Eat Well
Healthy eating can help you feel your best, promote healthy growth in children and prevent chronic disease. FCHS has factsheets, newsletters, webinars, videos, workshops, and recipes to provide the information and tools you need for positive change.
Food and Nutrition
Eating for health is simple with these recommendations and the resources below.
- Eat lots of vegetables and fruits
- Eat more whole grains; such as brown rice, whole wheat bread & pasta, quinoa, bulgur, farro
- Eat beans, fish, poultry, or lean meats for protein
- Choose low fat or fat free dairy products
- Drink water and limit sugar-sweetened beverages
- Limit intake of sodium and salt
- Read food labels
- Eat reasonable portion sizes
- Eat together with family or friends
Cooking
Preparing a meal or snack is fun and easy with a little planning and some basic skills. Encourage others, including kids to help. When possible prep or cook extra to enjoy another day or for your freezer.
- Healthy Recipes including videos
- YouTube FCHS recipes
- Home Food Preservation
Food Safety
- Food Safety – information, resources, FDA recalls
Resources
- Wellness Wednesdays with FCHS webinars – recordings and upcoming live events
- Live Well-Stay Healthy Texts: get a nudge towards wellness with text messages on Wednesday and Saturday each week.
- NJAES Publications on food and nutrition
- FCHS Family Meals page
- MyPlate.gov – meal plans for all ages, tip sheets, recipes and an app. Information in multiple languages.
- DASH Eating Plan for reducing blood pressure & heart health from the National Institutes of Health