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Good Fats and Bad Fats
Autumn Alerts
Emotional Eating: Breaking the Cycle
Latest Diet Book Reviews from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Vitamin D and Calcium Review
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…
Healthy Summer Snacks
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…
Gearing up for a Great Summer!
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…
Why so many knee replacements?
Perhaps you’ve noticed: Many people in their 70s, 60s, 50s, even 40s are showing up with knee problems that require surgery. Here’s a chart for illustration: One of the main reasons for the huge increase in these surgeries is the…
Non-Alcoholic Liver Disease
Do you have high liver enzymes? These are the ALT, AST, GGTP ALK and PHOS tests toward the bottom of your blood-work results. What do the elevation of these funny acronyms mean? Abnormal values may indicate problems with your liver,…