Nutrition Tips

Eating a healthy diet does more than prevent disease. It helps you feel better and perform better in all your daily activities. Eating breakfast and limiting your soda intake are two ways to increase your energy and manage your weight.

Did You Know:

• The average American drinks 52 gallons of soda annually.

• The average American consumes 152 pounds or more of sugar each year which is 30 pounds more than 10 years ago. Much of that extra sugar comes from soda.

• You can put a T-bone in a bowl of soft drink (especially Coke) and it will be gone within 3 days.

• Eating high fiber cereal for breakfast can improve your mood and reduce fatigue.

• Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.

• People who eat breakfast tend to have a lower body mass index as compared to those who skip the meal.

• The US spends nearly $93 billion per year treating people who are overweight.