By Heather Levine, RDN/LDN
Starting solid foods can be a fun, messy time for your baby as he or she explores new tastes, smells and textures. While this can be a very exciting time, it can be quite confusing and expensive for you! There are many options of how you can feed your child in ...
By Su-Nui Escobar, MS, RDN
There is no doubt; eating sugar can make us feel happy as the reward center in our brain lights up in a similar way as it does when consuming cocaine or opiates. Not surprisingly, we now have research showing the addictive properties of sugar. For example, a study conducted at ...
By: Nina Talamas, Dietetic Intern
As one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world, coffee consumption is second only to water. In spite of this popularity, coffee and its effects on our health are hotly debated in the worlds of medicine and nutrition. Current research has been slowly answering the questions we have concerning ...
By Joel Exebio, PhD Candidate, dietetic intern, MBRS Fellow, vitamin D expert
The incidence of diabetes has increased dramatically over the last 30 years. It is widely known that Scandinavian countries such as Finland and Sweden have the highest rate of type 1 diabetes in the world due to the limited amount of sunlight ...
As a family doctor, I constantly tell others that healthy eating is essential to good health. However, walking the talk was difficult with my busy schedule and my zero cooking skills. Cooking felt like a big task considering I grew up watching my mother spend hours ...
As a dietitian, I strongly believe that you must exercise for optimal health, but in my experience it must be fun and challenging to stick to it in the long run. For me, I found fun and passion in running. Throughout the years, running has not only kept my body ...
The so-called sunshine vitamin is necessary to regulate calcium metabolism in the body. Vitamin D deficiency will result in blood calcium levels to decline and therefore, a decrease in bone mineral density will occur resulting in osteoporosis and increased risk of fractures.
I am not the rare person who jumps out of bed early in the morning into my tennis shoes to go out for a run by myself. I tried a couple of times to take my dog with me, but he refuses to ...
Salmon is a great source of vitamin D, especially if it is wild. Just 6oz of salmon contains 800 IU of Vitamin D, which is a far greater amount than most other food sources. Additional ingredients in this recipe such as garlic fight against bacterial and viral ...