A healthy diet is an important weapon in the fight against disease. Often, the holidays are a time of overindulgences, stressors, and hurried schedules that can challenge healthy eating. Committed to encouraging healthful dietary choices, Texas Oncology adds another good-for-you holiday recipe to its easy-to-make, nutritious holiday collection – Gingerbread Granola. Low in sodium and high in fiber, Gingerbread Granola is packed with healthy ingredients like flax seeds, sunflower seeds, almonds, golden raisins, and dried apricots, making it a delicious and nutritious way to celebrate the season.

Nearly a third of cancer deaths in 2010 could be prevented because they are related to poor nutrition, obesity, and physical inactivity, according to the American Cancer Society.

Losing weight or maintaining your present weight sometimes seems like a huge challenge. It doesn’t have to be. Many people who are able to maintain their weight basically follow six healthy habits.

1) Eat lots of fiber.

You can get fiber in your life by eating fruits, berries, beans, and many vegetables. Check food labels and do a little research to learn what foods are high in fiber.

Fiber gives you a feeling of being full and it helps regulate you.

How often have you made a New Year’s resolution that fell by the wayside? You start out with great resolve and change your behavior for a while. Before long, however, you revert back to your old habits.

Let’s face it. Behavior change is hard. What’s familiar is always the path of least resistance. Unforeseen challenges arise and throw you off track. Things improve a little and you forget the pain that made you want to change in the first place. Before long you figure that maybe you don’t need to follow through after all.