This article was originally published on HuffPost on May 9, 2016 ‘Zap Your Belly Fat with These 6 Foods!’ Anyone with eyes in their head has seen headlines like that in the media. When I searched ‘belly fat’ to get some facts for an interview I recently did, I was stunned by the avalanche of…
As a dietitian, I’m used to hearing about all sorts of diet regimens, pills, drinks, and plans. I’m doing a very well-received diet review series on my blog, and am accustomed to seeing adults who want to lose a few pounds. That’s old news. Recently though, there seems to be a disturbing trend of nutrition/weight…
A while ago I tasted a vegan ‘tuna’ sandwich, which sounds sort of gross but was actually delicious. The ‘tuna’ was was chickpeas, flavoured however you’d make actual tuna salad. I loved the taste and the idea so much that I immediately wrote it down in my little list of ‘things to develop/blog about’. 11 months…
Anytime I see a new diet or weight-loss scheme becoming popular, I assume it’s my duty as an RD to check it out and report back to you guys about whether or not it’s legit. A lot of these are pretty crazy looking and suspicious, especially when they promise to ‘cleanse’, ‘detox’, and generally make…
I’m not sure what’s going on with the Internet lately, but there’s some really crazy stuff coming out on there. One of the latest ‘trends’ – and I use quotations on that word only because I think there’s a limited number of people who would actually try this – is eating avocado seeds. And because…
I originally published this on the Huffington Post on March 31st, 2016. It’s linked to ovarian cancer. It’s only for baby cows. We aren’t meant to digest cow’s milk. It’s linked to bone loss. It’s pretty easy to find anti-dairy sentiment on the internet, and recently I was asked by a colleague if I…