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Nutrition

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  • A variety of healthy foods

    Nutrition

    Learn how to eat right for life

    Want to live a long and healthy life? You stand a better chance by eating right and finding your caloric balance. Read more

  • A plate of healthy foods, including salmon and salad

    Nutrition

    Ready, set, winterize your diet!

    Winter weather doesn’t have to mean putting a freeze on eating fresh food. Read more.

  • A conceptual image of a healthy heart and a healthcare provider's stethoscope

    Nutrition

    A heart-healthy diet is a great gift to yourself, and everyone who loves you.

    What’s the best Valentine’s Day gift for your loved ones? How about taking better care of your heart with a heart-healthy diet? Read more.

  • A surprised baby drinking a bottle of breast milk to help him stay healthy.

    Nutrition

    Is breast milk the best milk for your baby?

    Are you trying to decide whether or not to breastfeed? If so, here’s important new information that can help you make the best choice for you and your baby. Read more.

  • A Humana member checking nutrition labels at the grocery store to help make healthy choices.

    Nutrition

    The facts about nutrition labels: How to use them. How they may change.

    There’s a great source of information on almost every box, bottle, and can at the grocery. But do you know the best ways to use it? Find out how to get the most from nutrition facts labels, and how they may soon be changing.

  • A Humana member choosing healthy foods at a holiday party.

    Nutrition

    Enjoy your holiday feasts without punishing your body.

    Overeating during the holidays can affect more than your waistline. It can hurt the way your body works the rest of the year.

  • Humana members eating a healthy lunch.

    Nutrition

    It’s Summertime. And Healthy Eating is Easy.

    Summer is the perfect time to start eating a healthier diet. And these tips make it easy!

  • Humana members having a salad on their picnic to stay healthy.

    Nutrition

    Portion Control

    Telling yourself how much to eat can be tricky. We were taught to clean our plate as kids. But as an adult, that same idea can be at the root of our portion control problems.

  • A food journal and some fruits and vegetable, tools to help you stay healthy.

    Nutrition

    We Write What We Eat

    Keeping a food journal lets you write it all down and take a weight off (in more ways than one).

  • A Humana member shopping for fresh fruit at the farmers market.

    Nutrition

    Fruits and Vegetables in the Spotlight.

    It’s easy to add fruits and veggies to your daily diet. Click here to find out how.

  • A brown bag lunch with healthy soup and fruits.

    Nutrition

    Better Health and Bigger Savings – The Power of the Brown-bag Lunch

    Packing your lunch instead of eating out can make you healthier and wealthier.

  • A Humana member choosing organic foods from the grocery store to help her stay healthy.

    Nutrition

    What Goes into Making Organic Food and What it Means for You

    When your food says organic, what does it mean?

  • Humana members cooking a heart-healthy diet to stay healthy.

    Nutrition

    Eating with your heart in mind: simple steps to a heart-healthy diet.

    A heart-healthy diet is one of the most important steps you can take to prevent heart disease and add years to your life. Whether you want to tune-up your eating habits or start a new path toward heart health, learn more about heart-healthy nutrition.

  • A Humana member shopping at the grocery for super foods.

    Nutrition

    The Healthiest Foods

    It may not seem like there's anything special about the humble apple or sweet potato. But they're two examples of superfoods, full of things that can prevent diseases and help you live a healthier life. Click here to read about ten of the healthiest foods you can eat.

  • Humana members getting ready to eat their holiday dinner.

    Nutrition

    Understanding Cholesterol

    Has holiday food knocked your cholesterol out of whack? Click here for the reasons why it's so important to keep your cholesterol in check.

  • Where to start with your health at Humana.

    Nutrition

    Your Health in 2011

    Health and Wellness from Humana - Your Health in 2011

  • A bowl of nuts may help lower cholesterol and help keep your heart healthy.

    Nutrition

    Say nuts to heart health

    How making almonds, walnuts, and other kinds of nuts part of a balanced diet can help lower cholesterol.

  • A Humana member reading a food label at the grocery store to help stay healthy.

    Nutrition

    Learn What Goes Into You and Your Food

    Your food is telling you something, but can you understand what it's saying? A quick lesson on nutritional labels will help you learn how to know what's inside the box.

  • It's a good idea to eat fish, especially the ones that have heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids, at least two times a week

    Nutrition

    For a heart-healthy diet, go fish!

    Do you know the one food that can make your diet leaner, tastier, and much better for your heart? Catch the latest information right here!

  • A bowl of high-fiber cereal, berries and a glass of low-fat milk.

    Nutrition

    Foods that eat up the pounds: weigh to go!

    More and more studies are showing that certain foods may actually help us lose weight by helping control our hunger, speeding up our metabolism, or helping our bodies absorb the right vitamins.

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