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Nutrition’s Impact on Chronic Pain
Written By: Julane R. Contursi, MS, RDN, LD Pain is defined by The International Association for the Study of Pain as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or...
Feed Your Sleep; Nutrition practices to promote better sleep
Feed Your Sleep; Nutrition practices to promote better sleep Our diet can have an impact on our sleep patterns. Here are a few ways that we can influence our sleep habits through the foods we eat....
Food for Thought… Literally!
If you watch the news, it’s hard to ignore the fact that depression and psychological disorders are affecting people around the country and the globe at increasing rates. According to the 2016...
2023 Weight Management Goals
Written By: Courtney Buck, MS, RDN, LD Let's talk about Weight Management Goals Hello 2023! We have all had a couple weeks to settle in and get the date right. But every year around this time we...
Caffeine and Exercise Performance
Written By: Julane R. Contursi, MS, RDN, LD Let's talk about caffeine Caffeine, an often-criticized component that is consumed in many forms (and can be categorized into food, dietary supplement, or...
Is Your Lack of Sleep Keeping You from Achieving a Healthy Weight?
Written By: Abby Jellinek-Johnson, MS, RDN, LD, CLT When we think about weight loss, we typically start thinking about changing two things; improving our diet and embarking on an exercise program....
Intermittent Fasting 101
What is Intermittent Fasting? Also referred to as IF, intermittent fasting is not a diet. Instead, it's an eating plan based on consuming food, and, then, fasting over specific predefined periods....
Dietitians Order, Get Your Fiber
Written By: Lina Abuhamdieh MS, RDN, LD, CLT We’ve all heard how fiber helps keep us regular and that it is good for our digestion. While we are told to “eat more fiber”, sometimes we don’t know how...
Is Food Making You Sick?
Ever wonder why onions make your spouse gassy, but you digest them just fine? Or, why red wine gives you a migraine but a martini does not? Or, why your grandmother thinks corn makes her arthritis...