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Thanksgiving food on a table.
An important part of holiday gatherings is ensuring everyone stays healthy.
November 8, 2024

The holiday season is a time for social gatherings and sharing meals together! If you’re like me, you enjoy hosting events at your home. I host an annual Thanksgiving dinner for my friends, and it’s always one of the highlights of my year! 

A woman stands in a kitchen with an electric pressure cooker.
Electric pressure cookers can save time and money, but it can take a little time to learn to use them.
October 14, 2024

Check out these facts about electric pressure cookers and get some tips on how to use these popular countertop appliances.

Seafood boil.
Did you know seafood provides many great health benefits?
October 11, 2024

October is National Seafood Month! Mississippi is proud to have a vibrant costal community supported by the seafood industry. 

Success Stories

A woman standing beside the window of a house that has a sign with “Venisha’s Home” listed on it.
Volume 10 Number 2

In Rolling Fork, the Mississippi town in Sharkey County devastated by a twister on March 24, 2023, despair was not an option.

A man wearing a suit stands beside a desk with a banner listing “Welcome to the Tunica Health & Wellness Hub.”
Volume 10 Number 1

You don’t have to have diabetes to benefit from the principles of the Dining with Diabetes (DWD) program.

Three women standing in front of a MyPlate banner.
Volume 10 Number 1

Dining with Diabetes covers healthy eating, physical activity, disease monitoring, medication compliance, and risk reduction, and the course empowers participants by giving them access to nutrition knowledge and resources for food preparation. Classes include research-based education, cooking demonstrations, and healthy recipe tasting. These tools can help people make positive changes by planning menus, counting carbohydrates, controlling portions, and reading labels.

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