Nutrition can be an important factor in the lives of many people.

Guthrie County Hospital Clinical and Outpatient Dietitian Carol Laughery says that good nutrition can help with an individual’s health in different ways. She tells Raccoon Valley Radio about something that can help people find out about good nutrition tailored to themselves.

“A really handy tool to take you into good nutrition is ‘myplate.gov.’ It takes you through guidelines on different food groups as well as portion sizes. And really, eating (the) “My Plate” way helps with controlling those portions. It gives the recommendations for how many servings from each food group you should have, and getting that variety of whole foods in your diet.”

Laughery mentions that the right foods and portion control along with limiting added sugars and saturated fats can also help with getting the right nutrition for your body.