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| [Image: Be a Winner With Food Preservation]Be a Winner With Food Preservation The information in this booklet will help you have safe food products that are attractive and of high quality. It includes information about canning jars and lids, how to fill your jars and what to look for in general appearance. It includes what we call "standards" for rating home-canned foods. These standards, or guides, tell you what your products should look like if they are of the highest quality. (PDF FORMAT ONLY) |
| [Image: blueberries]Enjoy Louisiana Blueberries Blueberry breeding programs throughout the Southeast have developed several highly productive varieties of large, juicy, aromatic berries. Learn how to select the perfect berry for eating, the nutritive and medicinal values, and how to freeze and can blueberries. Recipes are included. |
| [Image: right amount of calories to maintain a healthy weight.]Eating Right - Vitamins and Minerals Many claims about vitamins and minerals may be misleading and confusing. This publication lists what vitamins and minerals do, in what foods they are found and the current recommendations for nutrient intake. |
| [Image: Fats of Life]The Fats of Life The foods you eat can help you have a healthy heart all your life. Eating too much fat increases your risk of heart disease, obesity, type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer. Use these suggestions to make healthy food choices to lower fat in your meals and snacks. |
| [Image: figs]Louisiana Figs Varieties, nutritional value, fig facts and simple methods of food preservation so you can enjoy Louisiana figs all year long. (PDF Format Only) |
| [Image: strawberries]It's Strawberry Time This publication includes information on buying, freezing, preserving and preparing Louisiana strawberries. It also includes recipes. |
| [Image: hypertension]Hypertension Fact Sheet Hypertension, better known as high blood pressure, is called the silent killer because there often are no noticeable symptoms. Find out who's at risk and the dangers of hypertension in this fact sheet. |
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| [Image: Louisiana Yams]Louisiana Yams Yams are one of nature’s most nutritious root crops and are among the most versatile of all foods. This publication includes information on how they can be prepared dozens of ways. |
| [Image: Canning Greens]Canning Greens Greens freeze well, and most of them may be canned successfully at home if special precautions are taken to ensure adequate processing in a pressure canner. This publication includes helpful information on canning greens. |
| [Image: Ways with Pears]Ways with Pears This publication includes information on the varieties, storing, picking and nutritive value of pears. It also includes recipes and interesting pear facts. |
| [Image: Activity Sheet]The Fats of Life Activity Sheet Activity sheet on suggested lower fat alternatives for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. |
| [Image: Berry Pickin' Time]Berry Pickin' Time in Louisiana Wild blackberries and dewberries have long been treasured for cobblers, jellies, jams and other tasty dishes. Learn how to pick, use, freeze, can and make syrups, jellies and jams. Recipes included. |
| [Image: The Dash Diet Eating Plan]The Dash Diet Eating Plan This publication includes information on blood pressure and how it can be lowered by following an eating plan called the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH). |
| [Image: Take-Along Lunches]Take-along Lunches More and more people are packing lunches. Whether it’s in a bag, box, pail or attache case, the portable lunch can satisfy the need for food and relaxation even in a short 30-minute lunch break. This publication includes information on what to put in a sack lunch, different sandwich ideas and various non-sandwich ideas. |
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| Give Me 5 A Day 5 a day. That’s how many vegetables and fruits you need to eat each day. This illustrated children's nutrition book provides more information. (PDF Format Only) |
| Smart Choices: Five Steps in Handwashing Remember the five steps of handwashing to prevent the spread of infection. |
| Healthier Diet of Young Children This publication provides information on a healthier diet for young children including some suggestions for substitutions in meal planning and preparation. |
| Canning Tomatoes and Tomato Juice Most tomatoes are high in natural acids and traditionally have been canned in a boiling water bath. Recent research shows that for some products pressure canning gives a higher-quality, more nutritious product. Use these step-by-step instructions to successfully can your tomatoes. (PDF Format Only) |
| MyPyramid for Kids The new USDA recommendations for healthy eating and activity for kids. |
| Freezing Summer Squash This publication includes information on the history, types, value, selection and freezing of squash. |
| Smart Choices: Grocery List Use this sample grocery list for eating on the go. |
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| Smart Choices: Nutrients in Fruits and Vegetables Compared with people who consume a diet with only small amounts of fruits and vegetables, those who include more of these foods are less likely to have a risk of chronic diseases. |
| Smart Choices: Meal Planning Guide Choose foods from each food group every day when planning your meals. Use the sample grocery planning list to help you make thrifty food choices. |
| Smart Choices: The Calcium Connection Calcium is the most important mineral in your body. It is important during growing years for bone growth. As we get older, it helps keep our bones strong. Use these tips to get three cups of milk or the equivalent in your diet daily. |
