Essentially, prediabetes is when blood sugar is higher than normal, but not high enough to be diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. The big snag with prediabetes is that nine out of ten of those with prediabetes don’t know they have it; and a third of American adults have it. Why should you care? Most people […]

As noted by the International Food Information Council’s 2017 survey, 76% of respondents of the survey, (an unprecedented number of consumers) say they are looking to reduce their sugar intake or avoid it altogether. During the past two years, sugar has topped the list of ingredients that consumers are seeking to limit or avoid in […]

I just stumbled upon a study published in Obesity on November 14, 2017. It was published just in time for this article that I’ve been planning to write about beverages. Since it’s good news, it was an especially welcome find. What the Harvard professor Sara N. Bleich et al found when they examined National Health […]

Almost every time I travel, I realize how much I like English breakfast. I enjoy grilled tomatoes, beans and eggs. Toward the end of summer, I’m usually slicing off the tops of tomatoes from my garden; and pan-grilling them with a little olive oil and herbs, for our breakfast. Note: it’s a little like how […]

How often do you think science finds a relationship with food or a style of eating being associated with a reversal of unhealthy markers that already exist? I’d say rarely – or nearly never. But that is exactly what was found in the PREDIMED study. This relatively rare instance was published in the Canadian Medical […]

I read a quote from Walter Willett, of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health that said that said that you could cut your risk of diabetes quickly. The word ‘quickly’ for a dietitian/nutritionist, like myself, was like a high-pitched dog whistle for a dog. Quickly? That’s wonderful! That got my attention; so many […]

I was just sharing the recognition of the approaching return of oatmeal season with my husband, Vic, this morning at breakfast. We generally only eat two different cereals; shredded wheat mostly while the weather is warm and old-fashioned oats when it’s cooler. If you’ve been reading this blog for many years, you know that Vic […]

Although the food processors are doing a fabulous job of masking the inclusion of excessive added sugar in processed foods the fact remains that the public health professionals have done an equally fabulous of helping the public realize that too much sugar is a detriment to health. As the public health educators continue to help […]

Every time I write the goals to improve diet, it always includes incorporating nuts. It’s pretty easy to quickly skim over the information that researchers have found that nuts are associated with improved health (especially cardiovascular, diabetes and metabolic syndrome) and not really take the next step to adding nuts to your regular eating habits. […]

When I speak to college students, especially non-science majors, I often encourage them to take some science classes; like say, physiology. The reason for this seemingly bizarre suggestion is that I’ve found it so upsetting over the years to see how the food processors, commodities companies and their organizations can effectively distort science. I believe […]