Today’s blog is a follow-up to Nutrition Facts that are Wrong Part One from earlier this year. Nutritional science is a dynamic field and we are constantly learning more and making discoveries. As a dietitian, it is my job to stay on top of the most recent evidence and practice based on that. Over time,…
This Kangen water review is an opinion piece. When I first published a post about Kangen a few years back, I immediately got a flood of evil, angry messages from Kangen salespeople and devotees (but mostly salespeople). Most of them wanted to tell me how wrong I was, and that their uncle/mother/neighbor/whoever cured their cancer/can…
As a dietitian, I’m not just navigating the intricacies of nutrition; I also have to be up to date with food safety laws and any widespread issues that pop up. Lately, the buzz around per – and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and their presence in plastics has started a conversation in the media. Talk of potential…
If you spend any time on social media, you’ve probably seen ads for supplements by a company called Arrae. This post looks at the company’s most popular supplements for a combined Arrae MB-1 review and Arrae Bloat review. Like I said, Arrae Bloat supplement seems to be one of the most popular, but the company…
Can food affect our mood and overall mental health? The link between nutrition and physical health is well known, but ‘nutritional psychiatry’ – the science of the role of nutrition on our mental health – is a growing area of research. We can expect to hear a lot more around the link between food and…
If you’ve spend any time online lately, you’ve probably seen social media content promoting hydrogen water, fat burning foods, hormone balancing salads, Oatzempic, and a lot of other things that sound..well…strange. They were probably described in sciencey-sounding verbiage, with lots of anecdotes like, ‘X caused me to lose 30 pounds in 2 weeks!’ or, ‘Y…