MyPyramid says most meat and poultry choices should be lean or low-fat. Fish, nuts, and seeds contain healthy oils, so choose these foods frequently instead of meat or poultry.
Days like this make me very jealous of my east coast colleagues. It's 3:30pm for them and the holiday weekend has all but started. But for me, I just ate breakfast and brushed my teeth. It's probably best, actually, that I just started my day. Because I have a good bit of organizing to do before we catch our 8am flight in the morning to the Big Island. We settled on activities, and I'm going to need quite a variety of extreme weather wear. Friday evening we're going on a star-gazing tour that's so high up, we had to provide our parka sizes. Saturday morning we're going scuba diving. And Sunday we're hiking Volcanoes National Park in the hopes of seeing some red hot lava. Since we'll be busy getting ready to go, I hoped we could eat leftovers for dinner tonight. But the salmon and eggplant curry Lloyd made yesterday didn't quite make it through the night. We ate it all up because it was so flavorful.
Happy 4th of July!
I am a registered dietitian with the National Fisheries Institute, so fish is my nutrition forte. I earned my BA in Communication from Southwestern University, just outside of Austin, TX. During college, one of my very favorite evening outings was a leisurely trip to the grocery market. My passion for food was undeniable, so I combined both of my interests by earning my MS in Nutrition Communication from Tufts University in Boston, MA. As well as my Registered Dietitian (RD) credential through the University of Delaware.
Beyond reading scientific studies about docosahexaenoic acid and selenium, I love to entertain, travel, watch reality TV, grill outdoors, and go to spin class. I live in Kailua, HI on the island of Oahu where my husband serves as a US Marine Corps JAG.
People in Hawaii eat more fish and shellfish than average, but over 80 percent of typical Americans don't eat seafood at least twice per week. Doctors and dietitians like me say that's the goal, so BlogAboutSeafood is here to show you just what plenty of seafood looks like in an RD's real-life diet.
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