diet savvy

March Madness!!

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:15:33 -0500

I am in the final months of my dietetic internship. If you’re not sure what that is, it’s the year of supervised practice that has to be completed by all dietitian-hopefuls before they are eligible to sit for the exam and become registered dietitians. I…

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Thoughts on my first week as a (clinical) dietetic intern

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:32:02 -0400

I could not sleep on Sunday night. On Monday morning, my hair would not cooperate no matter how much I begged it to. I looked like a frump queen in my slightly-too-big scrubs. I ended up parking in the visitor’s lot because I didn’t have the pass-code for…

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AND corporate sponsors fighting against mandatory GMO labeling in California

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 01:24:06 -0400

These corporations are currently in opposition to California’s Prop 37, which would require mandatory labeling of all GMO-containing foods if it is passed in November. There are other (agribusiness, mostly) corporations dropping dollars on this, but the…

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Eureka Springs, holistic nutrition, and a book recommendationHi,...

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:59:28 -0400

Eureka Springs, holistic nutrition, and a book recommendation

Hi, everyone! Sorry it’s been a while since my last update, I’ve been doing a lot of traveling…

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Nutritionally complete beverages ensure a boost in patient complications

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:28:48 -0400

Nutritionally complete beverages ensure a boost in patient complications #primal #wapf #realfood #tubefeedings

Ingredients: water, corn syrup, milk protein concentrate*, vegetable oil (canola, high oleic sunflower, corn), soy protein isolate, and less than 0.5% of magnesium phosphate, potassium citrate, potassium chloride, cellulose gel and gum, salt, calcium…

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1/3 of the way through the dietetic internship!

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 23:01:53 -0400

So, for a few days there I was posting pretty regularly, and then I got caught up in a whirlwind of graduate school stuff. However, class is over for the summer and I’ve only got a few more assignments to submit so I figured I’d let my readers know that…

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Sprinting (*Underwater): The Paleo/Primal Food Obsession

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 00:00:54 -0400

Sprinting (*Underwater): The Paleo/Primal Food Obsession:

patrickgarner:

Sorry, it’s true. The Paleo/Primal community is almost obsessively single-minded. Food. Recipes. Photos of primal dishes. Arguments about almond milk versus coconut. Drilling down into the most arcane discussions about glucose. Or fructose. Or grass-fed pork.

As I noted in a recent Tweet, #

awesome points! as a nutrition student, do i get a free pass to obsess so (hopefully) no one else has to? :)

notpigeons: Science writer Gary Taubes has done more than...

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 23:57:12 -0400

notpigeons:

Science writer Gary Taubes has done more than anyone else to deconstruct the Keys mythos and replace it with a more sensible view, informed by better science. I recommend his book, Good Calories, Bad Calories: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on Diet, Weight Control and Disease. It presents more than 600 pages of evidence that lead to these conclusions:

Dietary fat, whether saturated or not, is not a cause of obesity, heart disease or any other chronic disease of civilization.

The problem is the carbohydrates in the diet, their effect on insulin secretion, and thus the hormonal regulation of homeostasis — the entire harmonic ensemble of the human body. The more easily digestible and refined the carbohydrates, the greater the effect on our health, weight and well-being.

Sugars — sucrose and high-fructose corn syrup specifically — are particularly harmful, probably because the combination of fructose and glucose simultaneously elevates insulin levels while overloading the liver with carbohydrates.

Through their direct effects on insulin and blood sugar, refined carbohydrates, starches and sugars are the dietary cause of coronary heart disease and diabetes. They are the most likely dietary causes of cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and other chronic diseases of modern civilization.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-weil-md/healthy-eating_b_629422.html

The egg yolk manifesto

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 22:19:00 -0400

I love eggs. Almost every morning, I wake up bright and early and fry a couple of eggs with a little bit of salt and pepper in butter, olive oil, or coconut oil. When I sit down at the table with a cup of coffee and a plate of eggs, an overwhelming sense…

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Basic beef roastWhile I’m not a great photographer, and the only...

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 21:19:29 -0400

Basic beef roast

While I’m not a great photographer, and the only camera I have at my disposal at the moment is the…

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Why this future RD is against a monopoly of the nutrition industry by RDs

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 14:01:00 -0400

Why this future RD is against a monopoly of the nutrition industry by RDs.

The vast majority of dietetic students, dietetic interns (like myself), and registered dietitians seem to agree that strict regulation of the nutrition industry is the way to go. Their intentions are noble: protect the public. Throughout my undergraduate…

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nilbarcodefood: Bacon and guacamole sandwiches. Recipe courtesy...

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 11:57:39 -0400

nilbarcodefood:

Bacon and guacamole sandwiches.

Recipe courtesy of nomnompaleo.

The pursuit of good food

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 23:13:07 -0400

The pursuit of good food:

“The pursuit of good food dictates most of the decisions I make in my daily life, so nutrition and I get along quite well.”

firstweeat: Truism of the Day My new motto. This includes...

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 23:07:10 -0400

firstweeat:

Truism of the Day

My new motto.

This includes dairy, btw!

How High Fructose Corn Syrup has Decimated Human Health

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 23:03:10 -0400

How High Fructose Corn Syrup has Decimated Human Health

staystrongsb: So, today someone told me I shouldn’t call my diet paleo because of the fact I...

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 23:01:25 -0400

staystrongsb:

So, today someone told me I shouldn’t call my diet paleo because of the fact I eat dairy. But the paleo eating world is opening up to the idea of dairy is it not? I just find it a lot easier to say “paleo” instead of “low carb high fat.” Both diets are so similar…I don’t know, is it a big deal or should I just continue saying paleo?

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with continuing to call it “paleo”; there are LOTS of people who follow a paleo diet and use dairy. When people ask me, I usually just say that I don’t eat processed foods.

How my diet compares to MyPlate

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 21:03:00 -0400

How my diet compares to MyPlate:

A look at how my current paleo-style diet compares to USDA MyPlate recommendations, along with a critique of MyPlate and just a tiny bit of “real food” ranting.