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5 Tips to Stay on Track Over the Weekend

Don’t let the fun of the weekend derail your healthy lifestyle. Here are 5 tips to stay on track over the weekend! This post was originally published January 15, 2010.  If you’ve been watching what you eat and following an exercise routine during the week, don’t let the fact that it’s a weekend get in your way. Instead, be a…

5 Ways to Start the New Year On a Healthy Foot

Welcome 2016 with 5 easy changes you can make to stay healthy throughout the year – no resolutions required! Disclaimer: I am a paid consultant with Meta and was compensated for this post. Opinions are my own. I’m not afraid to say it and I’ve said it before, New Year’s resolutions are overrated. I’m all for setting goals and taking…

Menu Plan Monday: Week of March 2, 2015

 Celebrate National Nutrition Month® in March and Bite Into a Healthy Menu Plan Monday! Welcome to March! The snow is still falling in NY, but we are having a heat wave today with 35 degree F temps – woohoo! I think it’s an understatement to say that we’re excited for spring around here. What better way to get in the mood…

Is One Ingredient to Blame?

I’m a nutrition consultant for various food and beverage companies, but my opinions are my own. “Sugar is Toxic.” “The Case Against Sugar.” “How to Ditch the Sugar Habit.” “Is Sugar Destroying the World?” Perhaps you have seen some of these headlines over the past couple of years. As researchers in the medical field continue to search for the cause of…

5 Nutrition Tips that Build a Strong Dietary Foundation {Part 1}

This post was written by Nutritioulicious blogger Ann Lokuta I’m counting down the months until I can call myself a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and begin a career in which I get to advise people how to eat well so they can live a life full of energy, happiness, and a plethora of healthy memories. I’ve been trying to nail down…

Are carbs and sugars bad news for the American diet?

I’m a nutrition consultant for various food and beverage companies, but my opinions are my own. I have contested the view that “sugar is toxic” on more than one occasion. So of course I was interested to hear what two qualified professors of nutritional research, Joanne Slavin, PhD, RD and Mark Kern, PhD, RD, CSSD, had to say about carbohydrates and sugar at…