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Holiday Food Safety Tips: Enjoy Your Feast Without Getting Sick

The holidays are a time for celebration, food, and togetherness, but "too many cooks in the kitchen" and abundant feasts can be a recipe for diaster. It's no wonder why many people suffer bouts of ill...

Staying Motivated While Dieting During the Holidays

The holidays are full of celebrations, traditions, and yes FOOD! With our fast-paced lives and the constant pull of screens, it can be tough to stay on track with healthy habits. Starting or maintaini...

Best Time to Eat Healthy is When You're Young

Start them out right in life and they are on a pathway to health later on….that’s what I’ve always thought, that eating habits are formed at a young age.Eating Healthy Early Has It's BenefitsAccording...

What's So Super About Superfoods?

Acai, chia, and turmeric, oh my! Every few months it seems there is a new superfood that has just emerged and is desperately needed for a healthy diet. But is that really the case? What happened to th...

Diet Supplement Safety, What you Should Know

I’m thinking of something dangerous, can you guess what it is? I’ll give you a few hints: It’s part of a $15 billion dollar industry It’s responsible for hospitalizations It&r...

The 6 Worst Salads to Eat While Dieting

When someone decides to adopt a healthier diet and lifestyle, one of the first things they realize is they may not be eating as much produce as they should be. Without a doubt this realization comes a...

Lessons Learned from Failed Fad Diets

We asked you "What lessons have you learned from failed fad diets" and you told us. Here is a list from people who have been there and done that!Fad Diet LessonsI hope you find these lessons learned...

How Much Water Do You Need to Drink?

Water is critical for lifeWithout it, life comes to an end rather quickly. Water is one of the body's most essential nutrients. People may survive six weeks without any food, but they couldn't live mo...

Why You Should Stop Drinking Diet Soda

Diet soda may seem like a health conscious choice considering it’s void of the calories and sugar than regular soda, but buyer beware. Diet soda is chock full of artificial sweeteners and chemicals. A...

Eat More Fruits & Veggies

Americans are not eating enough fruits and vegetables according to a recent government report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It’s not too shocking considering the...

More Than Two-Thirds of Americans Are Overweight or Obese

There are new, alarming statistics out this week published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine reporting that the adult U.S. population is now two-thirds obese. That means there are more people who...

Bye, Bye Trans Fats

Well, it’s official; we have said good-bye to our old ‘frenemy’ trans fats.  This is according to a new report out from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.   They have called it a pu...

Average Weight of Women and Men Increases 20%

According to a new U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) report women now are the same weight as men in 1960. The average American male weighed approximately 166.3 pounds back then, which was the ave...

Time Traveling Food: The Complete History of Diets

Whether it’s with vinegar, cabbage or tapeworms, people have tried tons of different ways to lose weight. Dieting became a regular habit for many once corpulence was no longer in fashion, making for s...

National Women’s Health Week, Part II

Being a registered dietitian, I have my own nutrition-related tips for women as we recognize National Women’s Health Week.Here are my go-to tips for women: 1. Maintain healthy weight --Reaching...

National Women’s Health Week

My top 5 tips for women’s health, as we celebrate National Women’s Health Week this week: Eat healthy, bottom line you must consume a healthy, balanced diet for overall good health. Study...

8 Foods You Never Want To Eat In A Buffet

Buffets are a guilty pleasure. Or maybe they are unavoidable when you’re dining on a cruise ship or squeezing in a quick lunch at the hotel salad bar. But we all have heard the buffet horror stories b...

Does an Apple a Day Work?

You may have heard over the years the saying that, “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Well, not exactly but sort of, it seems. According to recent findings by researchers from the University of M...