Monthly Insights
What’s the deal with Ozempic? (May 2023)
By Carrie Dennett, MPH, RDN Unless you shut yourself off from the world, it’s nearly impossible to have not heard about Ozempic. In spite of that, I’m getting a lot of questions from people who are confused about exactly what it is, why it’s getting so much attention—and how to escape some of the chatter […]
Juicing: From Detoxing to weight loss, what is the hype? (November 2012)
Many people struggle to eat fruits and vegetables and it seems that the rage has increased beyond green powders to juice bars all over town. We hear the term “cold pressed” amongst others and it sounds very inviting to have that fresh squeezed kale, […]
Truth Regarding Low Carbohydrate Diets – How it Will Affect My Lipid Panel
An estimated 50-70 million Americans go on diets each year. Many of these same people will go on a diet the next year. And again the year after that. For many, this represents a cyclical pattern of yo-yo dieting that does our physical and emotional […]
Disney Characters are having a makeover via Barneys New York (October 2012)
Yes you heard it correctly through the title that The Walt Disney Company has teamed up with Barneys New York in preparation for mid-November and fashion week. When I first received this email towards the end of summer I was beside myself to think […]
To Be or Not to Be Vegetarian?
Much controversy has developed since the Dean Ornish Study that was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (1998;280:2001-2007). People are confused with what they should eat if they have coronary artery disease. “Should I eat a high carbohydrate diet?” “A vegetarian diet?” […]