"What's On The End of Your Fork?" - Talking Nutrition with Holly Branch

So what IS at the end of your fork – have you thought about that today? It’s National Nutrition Month and there’s no time like the present to make a healthy lifestyle change.

Yes, proper eating choices and physical activity matter — and the more you put off addressing that, the harsher the consequences may be.

We invite Holly Branch, Food and Nutrition Program Manager for The Center for Black Health & Equity, to talk on Black Body Health this week. Branch manages this program funded by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). 

While she is passionate about “eating colorfully” and reading the nutrition labels on packaged foods, Holly says it will take all of us to push for policy changes that will inherently improve Black health.

Most recently, the FDA has suggested that sodium levels must be lowered in our food supply to address heart disease and declining heart health in this country.

Start the podcast now to hear Holly Branch’s response to this major government guidance.

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TIMESTAMPS:

2:10 – Center News

5:00 – Meet Holly Branch

12:30 – Sodium

17:42 – “These foods are weapons of mass destruction”

35:20 – Choices

52:23 – Tips

REFERENCES:

• "It's rough on us" | Those in North Memphis food desert deal with full week of Family Dollar closure, uncertainty
• Njeda Board Approves Nj Food Desert Communities Designations List
• MyPlate.gov
• FDA.gov
• EatRight.org

CREDITS:
Host, Natasha Phelps
Producer, Chelsey Sellars
Logo Designer, Ashlee Woods