Constipation
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How to Manage Chronic Constipation | Long Island Dietitian Support

How to Manage Chronic Constipation Diet is critically important. It’s not just what you eat, but also when and how often you eat. If you have difficulty with the frequency of bowel movements (missing days), hard stools, or incomplete evacuation…
Colon Health
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What Is the Best Diet to Prevent Colon Cancer, New York RDN

What Is the Best Diet to Prevent Colon Cancer? The numbers are alarming. Colorectal cancer rates are at an all-time high, and The Cancer Research Institute reports that “1 in 5 diagnoses occurs in someone under the age of 55.”
 This…
Managing IBS
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What Is the Best Diet for IBS? Long Island Dietitian Tips

What Is IBS? Until recently, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) was considered a diagnosis of exclusion. It is now understood to be a functional disorder involving the gut-brain axis. The condition is characterized by a combination of symptoms,…
Inflammation
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The Anti-Inflammatory Diet: What It Is, Who Needs It, and How to implement an anti-inflammatory plan?

Understanding Inflammation: Acute vs. Chronic Inflammation is the body’s natural defense and healing process. It is the process by which the immune system recognizes and removes harmful and foreign stimuli and begins the healing process…
Healthy Gut Healthy You
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Does the Microbiome Affect Obesity? Improve Gut Health and Lose Weight with a Long Island Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN)

  In my blogs over the past several months, I discussed how a healthy microbiome affects gut health and influences numerous aspects of health such as digestion, immunity, metabolism, and even brain function. Research shows that the…
Leaky Gut
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Leaky Gut Nutrition Therapy with a Long Island Dietitian

Nutrition Therapy for Leaky Gut with a Long Island Dietitian Digestive Health Nutrition Expert As a Registered Dietitian-Nutritionist specializing in gastrointestinal health, I use evidence-based Medical Nutrition Therapy and personalized…
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…
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How to Improve Digestive Health

As I discussed and explained in previous blogs, there is a microscopic world that lives in your large intestine called the gut microbiome.  It is made up of trillions of microorganisms.  Though most are bacteria, there also are fungi and…
digestion process
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What is the Importance of Digestive Health? A Long Island Certified Dietitian Nutritionist Discusses Gut Health

Everybody is talking about “gut health”. There are whole sections of bookstores now dedicated to books on digestive health; aisles of grocery stores and products pushing digestive health antidotes, remedies, fixes, and more. Once you understand…