, Happy Child: 5 Simple Steps to Boost Gut Health

The human body is often described as a well-oiled machine, where each part has a specialized function that contributes to the overall function of the machine. But when one part is damaged, the entire machine can stop working – and it’s often the smallest piece that has the biggest impact.

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Kelly Gehle, MS, RDN, LDN, IFNCPNovember 20, 2024 0

What does 30g of protein look like?

Protein is an essential macronutrient that is used to build and repair tissues, produce enzymes, hormones, and many other functions. Protein is also essential for maintaining a healthy weight. Eating adequate protein can help keep you feeling full longer, stabilize glucose levels and it helps to support lean muscle mass.

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Kelly Gehle, MS, RDN, LDN, IFNCPNovember 13, 2024 0

Root Cause Cancer Risk Reduction

It is estimated that over 2 million new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the US this year. Over 40% of those cases could be prevented through lifestyle changes. The foods and beverages that we consume on a regular basis can either increase or decrease our risk for cancer.

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Jen Sohl-Marion, MPH, RDN, LDNOctober 23, 2024 0

Ferment without fear: Homemade cultured vegetables

Why Ferment at Home? Fermented foods have health-promoting properties, but the store prices or limited selection available to you may have you wondering if you’d be better off making your own. Don’t be intimated by complicated fermentation vessels or the fear of a science experiment gone wrong. I stalled for

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Jen Sohl-Marion, MPH, RDN, LDNOctober 9, 2024 0

Eat an ecosystem: feast on fermented foods

I’m all for a good 2-for-1 deal, so if there’s a food I can use as a condiment to jazz up eggs, salads, beans, grain bowls, meat, fish and wraps while offering unique health-promoting properties, sign me up! Enter fermented foods — these functional foods that are created through controlled

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Ashley Bailey, MS, RDN, LDN, IFNCPSeptember 25, 2024 0

7 steps to naturally manage insulin resistance

In this previous post, we discussed what insulin resistance is and how to recognize it…and then you were left hanging wondering how to prevent, manage or reverse it! No fear, part two is here where we we’ll cover lifestyle interventions to help “fix the doorbell,” allowing normal insulin signaling to

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Ashley Bailey, MS, RDN, LDN, IFNCPSeptember 11, 2024 1

Insulin Resistance: Understand it. Recognize It.

Millions of people worldwide struggle with a silent blood sugar problem known as insulin resistance. Unfortunately, our fast-paced, high-stress, inactive lifestyles contribute to this unwanted, complex condition. However, insulin resistance can be prevented and sometimes reversed with diet and lifestyle changes. So, what is insulin resistance and how do you

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Kelly Gehle, MS, RDN, LDN, IFNCPAugust 28, 2024 0

How food impacts skin health

When we think about our skin and skin health we might think about cleansers and moisturizers, but the foods we choose to eat can have a big impact on skin health. Whether its acne, rosacea, eczema or psoriasis, they can all be impacted by what we eat. Even aging, the

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Kelly Gehle, MS, RDN, LDN, IFNCPAugust 14, 2024 0

Fueling young athletes

The foods that we choose to eat impact every aspect of our health, and as you can imagine, these food choices can also impact every aspect of an athlete’s performance. Choosing the right foods, at the right times, can improve power, strength, reaction time, endurance and recovery. Our young athletes

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