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# Healthy Eating Plans

Nutrition programs can teach participants how to create and follow healthy eating plans by sharing information and resources that address the unique dietary needs of older adults.

 

## DASH – Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension

                    - 28 Days Toward a Healthy Heart — NHLBI overview on creating a healthy routine
                    - A Week with the DASH Eating Plan — Collection of DASH menus from NHLBI
                    - DASH Diet Toolkit — From NHLBI
                    - DASH Eating Plan — Recipes and more from NHLBI
                    - Getting Started on DASH — NHLBI assessment and next steps
                    - How to Reduce Sodium Intake — CDC tips on reducing sodium intake
                    - Making the Move to DASH — NHLBI tips to switching to a DASH meal plan
                    - Overview of DASH — Benefits and weekly challenges from GWaar and University of   	Wisconsin-Stout
                    - Tips to Keep on Track — NHLBI tips for maintain a DASH meal plan
                    - Tips to Lowering Calories on DASH — Simple substitutions from NHLBI
                    - Tips to Reduce Salt and Sodium — Guide from NHLBI
                    - Why the DASH Eating Plan Works — Daily nutrient levels and the science behind the DASH diet from NHLBI

## Diabetes

                    - Added Sugar BINGO — Game cards from GWaar
                    - Being Active with Diabetes — Placemat from the National Extension Dining with Diabetes Working Group
                    - Easy Meals for Diabetes — Ideas from GWaar and University of Wisconsin-Stout
                    - Eating Healthier with Diabetes — Placemat from the National Extension Dining with Diabetes Working Group
                    - Preventing and Managing Diabetes — Chronic health management programming from Michigan State University Extension
                    - Setting Plans into Motion — American Diabetes Association information on living with Type 2 diabetes

## Gluten-Sensitivity  

                    - Considerations for Going Gluten-Free — Michigan State University Extension's article on understanding the impact on health
                    - Labeling of Food as Gluten-Free — FDA regulations for food labeling

## Arthritis  

                    - Nutrition and Arthritis — GWaar monthly dietary tracking
                    - Nutrition and Arthritis Bingo — Game cards from GWaar

## Reducing Salt  

                    - Be Salt Smart — Information on sodium in the diet from MyPlate
                    - Effects of Excess Sodium — American Heart Association infographic
                    - Get the Scoop on Sodium and Salt — Benefits of eating less sodium from the American Heart Association
                    - Hold the Salt — American Heart Association infographic
                    - How Much Sodium Should I Eat? — Information from the American Heart Association
                    - Less Sodium in Foods — American Heart Association infographic on how Americans want less sodium
                    - Nutrient Dense, Low Sodium BINGO — BINGO cards from GWaar
                    - Salty Myths Busted — American Heart Association fact sheet about sodium
                    - Sea Salt vs. Table Salt — American Heart Association information on the difference
                    - Sodium Intake and Health — CDC information on sodium
                    - Sodium Can be Sneaky — American Heart Association infographic
                    - Sodium in Your Diet — FDA information on the nutrition facts label and more
                    - Sodium on the Nutrition Facts Label — FDA information about sodium on the nutrition facts label
                    - Sodium, Potassium and Health — CDC information on the effects of these electrolytes
                    - Sodium Tracker — Tips on tracking your sodium from the American Heart Association
                    - Spice Up Your Diet — How to use herbs and spices instead of salt for flavor from the National Kidney Foundation
                    - Tips for reducing sodium intake                       - 10 Tips for Reducing Salt — National Kidney Foundation tips
                      - Be Smart With Salt — Quick guide from the Ohio Department of Aging
                      - Change Your Salty Ways in 21 Days! — American Heart Association infographic
                      - Choose Foods Low in Sodium — Foods to choose and avoid from NHLBI and the Community Health Worker Health Disparities Initiative
                      - Cut Back on Salt Without the Cravings — Guidance from the American Heart Association
                      - Cut Down on Sodium — Health.gov guide
                      - Eating Too Much Salt? Ways to Cut Back...Gradually — Video and information from the FDA
                      - How to Reduce Sodium — CDC tips for reducing sodium
                      - Reducing Sodium in the Diet — Tips from the American Heart Association
                      - Salt Reduction — Key facts about sodium from WHO
                      - Tips to Eat Less Salt and Sodium — Tip sheet from NHLBI 
                    - Where Does All That Sodium Come From? — American Heart Association information on sodium sources

## Other Diets  

                    - Anti-Inflammatory Foods — Challenges, a recipe, and more from GWaar and the University of Wisconsin-Stout
                    - Anti-Inflammatory Diet — Diet review from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
                    - Clean Eating — Choosing nutritious food options infographic from American Heart Association
                    - Flexitarian Diet — Description of flexitarian eating pattern from GWaar and the University of Wisconsin-Stout
                    - Mediterranean Diet — Description of Mediterranean eating plan from GWaar and the University of Wisconsin-Stout
                    - MIND Diet — Information from GWaar and the University of Wisconsin-Stout on the Mediterranean-DASH Invention for Neurodegenerative Delay
                    - Straight Talk About Soy — Brief from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
                    - Vegetarian, Vegan and Meals Without Meat — American Heart Association information on eating plant-based meals
                    - What is a Healthy Diet? — American Heart Association infographic on serving sizes

## Food and Mood

                    - The Science of Cravings — Understanding urges to eat from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
                    - Emotional Overeating Awareness — Brief from GWaar and the University of Wisconsin-Stout

## Menu Plans

                    - 1,200 and 1,600 calorie diets from NHLBI                       - Asian-American Cuisine
                      - Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian
                      - Mexican-American
                      - Southern Cuisine
                      - Traditional American Cuisine, 1,200 calorie diet
                      - Traditional American Cuisine, 1,600 calorie diet 

*Last modified on 10/05/2023*

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