American Humane Association: American Humane Certified What Does it Mean? Animal housing and equipment is designed to ensure health, security, wellbeing and ability to engage in natural behavior. Animal caretakers are trained in humane care.
Author: William Davis, MD Publisher: Rodale Date: August 30, 2011 Billed as "a provocative look at how eliminating wheat from your diet can help one to lose weight for good, shrink unsightly bulges and reverse
Directed by, produced by and starring nutrition educator Shira and filmmaker Yoav Potash, Food Stamped follows the couple's attempt to eat a healthful diet on a "food stamp budget" for one week with the following
Paul Russo, RD, FACHE Paul Russo has seen a lot of changes in veterans' care over the last 30 years — including a shift from hospitalizations and inpatient care to a system focused on broader
Author: Bob Harper with Greg Crister Publisher: Ballantine Date: May 2012 Claims: With so much conflicting weight-loss advice out there to confuse your efforts, it’s no wonder you haven’t been successful losing weight and keeping
Pamella Vodicka was used to working in the trenches, having notched years of experience as a pediatric clinical dietitian working with chronically ill children and anxious parents. And as an officer with the U.S. Public
“When patients are getting nutrition information from different sources — the Internet, their family and friends — it can be confusing,” says Michele Lites, registered dietitian and certified specialist in oncology nutrition. “It’s nice to
Due to differences in lean body composition between biological males and females, it's generally preferable to base nutrition recommendations on the patient's biological sex in order to meet energy and protein needs, in addition to
That healthful eating is expensive and traditional cultural practices get in the way of eating right are some of the misconceptions that Doriann Cowan, MS, RD, LD, encounters at the Community Health Coalition in Texas’
Registered dietitian Donna Martin, EdS, RD, LD, SNS, is the school nutrition director in Burke County, Ga. This rural community has among the highest child poverty rates in the United States, according to 2010 U.S.
RATING: 4.5 Stars SYNOPSIS Pepperplate is a comprehensive cooking app. It allows you to save all of your recipes in one place and provides essential tools to plan menus, shop and cook. With it
Nutritional Benefits of Vital Wheat Gluten By Kenneth I. Burke, PhD, RD Vital wheat gluten (also called gluten flour and vital gluten) is the isolated protein of wheat. Because it is a highly refined product,
“Often, when I first meet patients, they can’t look me in the eye,” explains Elizabeth Leong, RD, CDE, founder and director of the Bay Area Diabetes and Wellness Center in Oakland, Calif. “Diabetes is controlling
"How can we possibly create a just world if our children do not have equal access to fresh, wholesome food," asks Laura Sugarwala, RD, "or have the knowledge to make smart choices about what to
Remember when the only snack bar on the market was the granola bar? It was created out of need as a healthy, hearty snack for hikers. Nothing fancy, it was simply a modest creation of
Investigators from Columbia University enrolled 68 elementary and middle school children and asked just that question. In each pair, one sample’s label included the food’s vegetable (e.g. “broccoli gingerbread spice cake”), and one sample’s label
"When I told my dad I was interested in the field of dietetics, he was very supportive. His career had been in medical maintenance of hospital equipment and had come to know some of the
"It wasn’t long ago that a common perception in the medical field was that Asian-Americans didn’t have many health problems because they were not visiting the public health clinics," says registered dietitian Beverly Gor, EdD,
Dairy-free products are gaining momentum in the marketplace—and people with dairy-related intolerances and allergies are not their only audience. In addition to vegans, seekers of Kosher Parve products and shoppers concerned about hormones and antibiotics,
In the western mountains of Honduras lies Santa Rosa de Copan. This is the poorest region of the country and far from the touristy coast, yet since 2008, Bobbie Randall, MEd, RD, LD, CDE, has