No this isn’t explicitly about sports nutrition but, it is about developing food habits in young kids. And when I get 30-something year old clients who stutter when I ask them what carbohydrate they eat, I know there is something wrong with how we are teaching, or rather, not teaching, kids in America. In the …
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The absolute best way to lose weight is to get a customized nutrition program from a Registered Dietitian who specializes in both weight loss and whatever else you need help with (PCOS, kidney disease, PKU, diabetes, sports nutrition etc. – there are a number of specialty areas) and combine that with a good training program …
I often hear the term “clean eating” or “I eat a clean diet” and to the everyday person these terms mean nothing. Or rather, clean eating may conjure up thoughts of scrubbing fruits and vegetables and steering clear of the mac n’ cheese that has been sitting out for hours on a buffet line. In the …
Today it occurred to me (okay, someone sent an email on one of my listserves) that there are a plethora of food first, anti-supplement people out there. And, though I agree that a person should eat real food in their diet versus relying solely on dietary supplements (I just ate lunch actually; and took a …
If you took a look in my refrigerator, you’d see Friendship cottage cheese, Stonyfield Farms yogurt, organic milk, Cabot cheese, Laughing Cow light cheese and various other dairy products. The four brands mentioned are among my all time favorite brands for both taste and nutrition value. Because I don’t eat chicken or turkey every day, …
After a conversation I had with a colleague in Italy, I began to wonder if there really was something special about the compound resveratrol, found in the skin of grapes and red wine. Resveratrol serves an important function in grapes helping protect this fruit from invasion by bacteria and fungi. And, my colleague said they consider …