Description: Increasing consumption of nutrient-rich foods such as whole grains, legumes, fruits, and vegetables is associated with a wide variety of health benefits. However, consumers often don’t get enough or know where to begin when it comes to adding more diversity to their diets. During this 75-minute webinar, our expert speakers will reinforce the benefits of eating a variety of nutrient-rich foods, review the latest research on consumption trends of these foods, and show how to incorporate more plant foods in unique culinary applications through a fun culinary demo. You’ll walk away from this webinar with a renewed understanding of the benefits of eating a wide variety of nutrient-rich foods on health, as well as with actionable tips and guidance to help your patients and clients include more of these foods in their everyday lives.  

The goals of this webinar are:

1. Review the latest available research on different foods to encourage such as whole grains, legumes, fruits and vegetables and their place in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans
2. Explore the health benefits of encouraging more food diversity in people’s eating patterns and provide examples of food groups to encourage, like whole grains, legumes, fruits and vegetables.
3. Present recent research on chickpea consumption and applications for nutrition professionals
4. Demonstrate a unique culinary application and provide guidance for counselling patients on how to include more nutrient-rich foods in their diets. 

Moderator:
Kristin Stewart, PhD

Presenters:
Colin Rehm
PepsiCo H&NS Senior Principal Scientist

Dawn Jackson Blatner
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist