

By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
This month marks the confluence of Women’s History Month and National Nutrition Month. Women have historically been ideally suited to advance the practice of nutrition via their traditional roles implementing healthy diet in the home, but they have also made…read more
Categories: General Nutrition
By Leyla Muedin MS, RD, CDN
CELEBRATING NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH You already have a regular doctor, right? Like a primary care practitioner, general practitioner or internist? But did you know there are many benefits that you may not be aware of to also having a nutritionist?…read more
Categories: General Nutrition
By Leyla Muedin MS, RD, CDN
Weight loss diets are definitely doable if you learn to keep a budget. But I’m not talking about budgeting money or even calories here, I’m talking about carbohydrates. Just as in personal finance where a budget is a tool to…read more
Categories: General Nutrition
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
It’s a verity that we should avoid “junk foods” and “fast foods”. Your mom could have told you as much. But until recently, there was a lack of scientific consensus on what exactly they were, why they’re so bad for…read more
Categories: General Nutrition
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
The Mediterranean Diet scores high in rankings by nutrition scientists. It’s the perennial #1 choice in the US News and World Reports annual rating of popular diets. But as with the Paleo Diet, which has many variations and interpreters, the question is:…read more
Categories: General Nutrition
By Leyla Muedin MS, RD, CDN
Q: I’m still unsure about whether I should eat regular bread. I don’t have a gluten problem. Can I just eat bread when I feel like indulging? A: The simple answer would be you can eat bread if you don’t…read more
Categories: General Nutrition
By Dr. Ronald Hoffman
Faced with some downtime for the holidays, I undertook the task of excavating my basement. Having moved my office to more compact quarters a couple of years ago, I had shipped my legacy book collection to New Jersey. Boxes sat…read more
Categories: General Nutrition
By Leyla Muedin MS, RD, CDN
Experts say we don’t break a habit. We simply replace it with a new one, a new behavior. How we eat is actually a behavior. For example, if you’re always the first one to finish your meal at the family table,…read more
Categories: General Nutrition
By Leyla Muedin MS, RD, CDN
Do you desire pleasure or fulfillment without delay or deferment? Maybe you operate on the Pleasure Principle—the force that compels us to gratify our urges, wants and needs now rather than later, because to deny them causes varying degrees of tension…read more
Categories: General Nutrition
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Weight loss diets are definitely doable if you learn to keep a budget. But I’m…