Become a Smart Snacker!

Check out Smart Snacker : our new favorite blog!!! (Link also listed under "Blogs we love", right below Pages section). Friend and Registered Dietitian, Lindsay, updates her smart snackin' blog with helpful tips, including everything from on-the-go healthy snack recipes, nutritional ins and outs, exercise tips, healthy weight management, as well as information regarding what vitamins you need and how to get them!

Here are some "Nutrient Bites" from Smart Snacker:

Nutrient Bites:

-Luetin: a compound that helps your vision found in dark green leafy veggies (think kale and spinach), tomatoes, squash and carrots
-Cinnamon: good for heart health and may reduce blood
glucose levels...hello diabetics
-Catecholamines: your "fight-or-flight" hormones released in response to stress...these little suckers cause sodium retention
-Queritin (a flavonoid): a potent cancer-fighting antioxidant found in cherries
-Vitamin D and Calcium work best in the body when consumed together 

At RSI we want our residents to live long, fulfilling and healthy lives.......and we want the same for you! Join us in becoming smarter snackers. :)