Nutrition Articles and Resources
The Dietitian is In!
Co-op Dietitian and Food and Nutrition Educator Mary Saucier Choate, M.S., R.D., L.D., helps Co-op customers find easy ways to meet their health and nutrition goals. For shoppers wanting to start eating more healthfully, Mary has created the popular Better Eating for Life program, a friendly step-by-step guide to improving your food choices. To get started, look here. Or check out a sample chapter! (203K)
Mary also answers food and nutrition questions and gives personalized information to customers who are following a special diet for heart health, diabetes, celiac disease, high blood pressure (low sodium), or other diet-related health conditions. Want to learn more? Check here or send us an email.
Nutrition Library
In addition to Mary, our Co-op is full of folks with vast food and nutrition expertise. Click on the categories below or at left to find information to meet your needs. Researched and written by staff who care about what they do, these articles are designed to clearly explain nutrition news and science without jargon.
- Better Eating For Life
- Food Safety
- Lifestyle
- Special Diets
- Vitamins, Minerals, and Dietary Supplements
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| BEFLStep1SampleChapter.pdf | 203.58 KB |
Meet Jolene Labonte
It’s not easy keeping the big and busy Co-op Merchandising area organized. In fact, it was so difficult that not long ago we realized someone special needed to help us with it. Fortunately, Jolene agreed to take on the job, and we’re lucky that she did. Jolene has been at the Co-op for a long time. She’s smart, friendly, and super organized. She spent years helping customers at our Service Desk, and was so good at what she did she was given more responsibility. Now she assists our Merchandising Director and Assistant Director, and with her help all of our merchandisers can more easily do what they do so well.
Grocery Department
Walk into the cereal section of a big-chain grocery store and there is one thing you’ll notice that they all have in common: high-sugared cereals, located down low on shelves near the floor. Why?
