When it comes to making healthy choices, there is a lot of information out there. As a registered dietitian and Price Chopper's corporate nutritionist, I can help you by sharing with you a few of the informative articles I've read lately. Have a question on anything you've read lately? Connect with me and I'll help you make food fit into your lifestyle.

The Meat You Won't Miss
Here's an easy swap to drastically cut calories: Trade the beef in your recipes for mushrooms. Research from Johns Hopkins University showed that when adults ate a mushroom-based version of four beef dishes such as lasagna and chili, not only were they just as full, but they also ate around 420 fewer calories and 30 fewer grams of fat. Subbing 1 cup of mushrooms for 3 ounces of 85 percent lean ground meat twice a week could add up to a 6-pound weight loss over 1 year. Source: January 2009 issue of Prevention.