At SFBLI, healthy eating is a part of the workday as we offer healthy choices in our cafeteria, vending machines, and at meetings.

Making wise choices in food selection and consumption is the best way to improve your nutrition status. We have put together a page that will help you understand some basic nutrition, general food guidelines, and smart choices for specific issues.

Healthy Recipes
Check out some of our favorite recipes that are healthy and delicious. If you have a healthy recipe and would like to share, please send it to Matt Ginn along with the reference.

Sodexo
Sodexo, our cafeteria management firm, promotes their program, Your Health Your Way, which offers healthy choices at work. Look for the brochures and signs which tell you about the program, calories in the dishes, and the healthy ways the staff prepares the food.

SFBLI Farmers Market
Each year we host several markets to launch the season of fresh fruits and vegtables. Our partnership with the Mississippi Farmers Market and the Mississippi Department of Health helps us educate employees about selecting and cooking local items while saving up to 40% on their grocery bill. Take a tour of our market here.

Resources
MyPyramid.gov offers personalized eating plans, interactive tools to help you plan and assess your food choices, and advice to help you make smart choices and stay within your calorie needs.

Nutrition.gov provides easy access to the best food and nutrition information from across the federal government. It serves as a gateway to reliable information on nutrition, healthy eating, physical activity, and food safety for consumers.

The Interactive Menu Planner is designed to guide daily food and meal choices based on one day's calorie allowance. It may be used in advance to plan a meal, or at the end of a day to add up total calories, as well as fat and carbohydrates consumed.

Understanding Food Labels will help you select healthier choices when buying food. By law, all food labels must contain some basic information for consumers to know what is in the products they are eating. Each must contain the name of the produce, the manufacturer, the new weight, list of ingredients, serving size, and other nutrition facts.

Government Food Safety Information can help you find information about food handling, product specific advice, and links to more detailed information.

This Healthy Shopping Guide will help you know what to look for when grocery shopping.

Tips For Eating Healthy When Eating Out