Gut Brain Axis
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How Nutrition and Gut Health Affect Overall Wellness – Explanation from a Long Island Registered Dietitian Nutritionist

THE GUT AXIS The gut-brain axis and gut-organ axes form a complex, bidirectional communication network between the gut and other organs, primarily facilitated by the gut microbiome. This system operates through the nervous, endocrine, and…
Dysbiosis
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Prevent, Manage, and Treat Dysbiosis with Medical Nutrition Therapy

WHAT IS DYSBIOSIS Dysbiosis is an imbalance or disruption in the composition and function of the body's microbiome—the diverse community of microorganisms that support health. It can manifest as: Reduced microbial diversity Overgrowth…
human-microbiome
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How the Gut Microbiome Impacts Overall Health, Long Island Dietitian

Understand how the gut microbiome impacts overall health from a Long Island dietitian. Identify symptoms of an unhealthy gut microbiome and dysbiosis. Improve wellness and reset your gut microbiome with medical nutrition therapy. New York…
Fatty Liver Disease
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The Link Between Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Fatty Liver Disease

Improve Liver Health with Tips from a Long Island RDN  There is a growing epidemic of fatty liver disease that is paralleling the increase in obesity and diabetes mellitus in countries that consume a Western diet.   Since fatty liver…
Inflammation
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Reduce Chronic Inflammation with Diet: What you need to understand explained by a registered dietitian nutritionist

Inflammation is the body’s natural response to injury, irritations, or infections. When we see or feel the symptoms, redness, swelling, heat, pain, we want to get rid of the inflammation as soon as possible.  However, this type of acute…
Nerve Pain
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Long Island REGISTERED DIETITIAN EXPLAINS HOW NERVE PAIN CAN BE RELIEVED WITH NUTRITION: Tips to Support Nerve Function & Anti-inflammatory Diet Plans

What do your nerves do?  They send directions and information back and forth between your brain and every part of your body – allowing you to breathe,  see, feel, hear, move, and in general, live.  The question is whether food choices…
Alkaline Diet
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IS AN ALKALINE DIET BENEFICIAL?
An explanation by a Long Island Registered Dietitian Nutritionist

There are many diet fads and trends, most of which are based upon junk science rather than evidence-based science. Over the past several years, there’s been a lot of buzz about alkaline diets and how they lead to weight loss while reducing…
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FOODS AND INFLAMMATION: COOLING THE FIRE WITHIN

How dietary patterns can influence our inflammatory response: Inflammation can be a positive reaction of fighting bacteria or viruses or of bringing blood flow to an injured area to help the healing process. However, not all inflammation…