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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, IFNCPFebruary 25, 2015 0

Is Butter Back?

For years, saturated fat has been blamed for high cholesterol levels and heart attacks. This overemphasis on reducing fat intake led many people to start substituting high carbohydrate, high sugar, processed foods for fats - bye, bye eggs, hello fat-free cookies!

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Ashley Bailey, MS, RDN, LDN, IFNCPFebruary 11, 2015 0

Salad Dressing Shake Up

Have you ever sprinkled sugar over your salad? Probably not, but as it turns out food companies have already done it for you! Dressings can have up to a whopping 2 teaspoons of sugar in just 2 tablespoons- that’s 1/3 of your recommended sugar for the entire day. Wouldn’t you rather

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Kelly Gehle, MS, RDN, LDN, IFNCPJanuary 21, 2015 2

Hidden in Plain Sight

By now most of us are at least aware of the fact that too much sugar isn’t good for us. But you may not be aware of some of the hidden sources of sugar like "not so sweet" foods such as pasta sauce, salad dressing, ketchup and bread. Some other

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Cathy Greer Mazanec, MPH, RDN, LDNJanuary 14, 2015 0

Soft Drinks, Diet Sodas and Juices, Oh My!

Healthier Alternatives to Quench Your Thirst With research linking sugar to heart disease, diabetes and GI imbalances, many of us are trying to reduce or eliminate sugar. And to add salt (or sugar) to the wound, new studies are suggesting that some artificial sweeteners ALSO have negative health consequences. When

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Ashley Bailey, MS, RDN, LDN, IFNCPDecember 17, 2014 0

Sweet Season for Giving

We want to extend a huge thank you to everyone who donated their leftover (and excess) Halloween candy this year, you outdid yourselves!! We tipped the scales at more than 265 pounds of candy- 45 more pounds than we collected last year! So what happened to ALL that candy? Well,

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Cathy Greer Mazanec, MPH, RDN, LDNDecember 10, 2014 0

Holiday Nachos

What Kind of Holidays Do You Want? Do you like your holiday filled with lots of parties or do you prefer a quiet walk in the woods with a friend? Do you love bumping elbows with thousands of shoppers at the mall or relaxing at home with family? These are good

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Ashley Bailey, MS, RDN, LDN, IFNCPNovember 19, 2014 0

Cream of Something...Or Other

When I think of Cream of Something Soups, I immediately envision iconic 1950s ads of creamy casseroles made by happy, smiling home cooks in aprons and pearls. My second thought then quickly turns to: what are those cream of...something or other...soups really made of?! The answer: WATER, MUSHROOMS, VEGETABLE OIL

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Ashley Bailey, MS, RDN, LDN, IFNCPNovember 12, 2014 0

Feed Your Skin

When we think of acne, we typically think of teenagers and raging hormones. However, there has been an upsurge of adult acne over the last 50 years. Why, you ask? Well, one probable cause is changes to our food supply and dietary habits. Nutritional voids and dietary excess can have

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Kelly Gehle, MS, RDN, LDN, IFNCPOctober 22, 2014 0

The Perfect Diet

We seem to hear about new diets almost on a weekly basis. Many of these diets will come and go, but here are some that have been around for a very long time. There are also heated debates around what diet is the best: Vegetarian, Vegan, Paleo, Low Carb, High

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Kelly Gehle, MS, RDN, LDN, IFNCPOctober 8, 2014 2

Artificial Sweeteners...Friend or Foe?

Artificial sweeteners have been a controversial topic since they came into the market decades ago. There has been an ongoing debate over the potential health benefits and risks of artificial sweeteners, which are among the most common food additives and are consumed by hundreds of millions of people around the

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