By Barbara Broggelwirth, RD, CDN Inflammation is characterized as acute or chronic. Acute inflammation is a normal and short lived response, such as when you are injured and your body responds by sending specific immune cells to heal it. This response typically lasts minutes to a few days. Chronic inflammation is a long-term response (months…
By Your Bariatric Nutrition Team The holidays are filled with sweets, treats and carb loaded eats! It’s a time when most people fall off track and indulge in over eating. If you’re prepared, you can avoid the post-holiday bloat and still enjoy the flavors of the season! When the holidays come around make sure you…
By Melissa Buscetta, RD, CDN What is free radical damage? Many believe that free radical damage is the heart of why we age. The free radical theory of aging states that every time we consume something, we generate what are called free radicals. There is a structure in cells called the mitochondria, which is the…
By Barbara Broggelwirth RD, CDN Bacteria in your digestive tract? Sounds gross, right? Not so fast. Large numbers of microorganisms live ON and IN our bodies. In fact, microorganisms in the human body outnumber human cells by 10 to 1, and many of the microorganisms in probiotic products are the same as or similar to microorganisms…
By: Your Bariatric Nutrition Team Slow cooker season is upon us! It’s time to get creative, toss everything into the pot and head to work while it makes magic. The beauty of slow cookers is they cook for us while we’re away and we get to come home to a delicious homemade meal! You can…
By Helaine Krasner, RDN, CDN Have you ever walked passed a candy dish on a co-worker’s desk and grabbed a nibble just because it was there? Have you ever eaten more than you really wanted just because there was still food on your plate? Have you ever felt the urge to have a snack after…
By Your Bariatric Nutrition Team Pumpkin spice season is officially underway! Instead of wasting precious money and calories on trendy pumpkin flavored lattes, treat yourself to a filling but seasonal breakfast. Energy bites are a new trend and if they’re done right they can be a great grab-and-go breakfast, or you can have one for…
By Daphne Baldwin Kornrich, MS, RD, CDN We’ve all heard it – “Eat your breakfast!” – and that it’s the most important meal of the day. However, many of us still skip breakfast. Eating breakfast is our first chance to nourish our body after not eating for about eight hours and sometimes even longer. Eating…
By Helaine Krasner, RDN, CDN Although eating out or getting take-out can be an enjoyable part of a healthy lifestyle, it definitely makes weight management more challenging. There are many benefits to preparing your own food as often as possible.
By Your Bariatric Nutrition Team It’s never too soon to start reintroducing pumpkin into our diets! As fall rolls in and school starts again, our schedules fill up and we neglect our healthy eating! Prepping our meals ahead of time is one of the best ways to avoid buying unhealthy food on fly. Overnight oats…