The release of government report caused headlines in noting that many popular baby food products contain the “heavy” metals arsenic, lead, cadmium and mercury. The […]

Chocolate has long been a favorite dessert and ingredient in American kitchens, and most chocoholics are ready to defend their “guilty” pleasure with claims of […]

Health at Every Size (HAES) is a growing movement advocating for a more inclusive definition of a “healthy” body. It teaches that weight should not […]

The low success rate of New Year’s Resolutions is common knowledge, and weight loss is the number 1 most common resolution according to DHS. But […]

Following the lead of change-makers and innovators in the field of nutrition and dietetics, the Department of Nutritional Sciences echoes the need for addressing systemic […]

This year, Thanksgiving and other winter holiday celebrations with look different than the past due to COVID-19. CDC guidelines currently recommend only gathering with immediate […]

I am often asked about caffeine-what does it do in the body?  Is it safe? Here is a short piece from NIH which is a […]

We often hear that “Americans eat too much protein”.   Do we?  That may depend on who you are and what your goals are for eating […]

Have you ever looked at a nutrition label and felt like you were reading a foreign language? Chances are you’re not the only one who […]

The US Dietary Guidelines (DGs) were first developed in 1980, and must be updated every 5 years – led by the Departments of Agriculture and […]