Guest Blog Post: Is It Safe to Go Low Carb During Pregnancy?
Today my friend and colleague, Lily Nichols, a fellow registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator, shares her insight on carbohydrate-restricted diets during pregnancy. This is a controversial...
View ArticleDefending a Carbohydrate-Restricted Option for PCOS Management
As a registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator, I'm required to complete 75 hours of continuing education (CE) every five years. Fortunately, there are many ways to fulfill this requirement,...
View ArticleFlaxseed: Examining the Research
After publishing my book, The Low Carb Dietitian's Guide to Health and Beauty, I expected that there would be some differences of opinion on a few of the topics I cover, including macronutrient...
View ArticleUpdate: Recent NMR Results, Cardiovascular Disease Risk, and What I Eat
When I wrote a blog post entitled Lipid Changes on a Very-Low-Carbohydrate Ketogenic Diet about 10 months ago, I knew it would be controversial. Although some people in the low-carb community agreed...
View ArticleAcademy of Nutrition and Dietetics: A Giant Step in the Right Direction
Very exciting news this past week! The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND), formerly known as the American Dietetic Association, released surprising yet highly welcome comments regarding The DGA...
View ArticleDietitian Expelled from Dietitians Association of Australia for Providing...
Jennifer and me in Melbourne, August 2014 It's rather ironic that only a few short weeks ago I was happily writing about the AND's turnabout on several nutrition issues while today I'm sharing the case...
View ArticleLifestyle Strategies to Maintain Bone Density During Aging
Berries with Greek Yogurt My Fall About six weeks ago, I took a hard fall when I tripped on a curb. Initially I couldn't walk without limping, and for several weeks my right hip and upper thigh really...
View ArticleBook Review: Taking Out the Carbage (AKA The Big Book of Bacon) by DJ Foodie
I rarely write book reviews on this blog, but this is the first of several I'll be doing over the next few months. As a dietitian, I'm frequently asked to plug a certain book, product, program, etc.,...
View ArticleLong-Term Weight Loss Success: Regain Is Not Inevitable
"Only About Five Percent of People Who Try to Lose Weight Ultimately Succeed." That quote is from a Karen Parrott, aka Garden Girl, bloggerMaintaining a loss of 70 lbs for 3.5 years "I feel I've been...
View ArticleBook Review: Paleobetic Diet by Steve Parker, MD
Could returning to the foods our paleolithic ancestors consumed (or modern versions thereof) tens of thousands of years ago be used to treat diseases that are all too common today, particularly...
View ArticleIn Defense of High-Protein, Low-Carbohydrate Diets
For quite a while, whenever I've said I eat a low-carb, high-fat diet, I've felt a little conflicted. Certainly the highest proportion of my calories comes from fat, but "high fat" is a relative term....
View ArticleWhy Are Many Dietitians So Critical of Low-Carbohydrate Diets?
As someone who tries to read a wide variety of blogs devoted to carb restriction, I often see negative statements about dietitians not understanding the science behind energy balance, hormonal...
View ArticleSaturated-Fat Phobia Among Dietitians
I recently wrote a blog post entitled, Why Are Many Dietitians So Critical of Low-Carbohydrate Diets? Subsequently, someone asked me if I thought dietitians were more bothered by the low carb or high...
View ArticleVery-Low-Carbohydrate Diet vs. Oral Diabetes Medication
A recent study by Kaiser Permanente and Yale Medical Center found that severe hypoglycemia is quite common in people with Type 2 diabetes who take insulin-stimulating medications. This was true...
View ArticleVery-Low-Carbohydrate Ketogenic Diets for Weight Loss and Maintenance:...
After following a very-low-carb ketogenic diet (VLCKD) consistently for the past year and a half, I'm happy to report that I have only positive things to say about my experience. Better energy,...
View ArticleMisrepresenting the Evidence on Low-Carb Diets
While doing research for one of my Answers.com articles, Defending Your Low-Carb Diet, I found an interesting article on WebMD. I know that much of the information found online is critical of carb...
View ArticleSaturated Fat = Empty Calories?
I received a link from one of my coworkers at our hospital the other day encouraging me to try Super Tracker, an online food and activity tracking program. I wasn't expecting much after seeing that it...
View ArticlePeople with Diabetes Need Balanced Snacks, Right?
Wrong. People with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes don't require snacks, and anything eaten between meals should contain as few carbohydrates as possible. I recently joined Pinterest and came across this...
View ArticleKetogenic Diet vs. Low-Carb Diet: A Personal Choice
Fruit with whipped cream: too many carbs? Ketogenic diets (aka keto diets, nutritional ketosis or NK) are currently all the rage, and for good reason. As I wrote in a previous post a few weeks ago,...
View ArticleAll in Favor of Changing the US Dietary Guidelines and MyPlate?
March is National Nutrition Month, and March 12 is National Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day. So around this time of year, I get a lot of emails offering special deals on promotional items like...
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