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Choosing Milk for Toddlers, Kids, & Teens

Choosing Milk for Toddlers, Kids, & Teens

If you’ve been to the grocery store lately you may have noticed that the milk aisle continues expanding. From deciding the source of milk to choosing a flavoring, the options seem endless. You may be wondering if some have a better health benefit than others.…

Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID): What Is it and How Can a Registered Dietitian Help?

Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID): What Is it and How Can a Registered Dietitian Help?

Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is a relatively new eating disorder (ED) diagnosis that was added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) in 2013. This diagnosis was introduced to better categorize individuals who experience severe challenges with eating, but do…

When Orthorexia is Actually Disordered Eating

When Orthorexia is Actually Disordered Eating

As a Registered Dietitians working with individuals suffering from Eating Disorders and disordered eating, we frequently see people struggling with what many consider “orthorexia,” an obsession with eating foods one considers healthy. This drive for healthy or “clean” eating can become burdensome. It can impact…

Immune Boosting During Cold & Flu Season

Immune Boosting During Cold & Flu Season

Tis the season – for colds, Covid and the flu! All joking aside, as we enter into the long-anticipated holiday season we must accept the probability that we may at some point feel under the weather. Luckily, acknowledging this allows us to preemptively continue or…

Collagen & Protein Powder

Collagen & Protein Powder

If you’re on social media you have probably seen at least one post or influencer talking about their newest protein powder or collagen supplement. Protein is one of the three macronutrients that our body needs daily and most of us know it for its aid…

Fun With Fall Foods

Fun With Fall Foods

Happy Fall ya’ll! Yes, I admit it, I absolutely LOVE Fall. It’s the perfect season in my opinion. The cooler days, warmer colors, football season, crunchy leaves, crisp air, pumpkin/apple/gingerbread flavored everything – you really can’t go wrong.  Eating seasonal foods that sound good to…