Good nutrition in the early years, especially the first year, is crucial for your baby’s development. With all of the different foods, vitamins and minerals to think about, it may seem a bit overwhelming at first, but it gets easier with time and practice.

Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day? It’s tough to label one meal as more important than the others because all meals make up the larger picture of our diet. Every meal is equally important in providing us with the nutrients we need.

In Louisiana, 13.9 percent of adults have diabetes and 37.5 percent have prediabetes. In fact, the rate is so high that all Louisianans with prediabetes could fill the Superdome 16.6 times and all Louisianans with diabetes could fill the Tiger Stadium 4.4 times! What’s even more alarming is the fact that this percentage is on the rise.

Millions of years ago, raw meats and fish were considered a normal part of the human diet. As time progressed, cooking was discovered, and agriculture grew and developed, which caused us to evolve in our tastes and needs. During this time, food safety needs also changed drastically.