Tag: nutrition
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The Magic of Nutrition and Exercise
If your eating habits regularly trend toward the indulgent, processed, or sugary, it’s not just your physical health that’s impacted. Research from Harvard Medical School shows that nutrition and mental health are also interconnected.
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Artificial Intelligence and Nutrition
Advances in nutrition and food technology have led to the development of digital therapeutics: apps and other products that use technology to help people manage their health. These products act almost like pocket nutritionists, providing feedback on diet and offering advice on what to eat. But despite their convenience, the science behind such apps is…
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How COVID Changed Our Eating
We all felt the effects of COVID and the related shutdowns of everything from offices to restaurants to gyms; it seems at times that those far-reaching effects touched every area of our lives, including our eating habits.
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3 Behavior Changes That Can Lead to Better Health
We all know the saying – old habits die hard. Changing behavior is difficult, takes hard work, and sometimes, takes a few failures to get it right. In the food and exercise world, I notice that the people most likely to stumble down even the best-paved road are those that take on too much, too…
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The REAL Meaning Behind Common Nutrition Buzzwords
Many nutrition buzzwords get thrown around. Three big ones right now are organic, local, and plant-based – all words you may have seen in articles and food labels but perhaps wondered what they meant. Are they all buzz, or do they represent something more? This month, I’d like to shed some light on the meaning…
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Fueling with Fat: The Nutritional Remedy You’ve Been Seeking
The year was 1992. I was downing bagels at most meals and noshing on licorice-like it was going out of style. Nuts, butter, and oils were all evil, and I was sure that eating these high-fat items would, of course, make me fat. It turns out I was all wrong on this assumption. Consequently, I…
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A Kick in the Gut: How You Can Jumpstart Your Gut Health for a Longer, Happier Life
When you think about your overall health, which parts of your body do you think are the most important? You probably envision your heart, brain, and even kidneys or liver. Do you ever think about your gut? Gut health has taken center stage in the world of food, health, and wellness in the past few…
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Changes to the Nutrition Facts Label: What Does This Mean For You?
If you haven’t already noticed, you will likely start to see some significant changes to how your food is packaged and sold. Rolling out Obama-era policies, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requiring food makers to implement a new Nutrition Facts label, which will include the following information and updates [1]: Increasing the type…
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The Dark Side of Fake Sugar
It doesn’t take much effort to see that there is a myriad of “sugar-free” food products available to consumers today. In fact, for many of the regular food items available, there is likely an alternative option that is sugar-free. In addition, all your favorite drinks, including teas, coffees, sodas, even flavored water, can all be…
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The Whole Truth on Whole Grains
For the past few months, I’ve focused on eating real food and getting plenty of color in my diet. Now that the month of May has arrived, let’s focus on getting the best grains possible. The US Dietary Guidelines recommend that whole grains should make up half of the grains you eat. My take –…
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Colorful Foods Improve Health and Well-Being
By Kristin Kirkpatrick, MS, RDN, Senior Fellow of Meadows Behavioral Last month, I celebrated National Nutrition Month by asking each of you to dedicate more than just 31 days to get your diet back on track. To truly feel better, you should focus on well-balanced eating year-round. This month, we continue the journey by adding…
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Being Greek, Food Rituals Were Everything
My father’s and my favorite dish was lamb and green beans, “arni fasolia” in Greek which is what we called it. My father would take me into the kitchen if he’d made it and give me a spoon to taste immediately, we always thought it was our best try ever. And it always was. My…