I wasn’t planning on posting anything for National Eating Disorder week, even though I believe that it’s extremely important to increase awareness of eating disorders. I’m a firm believer in the fact that EDs aren’t a choice…and they’re not just a matter telling someone to ‘just eat more’ or ‘just eat less’. Eating disorders affect…
I’ve seen a lot of people on my social media selling a product called ‘Juice Plus’, and tons and tons of readers have asked me to review it, so here we go! Immediately when I went to the Juice Plus website, I saw the claims: “Adds the nutrition of 17 fruits, vegetables, and grains to…
Lots of my clients have asked me for a protein pancake recipe. There are tons on the internet, mostly using protein powder. Even though protein powder has its place, I would much rather people eat real food before they use it. When my neighbor asked me to create a protein pancake recipe for her, I figured…
As soon as I published my reviews of Zija and Shakeology, people started flooding my inbox with requests for me to review a weight loss system called Plexus. Having never heard of any such thing as Plexus, I went over to their website to have a look. Let’s just get one thing straight. If and…
Here’s the story: I was actually in the middle of writing a review of another diet product (Juice Plus, you’ve been spared…for now) when an email from a reader popped into my inbox. In her message, she described her experience with the Zija diet system and begged me to review it. Needless to say, I…
I know it’s a surprising title, especially from a dietitian, right when quitting sugar is the trendiest thing to do these days. But I think I have a pretty good argument for why you should keep some of the sweet stuff around. I don’t want to get angry emails about how I work for the…