Nutrition Unscrambled Blog
Cholesterol & Heart Disease Guidance Worldwide
Today’s blog post is written by Emmaline Rasmussen, previous Dietetic Intern at ENC. Emmaline studied Dietetics and Kinesiology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is an avid food and nutrition enthusiast as well as a certified yoga teacher. What do adults in Canada, The United States, Australia and Ireland have in common? Other …
How do Eggs “Weigh In” for Weight Management?
With the ongoing obesity epidemic in the United States, health professionals are involved more than ever in assisting clients with weight loss and weight maintenance. Nutrition professionals, in particular, are continually searching for effective individualized nutrition advice that will assist clients in reaching a healthy weight. As you work with clients toward their New Year’s …
Food Patterns
The science of epidemiology is both a gold mine and a disaster for nutrition science. A quick look through the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition or simply scanning the news headlines and you find numerous new discoveries in nutrition health based on epidemiology studies. This research has uncovered many importance questions and led to multiple …
To 2013, a Year of Nutritious Breakfasts!
We have almost survived the first week of 2013. Hopefully you and your clients have focused on obtainable lifestyle changes for the New Year. If you’re still looking for a goal to last a lifetime, try committing to eat breakfast. If you are a breakfast skipper, consider making it a habit to start eating breakfast, …
Paradigm Shift in Management of Type 2 Diabetes
Today’s post comes from Dr. Donald Layman. Dr. Layman is the Director of Research at the Egg Nutrition Center and Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois and a leading researcher studying dietary needs for protein and amino acids. A recent review by Dr. Acheson in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition highlights a paradigm …
Top 2012 Food and Nutrition Stories
Today’s post comes from Kathleen Zelman, MPH, RD. Zelman is the Director of Nutrition for WebMD, overseeing diet, nutrition and food information. Among other duties, she serves as Senior Nutrition Correspondent, writes weekly features, columns and newsletters, provides expert editorial review of diet and nutrition articles and covers national meetings. Zelman has extensive media experience, …
Fueling Athletes for Winter Sports
Today’s post comes from Dave Ellis, RD, CSCS. Ellis is a sports dietitian, who counsels athletic programs on nutrition and teaches athletes how to eat the right foods on a sensible schedule to fuel performance, prevent muscle cramps, finish strong and recover well. He is also a member of ENC’s Health Professional Advisor panel. Winter …
Staying Well and Preventing Seasonal Illness
Today’s post comes from Dixie Harms, DNP, ARNP, FNP-C, BC-ADM, FAANP. Dixie is a family nurse practitioner at Family Medicine of Urbandale in Urbandale, IA and also serves as Adjunct Clinical Faculty at the University of Iowa College of Nursing. She specializes in diabetes care and bio-identical hormone replacement therapy. Dixie is also a member …
Holiday Recipe Round-Up
Our blog post comes from one of ENC’s Health Professional Advisors, Serena Ball, MS, RD. Serena is a registered dietitian in St. Louis and mother of four kids. She blogs delicious recipes on the TeaspoonOfSpice blog. We like to wish our friends and co-workers “Happy Holidays” this time of year; so in an additional sentiment of …
Happy, Healthy Holidays!
Today’s post comes from supermarket dietitian Karen Buch, MS, RD, who leads the Weis Lifestyle Initiatives team for Weis Markets. In her role, she is responsible for consumer advocacy and strategic planning for Weis Markets’ growing health and wellness initiatives. Karen also serves as the editor-in-chief of Weis Healthy Bites™ magazine and serves as an …
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