Guiding Stars: A Sneak Peek at 2026 Nutrition Trends

My friend and fellow Guiding Stars blogging colleague, Allison Stowell, and I recently returned from the world’s largest dietitian conference, the annual conference of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Balancing a Kidney Diet: Optimizing Nutrition Through Personalization

For individuals managing chronic kidney disease (CKD), dietary choices significantly impact health outcomes and disease progression. A kidney-friendly diet often involves managing intake of nutrients like sodium, phosphorus and potassium.

Balancing Act: Why Healthcare Can’t Choose Between AI Innovation and Sustainability

The path forward requires holding two truths simultaneously: AI is driving essential healthcare innovation that improves lives, and AI has environmental impacts we must actively manage.

Keep the Blues at Bay This Winter by Helping Protect Mental Health

Winter can offer candy canes and hot chocolate, the holiday season, cozy coats and crackling fires, but it can also mean cold, gray days where it feels like the sun just doesn’t come out.

Guiding Stars: Navigating Food Conversations

Welcome to holiday season 2025! The weeks ahead will bring wonderful family time and social gatherings. They will also bring the potential for chatting about hot topics like health, diet, and nutrition. These challenging subjects may not be easy to discuss at the holiday table.

Aflac Expands Support for Children With New Book ‘Beyond Words’

 In collaboration with bestselling children's book Author Sheri Fink and Research Astronaut Kellie Gerardi, Aflac Incorporated released today a new children's book highlighting the power of empathy, kindness and compassion for loved ones, especially children

Guiding Stars: Diabetes Runs in My Family—Should I Be Eating Differently?

About one in ten individuals in the US lives with diabetes. That’s more than 38 million Americans. Most have type 2 diabetes, likely diagnosed in middle age or older (though increasingly in younger adults as well).

Boston Gets Boldly Checkered for a Cause That Matters

If you happened to be strolling along the Charles River in Boston recently and thought you were surrounded by checkered patterns — a checkered duck boat, a checkered street team and even a checkered Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) station you weren’t imagining.

The Food System is Broken. Let’s Rebuild it.

A closer looks at how technology and innovation can transform the food system into a sustainable and resilient economy.

Family and Friends Can Help You Make the First Step Toward Wellness

According to the 2025 Wellness Matters Survey from Aflac, 90% of Americans reported putting off recommended health screenings this year, up from 85% in 2024.1 People offer a variety of reasons for leaving these appointments off the calendar, including belief that they are healthy

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