
Why People See a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
Registered dietitians are experts in food, nutrition as well as the role of nutrients in promoting health. They advise people on optimizing intake in order to lead a healthy lifestyle or to achieve a specific health-related goal.
For those…

How Nutrition Affects Brain Health from Long Island Certified Nutritionist: Can you boost your brain power?
We all have concerns over loss of cognitive function, particularly descent into Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. Many studies suggest that maintaining cognitive health, as well as slowing and even preventing cognitive decline, dementia,…

Nutrition Tips for Beautiful Skin
Want your face to glow? Food can boost your skin health.
When you nourish your body with food to promote health, you also nourish your skin. By selecting certain foods, you can turn around your tired-looking skin. Here’s how to…

FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Can Diet Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease?
As the American population ages, the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease also continues to rise. Recent studies suggest diet may play a role in its prevention or delayed onset.
A plant based eating…

The Human Microbiome
Each human body has a unique array of microorganisms, collectively called the “microbiota”. There may be 1000 different species and over 100-fold more genes that are in the human genome. Studies have demonstrated a symbiotic…

The Benefits of Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Your Diet
You may have heard that omega-3 fatty acids are good for your health, but did you know that they can actually help you lower your risk of death? According to a study that was recently featured in the Journal of Clinical Lipidology,…

Saturated Fat: What is the True Story? Part 2: Answers and Conclusion
We have the answers to these questions, kept in the shadows impressively well by the peddlers of pepperoni and bacon.
The range of saturated fat intake examined is pretty narrow. In the first meta-analysis, the top and bottom…

Saturated Fat: What is the True Story? Part 1: Research and Questions
For decades the American public has been warned that eating saturated fat, the type found in meat and processed foods, can lead to heart disease. Now there is a booming cottage industry peddling the argument that saturated fat is…

Calcium Cleared
“Calcium supplements could increase risk of heart disease, new study finds” said a Washington Post headline in October. “Calcium supplements could give you a heart attack,” wrote the New York Daily News.
Researchers at Johns…

Biggest Loser and the Misrepresentation of Weightloss
NANCY MAZARIN, MS, RDN, CDN
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BIGGEST LOSER – a misleading report
The grim message from the recent New York Times article is that dieting is futile and re-gain is all but pre-ordained.…