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Our Registered Dietitians are specialists in nutrition. We provide our clients with a personal meal plan that is customized to meet the needs of the individual, based on your lifestyle and food preferences. Contact us today to schedule a visit.

Salad Bar Know How What Makes a Salad and What Breaks a Salad! RED! – Extreme moderation or not al all While many of these foods may be nutritionally solid, they are greater than 30% fat and/or calorically dense. They should be used with extreme moderation or not at all. Green Olives Eggs Raisins Black Olives Bacon Nuts Blue Cheese Pepperoni Shredded Cheese Feta Cheese Reduced calorie Marinated Salads Regular Dressing dressing Salads with mayo Sunflower Seeds Croutons Tofu YELLOW! – In moderation While many of these foods are full of important nutrients, they are alos 20-30% fat and/or moderately calorically dense (especially when compared to the GREEN category foods). These should be used only in moderation! Chick peas Kidney Beans Tuna Beets Peas Cottage Cheese GREEN! – Unlimited! These foods are low fat and low calorie and also full of important nutrients, vitamins and fiber. Your intake of these foods can be unlimited. Vinegar Spinach Onions Lemon Juice Bean Sprouts Radishes Lettuce Green pepper Broccoli Carrots Red pepper Cauliflower Celery Alfalfa sprouts Pickles Cucumber Zucchini   Tomato Mushrooms   A TALE OF TWO SALADS Although two salads may look alike, and both have a lot of vitamins and minerals, they may have some significant differences! Below there are two hypothetical salads made up of 15 ingredients typically found on a salad bar.  While salad #2 is very high in fat and calories, salad #1 is low in fat, cholesterol and calories. SALAD #1   SALAD #2   Food/Amount Calories Food/Amount Calories         Lettuce, 1 cup 55 Lettuce, 1 cup 55 Tomato, 1 small 20 Tomato, 1 small 20 Cucumber, 3 lg slices 2 Carrots, 6-8 strips 12 Cauliflower, ½ cup 14 Avocado, ½ item 188 Carrots, 6-8 strips 12 Kidney beans, ¼ cup 55 Broccoli, ½ cup 20 Tuna, ¼ cup 78 Beets, ¼ cup 21 Hardboiled Egg, 1 item 72 Red cabbage, ¼ cup 6 Coleslaw, ½ cup 45 Radishes, ¼ cup 5 Pasta salad, ½ cup 160 Green pepper, ¼ cup 6 Diced ham, ¼ cup 113 Green onion, ¼ cup 11 Cheddar Cheese, ¼ cup 112 Mushroom, ¼ cup 5 Croutons, 2 Tbsp 132 Kidney beans, ¼ cup 55 Bacon bits, 2 Tbsp 48 Tuna, ¼ cup 78 Sunflower Seeds, 2 Tbsp 102 Light dressing, 2 Tbsp 30 Salad dressing, 2 Tbsp 140 TOTAL 340 TOTAL 1330