Nutrition & Weight Loss

There’s no denying that moving more offers a variety of benefits for your overall health and wellness. An active life can help you to maintain a healthy weight, build heart health, strengthen your muscles and joints, improve your brain performance, and relieve stress while promoting better mental health and sleep. Inactivity and a sedentary lifestyle […]READ MORE

Perhaps you’ve seen this workout T-shirt. It reads: “So I can eat chocolate cake.” I chuckled the first time I spied it on a woman doing bicep curls in the front row of a weight-lifting class. It turns out a lot of us hit the gym because we need to burn off that chocolate cake […]READ MORE

Learning how to eat right is one key way to promote your overall health and well-being. Eating correctly can help you lose weight, look and feel better, and avoid or manage chronic health conditions. Poor nutrition and obesity are among America’s gravest health concerns. In 2008, obesity-related health care costs were estimated to be as […]READ MORE

Walnuts, almonds, pistachios are some great nuts that you should try to make sure to get at least one serving of every day. Looking for ways to incorporate these into your diet? Try sprinkling some on your salad for added flavor or mixing them into yogurt as an extra treat. + Scheduling your appointment for […]READ MORE

The Fourth of July is here, which means many of us will be participating in potlucks, picnics, and BBQ feasts that far surpass the carrying capacity of a single table. But recent studies suggest that one sneaky side should be excluded this year – the potato chip. According to the New England Journal of Medicine, […]READ MORE

Dietary supplements are always a hot topic of conversation whether it be among athletes or just someone trying to build muscle, lose weight, etc. Athletes spend millions of dollars each year on supplements in order to improve their level of competition or their health. 70-80% of elite athletes report using some type of supplementation. So […]READ MORE

Many people over 50 years of age do not get enough vitamin B12. If you have been struggling with a B12 deficiency try to include good sources: fortified cereals like raisin bran, lean meat, and fish and seafood like oysters or clams. Low fat cottage cheese with fruit as a snack is another good addition […]READ MORE

Nearly 80 million people have prediabetes. And most of them don’t even know it. Nine out of 10 people with the condition that leads to diabetes are unaware that their blood sugar levels are too high. Additionally, recent research has shown prediabetes can cause long-term damage to the heart and circulatory system, according to the […]READ MORE

Nearly 80 million people have prediabetes. And most of them don’t even know it. Nine out of 10 people with the condition that leads to diabetes are unaware that their blood sugar levels are too high. Additionally, recent research has shown prediabetes can cause long-term damage to the heart and circulatory system, according to the American […]READ MORE

Potato Chips. French Fries. Sugary Drinks. Red Meat. And let’s not forget refined grains such as white flour. These are the types of food that are causing major weight gain for people across the country. A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine reaffirms what so many Registered Dietitians and medical professionals have been […]READ MORE