| Smart Choices: Help Your Heart The foods you eat now can help you have a healthy heart all your life. Eating too much fat when you’re young can lead to heart problems as you grow older. Help your heart by making healthy food choices. |
| Smart Choices: Wake Up to a Healthy Start People who eat breakfast think better, feel peppier, have better attitudes toward school or work and miss fewer days. |
| Smart Choices: Breakfast Helps You Be a Better Student Did you know that eating a morning meal does make a difference in how well you do in school? |
| Smart Choices: Scout Out Healthy Fast Foods Eating on the go can be a challenge if you're trying to make smart choices. This fact sheet provides information to help you find healthier fast foods or snacks, including tips on foods to eat more often, foods to avoid and snacks you can take along. It also stresses reading the nutrition information label when selecting snacks. |
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| Freezing Vegetables Freezing is one of the simplest and best ways to preserve vegetables. It is less time consuming than other methods, and the color, flavor, texture and nutritive value are much like the fresh product. This publication includes information on how to freeze your vegetables. |
| Freezing Fruits You can enjoy the delicious flavor of fresh fruits year-round by freezing fruits and berries during the short season when they are plentiful and relatively inexpensive. Freezing will not improve the quality of any food but will maintain it if the procedures recommended in this publication are followed. |
| Smart Choices: It's Time to Play (Youth Fact Sheet) Play makes your heart happy. Follow these guidelines to get fit. |
| Smart Choices: Eating and Exercising for Good Health (Adult Fact Sheet) Problems working exercise into your day? Follow these tips. |
| Freezing Okra Okra is one of the favorite summer vegetables in the Southern diet because it grows through the hot summer months when few other fresh garden vegetables are available. This publication includes information on the nutritive value, selection, and proper freezing of okra. |
| Three Ways to Freeze Corn Sweet corn is a very special spring vegetable. The season is short; eat lots of it fresh and freeze some to enjoy later. This publication includes information on the different types of sweet corn and different methods to freeze it. |
| The Tasty Muscadine - Grape of the South Learn the history of muscadines and how to use them, freeze them and make jams, jellies, syrups and preserves. Recipes included. |
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| Foods for Your Preschool Child Lifetime eating habits and attitudes about food usually are formed in early childhood. Family mealtimes, food guide pyramid daily servings, snacks and eating problems are included. |
| The Mayhaw The mayhaw is the fruit of the thorny hawthorne tree. Learn about mayhaw production, use, harvesting and how to to make jellies, jams and syrups from this wild fruit. Recipes included. |
| Physical Activity Guidelines fo Children Regular physical activity is associated with immediate and long-term health benefits such as easier weight control, lower blood pressure, improved cardio-respiratory function and enhanced psychological well-being. Active children are more likely to become active adults. Suggestions for indoor and outdoor activities included. |
| Serving Louisiana Cookbook Features recipes from famous Louisiana chefs like John Folse, Paul Prudhomme, the late Justin Wilson and more. It also includes favorite recipes from LSU AgCenter faculty and friends like former LSU Football Coach Nick Saban, Chancellor Bill Richardson, Basketball Coach John Brady and others. Hardbound. 244 Recipes. Color photos. Table-setting & Entertaining Sections. Nutrition Information. Cajun Glossary. $21.95 plus shipping. |
| Smart Choices: Climbing Around on MyPyramid Overview of the new USDA food guide pyramid for youth. |
| Smart Choices: My Pyramid Overview of the new USDA food guide pyramid for Adults. |
| Canning Green Beans Follow these suggestions to can your freshed picked geen beans safely. |
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| Freezing Leafy Greens Greens are one of the few fresh vegetables that grow well in the late fall, winter and early spring. Greens make significant contributions of nutrients to the diet and can be served in a variety of ways. |
| Smart Choices: MyPyramid for Kids - Tips for Families Tips for eating right and exercising for families. |
| Osteoporosis: Protect Your Bones How does bone loss occur? Who is most at risk? What can you do to prevent osteoporosis? Find these answers and more in this two-page fact sheet. |
| Weight Loss Methods Series When someone is overweight and is motivated to lose weight, there are safe and effective methods to lose pounds and to maintain weight loss. An LSU AgCenter and Pennington Biomedical Research Center Nutrition Series. |
| Freezing Yams or Sweet Potatoes The Louisiana yam is an exceptional type of sweet potato, sweet and flavorful, with a soft moist flesh. It is delicious whether baked, boiled, fried, mashed, candied or used in hundreds of other ways — from main dishes to desserts. This publication includes information on the nutritive value, selection and preparations for freezing, boiling or candying yams or sweet potatoes. |
| Smart Choices: A Close Look at MyPyramid for Kids MyPyramid for Kids reminds you to be physically active every day, or most days, and to make healthy food choices. Use this fact sheet to help you figure out the symbols of the new food guide pyramid. |
| Smart Choices: Make Smart Choices for Good Health (Youth) information on 8 Steps for Health program, food facts and jump roping for exercising. |
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