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The Caribbean Diaspora Healthy Nutrition Outreach Project (CDHNOP) aims to improve the health and lives of the Caribbean immigrants and their families.

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Wishing you a Happy Holiday from the CDHNOP team 🎄

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Are you in your kitchen prepping for tomorrow?

Let us know how you’re spending Christmas Eve 👇🏽👇🏽

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Rise and shine ☀️

We got so many rave reviews about our Ginger Cardamom Green Tea.

➡️Swipe left for the recipe and visit our website https://t.co/qh9EnsJMU0 to watch the latest episode of In the Kitchen with Dr. H

🎉Why is this drink a great alternative t

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What's on your holiday dessert menu?

Why not make a tasty, yet healthy version of a Coconut Cinnamon Sweet Bread? 🍞

Why is this dessert a great alternative to regular Sweet Bread?

It limits added sugars, saturated fats and is rich in antioxidants and fiber.

Head over to

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Did you know that we have Facebook Group?

The CDHNOP Healthy Living Society is a hub for lifestyle and nutritional tips including cooking demos and research finding to help keep our Caribbean Diaspora members healthy.

Join us today. Click the link in the bio.

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A healthy diet helps to protect against malnutrition in all its forms, as well as noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including diabetes, heart disease, stroke and cancer.

𝐀 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥�

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Yucca or Cassava has numerous health benefits. Some of the benefits include:

1️⃣ Improve digestion function
2️⃣Fight inflammation
3️⃣Relieve stress
4️⃣Provide energy
5️⃣Purify blood
6️⃣Relieve headache
7️⃣Repair body cell
8️⃣Treat joint pain in ar

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𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬?

One of the most important ingredients to a healthy and nutritious meal are the ingredients 🥕

Why?

...you can lean on the natural flavors of the instead

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R/P @the.bloodsugar.nutritionist

Learning how to build a healthy plate never gets old. Too many people get tied up excluding carbs or fats and focusing only on protein. If you haven’t figured not out by now- this is not the recipe for better blood sugar levels.

Here’s how

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When it comes to prediabetes, there are no clear symptoms—so you may have it and not know it.

Here’s why that’s important: before people develop type 2 diabetes, they almost always have prediabetes—blood glucose levels that are higher than normal but not yet high enough

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Having a deeper understanding of how you can manage your diabetes or how to support a loved one with diabetes
can alleviate some of the stressors of this disease.

You or your loved one can still live your best life. All you have to do is take action and stick with it.

Here ar

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Approximately 37 million American adults have diabetes. However, 1 in 5 don’t know they have it. 🤯

Diabetes is a chronic condition that can affect many areas of the body.

Anyone can develop it, and most types can be prevented. Therefore, knowing your risk and the signs ar

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November is National Diabetes Month.

Keep your Diabetes on Track by:
✅Take your prescribed medication
✅Reach and maintain a healthy weight
✅Add more physical activity to your routine
✅Control your A1C, blood pressure, and cholesterol
✅Kick the habit of smoking

#nati

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𝙒𝙃𝙔 𝙉𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉𝘼𝙇 𝙈𝙄𝙉𝙊𝙍𝙄𝙏𝙔 𝙈𝙀𝙉𝙏𝘼𝙇 𝙃𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙃 𝘼𝙒𝘼𝙍𝙀𝙉𝙀𝙎𝙎 𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙏𝙃 𝙄𝙎 𝙄𝙈𝙋𝙊𝙍𝙏𝘼𝙉𝙏?

✨ It saves lives
✨ Makes the world a bett

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988 𝙝𝙤𝙩𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙨

When people in the U.S. are experiencing an emotional or mental healt

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As we close out July which is #MinorityMentalHealth we are joining @minorityhealth in addressing negative perceptions and stigma surrounding mental health.

Learn how we can start the conversation about managing mental health by visiting the website https://t.co/f5gwm7a9z9

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𝙂𝙚𝙩 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙏𝙤 𝙂𝙚𝙩 𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚

@girltrek is a non-profit organization that inspires and supports Black women and girls to live their healthiest, most fulfilled lives simply by walking.

Check out the organization and

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𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙨?

Here are 4 healthy summer tips:
🍓Eat Berries
😎Protect Your Eyes
🧳Take A Vacay
💦Stay Hydrated

How are you protecting yourself this summer?

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𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙣𝙟𝙤𝙮 𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧

🏃🏽‍♀️Jogging
🥾Hiking
🚵🏽Biking
🏊🏽‍♀️Swimming
🚶🏽‍♂️Natur

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𝓖𝓮𝓽 𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓮𝓷𝓳𝓸𝔂 𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮!

Take some time this summer to visit a park and spend some time in nature. This is a great way to destress and connect with friends and family.

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