Guiding Stars blog: Health & Wellness

About the Guiding Stars Health & Wellness Blog

The Guiding Stars Health & Wellness blog is your place for the latest in health and nutrition news. Hear from our dietitians, grab a Guiding Stars recipe and learn tips and tricks from other folks just like you who integrate healthy eating and healthy living into their busy schedules.

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Guiding Stars is an objective, evidence-based, nutrition guidance program that evaluates foods and beverages to make nutritious choices simple. Products that meet transparent nutrition criteria earn a 1, 2, or 3 star rating for good, better, and best nutrition. Guiding Stars can be found in more than 2,000 grocery stores and through the Guiding Stars Food Finder app.

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Health & Healthcare

Guiding Stars: How Spring Changes Our Eating
It might seem like eating seasonally is all about sustainability and prioritizing local foods. But people have been eating what’s in season since the beginning of time because they didn’t have any other options.

Environment

Guiding Stars: What We’re Learning About Food, Packaging & the Environment
Social media feeds fill with news of forever chemicals. Apps abound that allow us to assess a product’s “health impact” score. Meanwhile, we still want nutritious options that are best for our bodies and health.

Health & Healthcare

Guiding Stars: Nourishing a Healthy Liver
Maybe you’ve never given your liver a second thought. But there’s a good chance you’ve seen social media posts and videos that have you wondering if yours is ok. Please don’t rush out and buy some random liver detox potion “just in case.”

Research & Reports

Ditch “Aisle Anxiety” With Guiding Stars
According to a recent survey of US adults, more than a third of respondents experience “aisle anxiety” when grocery shopping. And 39% feel “overwhelmed” by all the options. The survey also found that the average shopper spends four minutes deliberating over each item.

Health & Healthcare

Guiding Stars: Discover the Power of Nutrition
When you think about eating a nutritious diet, you probably focus on what is on the plate. Are there enough vegetables? Is there some protein? What about a whole grain? But the fact is that nutrition is not just limited to the food on your plate.

Health & Healthcare

Guiding Stars: Focused Grocery Goals for Big Results
We cover goal-setting and ways to prioritize health regularly in this blog. But this time the aim is not to give you pointers on how to set health goals. Instead, I’m sharing how to make simple nutritional goals for the grocery shopping trips themselves.

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Guiding Stars: Trend-Proof Nutrition
We’re often flooded with diet promises claiming to be the key to better health. Popular plans like keto and paleo encourage more meat. At the same time, fibermaxxing focuses on daily fiber intake (a difficult goal when you’re eliminating carbohydrates).

Health & Healthcare

Guiding Stars: A One-Trip Grocery Strategy for Multiple Easy Meals
I always find the topic of meal planning to be polarizing. You’re either a fan who finds it valuable or it’s your idea of monotonous drudgery. But I’m here to say there’s more than one way to meal plan.

Health & Healthcare

Guiding Stars: What to Know About the New Dietary Guidelines
The updated Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) was recently released—a highly anticipated event for many. Dietitians like me, of course, along with people who work in school nutrition, public health and the food retailing world.

Health & Healthcare

Guiding Stars: Beverage State of Affairs
Maybe you’re just two weeks into your Dry January. Or possibly you’re already part of the growing sober curious movement, which saw a 44% increase in 2025. Americans are becoming more aware of the health impacts of alcohol consumption and looking toward non-alcoholic options.

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