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…
I’m a nutrition consultant for various food and beverage companies, but my opinions are my own. Media is abuzz with talk about sugar. After all, sugar is toxic, right?! The newly released movie “Fed Up” has consumers shocked and scared into thinking this is the truth, and now there’s a new diet book saying the same thing: Sugar Savvy: The 6-Week Solution to…
A little over a month ago, I had a great experience taping a segment covering the truth about sweeteners and healthy diets for the Lifetime TV show, The Balancing Act. I flew down to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on Sunday evening and Monday morning I went to The Balancing Act studios where I met with the producer of the show to review…
This past September the annual American Dietetic Association Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo (FNCE) took place in San Diego. While I wasn’t able to attend in person, thanks to social media outlets like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, I was able to keep up with what fellow RDs were learning in the sessions and what products they were tasting at…
Should chocolate milk be banned from schools? That’s the topic of a heated debate going on in the school system these days. Until now I haven’t opined on this subject, but recently I received some new information based on scientific studies that has made me decide it’s time to share some facts and my opinion. Schools that have banned or…
Last week I shared with you some of the top 10 sweeteners myths and I set the record straight with the facts. Here are the rest of the top 10 list. High fructose corn syrup is much worse for the body than table sugar (sucrose). This myth that some sugars are better for you than others has been disproved by…
While I was at the ADA conference, I attended a session entitled “10 Sweetener Myths” presented by registered dietitians Carolyn O’Neil, MS, RD (you may recognize her as the “Lady of the Refrigerator” on Alton Brown’s Good Eats) and Kristine Clark, PhD, RD, FACSM, Director of Sports Nutrition at Penn State. Sweeteners always seem to be a hot topic for…
