You Can Count on Nutrition At Your Fingertips for Food Advice
Everybody eats. But not everybody is a food and nutrition expert. Good advice can sometimes be as hard to find as an H1N1 vaccine! But don’t fear, registered dietitian and author Elisa Zied has you covered in her latest book “Nutrition At Your Fingertips” (NAYF). I scored an interview with the MSNBC contributor. Read on to find out more about her book and get some excellent nutrition advice from a real expert. Can you give me an “insiders peek” into NAYF, what is it? Nutrition at Your Fingertip

Affordable Nutrition in Canned and Frozen Foods
Now that fall is on its way, the fresh summer bounty is dwindling down; but the truth is your diet doesn’t have to hibernate for the winter. You can get lots of great foods in the canned and frozen food aisles that are full of nutrition at a price that will have you dancing to the cash register. In this post, I’ll share some of my favorite picks and recipe ideas.

Soda and Your Bones, Friends or Foes?
By: Jolene, Penn State University, Guest Blogger and Rebecca Times have changed over the last decade.  Super size meals have come on board at fast food restaurants.  The large beverages became the new small drinks and portion sizes of pretty much everything have more than doubled. I’ve always wondered, which could be worse, the large sodas or the double portion sizes? As a runner myself, I have been concerned about soda consumption and link to fracture risk.  Fractures are a huge deal to me, because they could delay my competitive season — or end it. Until recently, I have always wondered how soda consumption can lead to fracture risk.  Now tha

Is There Room For Personal Responsibility in Healthcare?
Much to my own surprise, I have largely stayed closed-lipped about the health care bill, town halls, and debates over these last few months. Part of the reason is that I have seen it mostly as a way to get health care to the under-insured and uninsured. Usually, health care is an area where I am vocal about the power and possibility of disease prevention. I want everyone to get on the “prevention bandwagon” and take steps today to be healthier – whether it is a community that secures funding to keep their pool and workout room open, or an employer who invests in “wellness” programs and health fairs, or families that decide to prepare a healthy meal at home and go for

So proud of one o...
So proud of one of my clients, Mimi, who is in AARP for being 50+ marathoner. She lost 40 pounds so far. http://ping.fm/ICY5h