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Seasonal Eats Made Simple: Root Vegetables and Budget-Friendly Winter Recipes

Explore the versatility of root vegetables this December. Learn about their nutritional benefits, seasonal availability, and budget-friendly recipes to warm up your winter meals. As winter settles in, it’s time to embrace the bounty of seasonal produce, especially...

Gratitude in Practice: Rethinking Thanksgiving Traditions with Compassion

Explore the complexities of Thanksgiving with a thoughtful reflection on gratitude, historical context, and inclusivity. Discover how to celebrate with mindfulness and compassion. Thanksgiving is often seen as a time to gather with loved ones, share a delicious meal,...

Reducing Neurodegenerative Risk Through Nutrition and Lifestyle

Discover how factors like diet, physical activity, gut health, sleep, and stress influence neurodegenerative disease risk. Learn practical wellness tips to support brain health and reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other disorders. Have you ever walked...

Tiramisu

This has been one of the toughest weeks of my life, and that's saying a lot after having survived my year-long dietetic internship (blog post on that coming soon). For many reasons, which I will go into detail at some point in the future, I reached the end of this...

For the Love of Food

ICYMI, this past Monday, October 24, was Food Day, an annual national celebration headed up by the Center for Science in the Public Interest. It was created a handful of years ago to encourage Americans to be more mindful about their eating habits and take ownership...

Change Food (Sat, 11/12/16): Growing the Good Food Movement

If you're a part of my Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn network, you might have seen that I announced that my boyfriend and I will be hosting a viewing party of the Change Food live-streaming event “Growing the Good Food Movement” at...

Get Your Macros Here!

Macronutrients—proteins, carbohydrates, and fats—are vital to health and well-being. Regardless if you are a meat-eater or follow a plant-based lifestyle, it is important that you get the full range of what your body requires to function properly. The United States...

Ho-Ho-Hold off on That Holiday Weight Gain

Not too long ago, some fellow dietetic interns and I created a presentation for one of our classes where we reported on research findings about how college students tend to gain weight over the 6- to 8-week span of the winter holiday season (Thanksgiving through the...

On a Mission: Field Work, Food Service, and Feeling Good

On a Mission: Field Work, Food Service, and Feeling Good

Being homeless in New York City does not mean having to live on the streets or in subway tunnels thanks to organizations like The Bowery Mission, which offers recovery programs for men and women suffering from drug and alcohol addiction, mental health issues, poverty,...