The Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston has proven that patients lost weight and kept it off through a short-term, intensive weight loss program. The study showed half of the patients maintained an average of 9.5% weight loss at four years…
It’s everywhere. The “gluten-free” label is now on foods that haven’t ever even shared a shelf with bread or barley. The term is so pervasive that we could be forgiven for thinking that EVERYONE should avoid gluten. Is this true?…
I was lucky enough to attend a presentation on Vitamin D and Calcium research in early May this year. The presenter, Dr. Robert Heaney, has spent the majority of his life both compiling and researching the metabolic mechanisms of both…
Summer is a great time of year for getting outdoors to exercise, family vacations, and barbeques in the backyard. It is also a time where schedules or routines can change which may alter how we eat. Today’s Dietitian magazine (June…
Our three warmest months of the year have begun! What activities have you planned for this summer? Looking back at past summers, did your fitness level rise or drop? What kinds of eating and exercise did you get into? Did…
Perhaps you noticed the tiny ripple in the media in mid-February: A study of Mediterranean – type dining versus typical American stuffing suggested that a diet low in saturated fats, red meats and refined grains, and high in fish, produce…
Are you confused about the nutrition information you hear about these days? Seems like we hear something new every day and it is hard to know who to listen to. Next time someone gives you nutrition “advice” ask yourself “what…
