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How to Support Healthy Habits in High School and College Athletes

May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. Explore how high school and college-aged athletes can improve performance while maintaining balance in nutrition, sleep, and mental health. Each May, National Physical Fitness and Sports Month shines a spotlight on...

Understanding IBS: A Guide to Gut Health, the Gut-Brain Connection, and Simple Ways to Soothe Your Symptoms

Learn the difference between IBS and other gut disorders, explore the gut-brain axis, understand the low FODMAP diet, and discover simple, budget-friendly IBS-friendly recipes and resources. April is IBS Awareness Month, making it the perfect time to spotlight a...

The Power to Stay Strong: A Caregiver’s and Patient’s Guide to Parkinson’s Wellness

Explore brain-supportive foods, treatments, and trusted resources to help manage Parkinson’s Disease. Our brains are incredibly complex and vital to every aspect of our being—controlling movement, memory, emotions, and even digestion. Brain health refers to the...

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,...