• Choosing the Healthiest Foods for Your Family

    Welcome! I am a mom of a busy 7 year old and an adventurous 5 year old. I also happen to work for a great new company called NuVal. NuVal is a nutritional scoring system that rates foods on a scale of 1-100, based on how nutritious they are. We are implementing NuVal in grocery stores around the country.

    NuVal may not be in your area yet. But I see the scores while they are "hot off the press" and because of that I am able to make better decisions about what to feed my family.

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    I am not a registered dietitian. I am just a mom who happens to work for NuVal. I am also an AFAA-certified Group Exercise Instructor. NuVal is a system designed to lead customers to the most nutritious food choices. It is not a diet or weight-loss plan. Before starting a diet, you should always consult your personal physician. The opinions expressed in this blog are the opinions of the writer and not the opinions of NuVal LLC.

The BBG Awards

The BBG Awards

There are some foods that I love so much and that get such great scores that I’ve decided to give them the BBG Award.  That is the Better Bag of Groceries Award.  Get it?

Here are some recipients:

  • Post Shredded Wheat Original - 91
  • Kashi 7 Whole Grain Cereal Puffs – 91
  • Kellogg’s Special K with Protein – 60
  • Cascadian Farms French Fries – 76
  • Minute Maid Kids Juice Box with Vitamins and Calcium – 70
  • Minute Maid Fruit Falls Water – 41
  • Nature’s Own 100% Whole Wheat Bread – 81
  • Arnold Natural Flax & Fiber Bread – 48
  • Kashi TLC Oatmeal Cookies – 40
  • Sclafani Regular Tomato Puree Concentrated (no additives) - 82
  • Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup with Cars – 35
  • Skim Milk – 91
  • Barilla Plus Pasta Spaghetti Multi-Grain – 91
  • Joseph’s Flax, Oat Bran & Whole Wheat Flour Pita Bread – 65
  • Quaker Steel Cut Oats – 60
  • Cinnamon Toast Cruch with 75% Reduced Sugar – 40
  • Breyer’s Extra Creamy Vanilla Ice Cream – 45
  • Salmon – 87
  • Chobani Non-Fat Plain Yogurt – 94
  • Almonds – 81
  • Tropicana 50 Pulp Free w/Calcium Orange Juice – 81
  • Dreamfield’s Rotini – 87