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A new year and a new season. A time for a fresh start. Normally, with the first-of-the-year articles, I give nutrition help for the new year or my thoughts on the latest nutrition trend. Sometimes I...

Last month we prepared ourselves for making substitutions for white sugar in holiday baking. We considered its effects in both the body and in baking. Since you can’t substitute all sweeteners 1:1...

It’s evident in stores already: The holidays are almost here. Not only will it soon be time to prepare your décor, it’ll also be time to adjust your menus. From crumble-topped muffins the size...

Last month I opened the infamous "can of worms" as I began the first of this two-part series regarding food, mindset, guilt and restriction. In September, we discussed the necessity of how mindset...

You hear it all the time. Likely, you’ve even said it: “I was bad today” or “I was good today.” “Good” and “bad” — terms commonly used for moral and ethical issues — somehow...

Summer is a unique time, when we have different encounters with the foods of the season. From barbecues to farmers markets to our own maverick zucchini plant in a pot on the porch, it offers a...

Do you ever have a nutrition question that hovers around the edges of your mind for a time until it finally makes its way to the forefront, where it firmly demands to be answered? You're in good...

Hope. It’s a powerful emotion, a potent fire that can burn in a very dark place. It looks ahead at the future with confidence. Likely, we all have experience with hope in one way or another. In the...

Mother’s Day just slipped by, and it’s likely that many of you indulged in a food hailed as a “heart healthy food”: chocolate. Let’s talk about it and take a brief peek into its health...

I’ve written about kids and snacks before, but I thought I’d address it once again. It’s a frustrating topic for a lot of parents, and I want to talk about some specific frustrations and...

How often do you move in a day? I’m not talking about the frequency of your exercise routine, but how often your gut compels you to go to the bathroom for a bowel movement. There, I said it: How...

Valentine’s Day is almost here, a time to celebrate the sweet things in life with the ones we love. Just remember: It’s not a celebration about the sweets but about the sweet things ...

Here we are again, at the start of a new year!  No doubt you, like so many others, want to make some healthy changes this year and nutrition is an area in which most of us can improve! I will not...

The year 2021 has been unprecedented for its amount (and rate) of change, controversy, lack of control and overall “uncertainties.” For many adults, changes in employment, work stress, finances...

October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Call me late to the party, but as I considered all the people I've personally known to have struggled with cancer (breast or otherwise), it got me thinking a...

It has begun! It's the season for cinnamon sticks, vanilla and all things pumpkin! Just take a look at some of the menus of local restaurants and coffee shacks.   While pumpkin is an expected...

Do you ever have a question about nutrition that hovers around the edges of your mind for a time until it finally makes its way to the forefront, where it firmly demands to be answered? If this sounds...

Kids and food — it’s a tricky topic. There are a whole host of issues with kids and eating: allergies, pickiness, disabilites … the list goes on and on! I won’t attempt to plumb the depth of...

People sometimes think that being a dietitian makes eating healthy automatically easy for me. It doesn’t. I struggle with the balance of budget, time, food sensitivities, availability of products,...

We know that adding more fruits and veggies into our diets are good for us but how do we get more in? Truthfully, there is no magic formula. There are many ways to do it. Making smoothies and juices...

I still remember the first time I heard about the gluten-free diet. It was from a new acquaintance, well before I had changed my focus in college from culinary arts to nutrition. This acquaintance had...

I remember it distinctly. Three years ago I received a lot of questions regarding a certain doctor’s book (and his numerous YouTube ads) regarding a certain food “toxic” substance present in...

We have turned the corner! 2021 is (finally!) here! If you haven’t read last month’s article regarding several encouragements to make healthy changes going into the new year, then you may find...

It’s never too late to get it together when it comes it eating healthy! The year 2020 has been unprecedented for most of us in the amount (and rate) of change, controversy, lack of control and...

We all want to know how to eat well during the seasonal festivities don’t we? Regardless of how your 2020 Thanksgiving and Christmas festivities may look this year, the reality is the food is at...