As a dietitian, food is my life. I spend much of my time helping people try new foods and improve their eating behaviors. (I love my job!) I especially enjoy working with parents. It’s a chance to show them how eating well with their kids can be fun [...]
Hey, hey! Bernie Salazar here… I’m so excited to be working with Avocados from Mexico and share this video blog with you on one of my favorite foods I’ve been eating since losing 130 pounds on The Biggest Loser — The Amazing Avocado!
Watch me turn one of my old meals - burger and fries - [...]
I had a “berry” good conversation this morning with Fox 5 News on the acai berry “weight loss” products that are just flying through the shelves. Also, you might see my buddy/fellow RD Dave Grotto’s book 101 Foods That Can Save Your Life in the segment. I forgot to mention it, but if you want [...]
If you’ve ever tried losing weight, chances are you loaded up on diet meals, bars, treats, waters, and who-know-what else. In fact, many people struggling with their weight are experts in dieting, calorie-counting, and restricting meals. But something is not working. Could it be the food? Or lack there of?
Watch this segment with “wellness makeover” [...]
Carissa Anderson
Elite Nutrition Intern
You don’t have to live by the sea in order to reap the rewards of a Mediterranean lifestyle. Fads come and go and that’s why they are not the answer for people who truly want to be healthy. The top Mediterranean foods are healthy and can be combined to make the most [...]
By: Carissa Anderson, Elite Nutrition Intern
Fiber is an extremely important part of our diet, resistant to digestion, it helps keep us feeling full longer, while also contributing to so many other health benefits. The recommended daily intake for fiber is 25 grams for women, 35 grams for men. Since most adults are lacking I thought [...]
Health trends come and go. The latest, raw organic Kombucha Tea. The tea is produced by adding yeast and bacteria, along with sugar, to black tea and allowing it to ferment over a week. So is it safe to assume that anything worthy of being sold at Whole Foods must be good for you? And what exactly [...]
Carissa Anderson
Elite Nutrition Intern
As family and friends gather this Sunday to watch America’s favorite game many will consume more calories in one evening than most should consume in an entire weekend. It is perfectly okay to sample the ‘not so healthy’ foods, but imagine that you’re plate were divided in half, unhealthy nibbles should be limited to [...]
By: Joelene Collins
Penn State University, Dietetics Student
Guest Blogger
If you were stranded on a desert island and you were allowed to only have ONE micronutrient, what would you choose? I am a highly indecisive individual, so in order for me to choose only one micronutrient, I would need to thoroughly examine the benefits of each. [...]
By Carol Shuford, certified personal trainer and Ironman athlete
One of my clients told me today-”oh well, it’s going to snow two feet this weekend, can’t get to the gym, so I guess there is nothing else to do but sit inside and eat!” Not true!! You CAN get in some kind of workout at home with little or [...]
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