February 6 – Did you resolve to eat better or lose weight in the New Year? Here we are a few weeks into 2023 – when many of us have lapsed back to the choices and patterns we practiced in 2022. One suggestion if you need a re-focus on your dietary wellness is to eat more vegetables! If you make one food-related change this year consider this one. Start with veggies at each meal. The benefits of this can be better heart health through lower cholesterol, better mental health (people who eat more veggies are shown to have better moods!), firmer skin (veggies are full of vitamins A and E), and a healthier gut (fiber!) Filling your plate with ½ vegetables and eating those first is ideal. Shopping? Pick up a veggie that’s new to you or remember something from your childhood that you loved. Need a guide? Learn about the veggie-forward Mediterranean Diet.
– Michele Fronk Schuckel, Wayland Public Health Nurse
Check out our vegetable-forward cookbooks, many of which are on display this month!