By Michelle Murdolo, MS, RD, CDN Exercise has many benefits. It helps reduce our risk of heart disease, manage our blood sugars, improve our mental health and mental clarity, improve our sleep, and of course strengthen our joints, bones and muscles and so much more. Some days we love doing it, and some days it’s…
By Danielle Johnson, RDN, CDN What is emotional eating? It can be positive, for example, eating a special meal to celebrate an engagement or cake to celebrate a birthday. Emotional eating can also be negative, like eating for relief, distraction, numbness. Unfortunately, emotional eating is most often referred to in a negative way. When eating…
By Daphne Baldwin Kornrich, MS, RDN, CSOWM, CDN Why do people in certain areas tend to live longer than others? Dr. Michael Poulain, a Belgian demographer, Dr. Gianni Pes of the University of Assari in Italy and Dan Buettner, author of The Blue Zones and a National Geographic Fellow & Explorer, have been researching the…
By Linda Folken, RDN, CDN, CHC-ACE As you enter midlife, you may notice that maintaining your usual weight becomes more of a challenge. The hormonal changes of menopause can lead to extra weight gain around the belly area.
By Helaine Krasner, MS, RDN, CSOWM, CDN It’s easy to be swayed by the magic of advertising. Promoters of apple cider vinegar (ACV) would have you believe it’s the secret weapon you’ve been searching for to speed up your metabolism or detoxify your digestive system. But what does the evidence say and are there any…
By Michelle Murdolo, MS, RD, CDN What comes to mind when you hear the word “metabolism?” Recently, we’ve been led to believe our metabolism’s only purpose is to be a fat burning machine. We’ve been taught that we need to learn how to speed up our metabolism so we can burn more fat and lose…
By Barbara Broggelwirth RDN, CDN Sabotage is any action that gets in the way of our intent. It could be self-motivated or come from something external in our environment. Identifying those cues can solve half the battle in addressing self-sabotaging behaviors.
By Janet Domke, RN BSN We’ve all heard the saying, “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” Well, these past few months have given us a bunch of lemons. It’s up to you to decide if you’re going to make lemonade, or let the lemons go bad.
By Danielle Johnson, RDN, CDN The World Health Organization has stated its concern over the long-term impact on mental health of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, and the need to provide resources to help all of us heal. Food can be a fun addition to help improve mental health.
By Michelle Murdolo, MS, RD, CDN I’ll let you in on a little secret – weight is not the most important thing for me when monitoring progress. On the list of importance, weight is about last in my opinion. Does this surprise you? What I’m more focused on is your nutrition intake, your movement, some…