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Eat Right Your Way, Every Day
This morning my local dietetic association had a booth at the St. Petersburg Saturday Market. Anything that you could have wanted was there. Very much like a food truck rally crashed into a farmer’s...
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Are You Still Resolved to Keep Your Resolutions?
We are now about 6 weeks give or take from New Year’s Day. Of all the folks who made New Year resolutions, only about 40% are still committed to the desired change. And the further we go into 2014, the...
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In Defense of Gluten
My name is Alana Benito and I am currently a dietetic intern through California State University San Bernardino’s ISPP program. I just completed my three week long acute care rotation with Nadine...
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In search of the perfect weight loss plan
As I have mentioned in earlier posts, a lot of reading material comes across my desk. At times it is difficult to keep up with, but this week a particular article caught my eye. A group of researchers...
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Not that I am Gloating…..
I don’t think that Dr. Oz had a good time during his visit to D.C. last week. You have probably heard by now about his testimony before the subcommittee on health fraud. The Federal Trade Commission...
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Dr. Oz is at it Again
I can always count on my Dad to give me ideas during my annual visit to Western New York state. This week, Dr. Oz is promoting a new supplement to assist in weight loss: L-arginine. Now, as a...
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Slim by Design
It’s true: your kitchen (and the rest of your house or office) is making you fat. Dr. Brian Wansink, one of my favorite behavior researchers, says so in his new book Slim by Design: Mindless Eating...
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A New Approach for a New Year
It is about that time of year again, when we do a quick self-assessment of the year about to end and commit to doing a better job of it in the year about to begin: making New Year Resolutions. I …...
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It seems the math is all wrong.
I am sure by now that you all realize that most of the work I do involves weight management counseling. I absolutely cringe when a new client asks “how much weight will I lose by my vacation, my...
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Biggest Loser
I am not a fan of weight loss competitions. Participants will do just about anything for the short period of time necessary to get the pounds off. You cannot develop long term healthy habits this way....
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