I recently returned from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Food and Nutrition Conference in Philadelphia. Look for a recap soon! In the meantime, check out a few of my most recent articles on Boston Magazine as well as a new site, The Good Calorie. Eight Pumpkin Recipes With Fewer Calories Than a Pumpkin Spice […]

If you’re reading this, you’re probably among the many Americans who sit in front of a computer screen for the majority of the day. And you probably spend quite a bit of time eating at your desk. Snacking at work can be one of two things: A mindless eating binge or a healthful addition to […]

Whew! That’s about how I feel after a busy few months. The summer has hit me with a lot of changes and Choices.Habits.Lifestyle has suffered as a result! So, in an attempt to make up for lost time, I’m bringing you a photo montage of the past few months. Some from Tennessee, some from Boston, […]

My new post was published on Boston Magazine’s Hub Health page today and I think it’s too important not to share on my own blog! Maybe you have heard about the recent Kashi scandal. The company is under fire for using the word “natural” on its products. Why? Because they also contain genetically modified organisms. […]

If you read the latest headlines, you might be thinking eating dessert for breakfast is the way to go if you want to lose weight. But with a closer look into the recent study from Tel Aviv University that sparked the frenzy, you might think twice before you grab a donut or a chocolate-chip cookie […]

Imagine a world in which you can eat fried food to your heart’s content and not have to worry about heart disease. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, bad news: it is too good to be true, even despite some recent headlines to the contrary. The headlines are citing a recent study in the British Medical Journal. In it, […]

Confession: I’m not the biggest advocate for New Year’s resolutions. For me, a New Year’s resolution comes with a sense of impending failure. Maybe it’s my history of vowing to make a change that lasts only a couple of weeks before I am left feeling guilty about my failed attempt. Or maybe it’s that, year […]

I am surrounded by dietitians and nutrition-minded people on a daily basis. It seems like we all live by snacking and most dietitians I know have food with them at all times — I myself find it hard to go more than a few hours without a small, healthy snack. The basic idea is that […]

When it comes to smartphones, you can accomplish just about anything with the push of a button. Everything from recipes to diet advice, you can find it all in the App Store. Soon to be added to that list is a new calorie-counting application: PlateMate. Harvard engineering students developed PlateMate, software that uses crowd-sourcing to […]

What do you think of when you hear the word soda? Maybe sugar or obesity come to mind, but weapons and violence might not be the first, or even last, thing on that list. You are not alone. So, after reading a few headlines claiming “Drinking Soda May Cause Teen Violence” or something similar, I […]