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Nutritious Well-Being

Nutrition well-being is about your health and vitality influenced by your diet. Promoting it includes informed food choices, portion control, and seeking professional guidance when needed, such as from registered dietitians or nutritionists.

Nutrition well-being is essential for physical and mental health. Good mental and emotional well-being means being emotionally resilient, self-aware, skilled at stress management, and fostering healthy relationships with a positive outlook. The following useful tips and resources will help your reach your nutrition goals.

Eat Well Resources

Eating Well Website Resources

  • NutritionCME.org provides continuing education on the role of nutrition in brain health, heart health, diabetes, obesity, and more, all free of commercial sponsorship.
  • Eatright.org - Consumer information portal from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
  • Nutrition.gov - Government recommendations on a range of health and nutrition topics.
  • Healthychildren.org - Pediatric nutrition advice and articles from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
  • Gut feelings: How food affects your mood: Connection between food and mental wellbeing.

Nutritious and Delicious Eating Tips

  • UCR Healthy Cookbook
    • The UCR Healthy Cookbook, created by the UCR Faculty and Staff Wellness Program, provides delicious and nutritious recipes which were submitted by UCR’s own faculty and staff and features exciting and easy-to-find ingredients. For your covenience, nutrition facts are also provided./li>
  • HCN Healthy Plate
    • This handout, provided by UCR Healthy Campus, is an illustrated guide to use as a template to create a healthy meal. It includes examples of the different types of nutritious and healthy foods to create a meal as well as definitions of healthy plate examples.
  • AHA Plant-Based Protein Sources
    • Provided by the American Heart Association, the Plant-Based Protein Source is an illustrated guide to what are easy to find plant-based sources of protein at the grocery store. 
  • AHA Eat More Color
    • Provided by the American Heart Association, this colorful infographic shows you the best way to get all of the vitamins, minerals and nutrients you need by eating a variety of colorful fruits and veggies. 
  • Oat Avocado-Berry Breakfast Bars | American Heart Association Recipes
    • This is the perfect breakfast bar for any busy morning. Make ahead and refrigerate to enjoy the next morning or individually wrap and freeze them for a grab-and-go breakfast later in the week.

Eat Well Media

We are proud to sponsor the following wellness videos that will cover a wide range of topics to help you eat well.

Ted Talks

Shilpa Ravella: How the Food you Eat Affects Your Gut

Caption: Illustration of a digestive system with food characters dancing around inside the gut with big white letters on the right hand side with the presentation title. 

Nicole Avena: How Does Sugar Affect the Brain?

Caption: Illustration of a transparent skeleton's head overlaid with a spoonful of colorful sweets and the title in black letters on the right side of the image

Erika Ebbel Angle: The Most Important Organ You’ve Never Heard Of

Caption: Erika Ebbel Angle speaking to an audience while standing on a stage with a black backdrop with two blue angled stripes.

Cooking with UCR Chef Val

Chef Val's Cooking demonstration: Chicken Tuna Salad and Knife Skills

Caption: Chef Val is wearing a black uniform while standing in a kitchen in front of a cutting board where she is dicing vegetables.  

Chef Val's Cooking Presentation: Jamaican Sweet Potato Pumpkin Stew

Caption: Chef Val wearing a black uniform standing in a kitchen holding up a pot of chopped vegetables appearing to spoon them into a plastic container.