Today’s question: Why did I put “chocolate” on my Secret Santa Wish List? I have Hershey’s kisses to the left of my computer, a Cadbury Ornament Creme Egg on the right, and to inspire the blog, I am sipping on a cup of hot chocolate.
The chocolates surrounding me are milk chocolate and unfortunately don’t provide [...]

Well the holidays are here, and the healthy holiday tips are flying. Dietitians are busy helping people sort their way through tantalizing and tempting treats at holiday parties, gifts of fudge and peanut brittle, and finding ways to exercise on those cold winter days.
After an interview on healthy holiday eating I gave last week, I [...]

May is the name of my bike. I named her May because I got her in May of 2006, and did my first long ride in Maystown, IL.  I decided to get May for several reasons, but one of the main reasons was to have a decent bike to ride to work. I figured riding [...]

In DIET 100, “Hot Topics in Nutrition,” we read an article titled “Cueing Consumers to Buy.” The purpose of the article was to discuss what marketing techniques are put in place to persuade us to choose one grocery item over another.
Feeling confident that I make my own food choices based on my nutritional knowledge of food [...]

With mid-terms soon approaching, both teachers and students might be needing that extra ‘pick-me-up” necessary for extra studying or grading.  Cue the caffeine…
Luckily for us, there are many drinks available these days to choose from, but are they healthy and could they actually do some harm?
Whether you choose an energy drink from the vending machine [...]

Yesterday in my class called “Hot Topics in Nutrition”, we examined a study which looked at 4 different popular diets.  The point of the study was to identify which diet worked best after 6 months in ~1,000 women. The 4 diet contenders were:
Weight-Watchers on-line: (popular program for decades focusing on portion control, points assigned to foods for [...]