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If you are like most people who are trying to eat healthier and more plant-based, you quickly realize that one secret to success is planning ahead, by meal prepping. As a dietician, I tell my clients that meal prepping is the key to eating food that's good for you, rather than what's closest at hand (or fast food that you pass on your way home)...

This Memorial Day Weekend, 39 million people are expected to travel, making it the highest travel weekend for the official start of summer since 2019, or pre-pandemic times. Most of us also want to eat healthy while on the road or in the air, and we need strategies to stick to our best exercise and diet routines while navigating the food court at the airport or the snack shack or gas station quick

You've heard about probiotics for gut health, but you may have also read about the importance of digestive enzymes. What's the difference? They do two different things but both are beneficial for gut health, which in turn is vital for immune health, mood function and overall disease prevention...

Don’t knock nuts. While they have a bad rap for being high in calories, these nutritional powerhouses could be a dieter’s best friend – as long as you don’t overdo it. Nuts often get lumped into the “bad” food category, especially for those worried about weight gain. Given that nuts are high in fat an...

Despite vegan and plant-based diets soaring in popularity among parents who are raising their children on these dietary approaches, some pediatricians are critical of the practice of a vegan diet for children. Their biggest concerns with the vegan diet have to do with nutritional inadequacy since they believe a plant-based diet without dairy or meat does not provide enough vitamins and minerals ch

Fatty Liver is a condition where fat deposits build up in the liver, one of the most important organs in the body, responsible for filtering and clearing all the various foods and chemicals that enter your body. When your liver is healthy, you never really think about it, but when it gets clogged up with fat it can cause problems that have far-reaching health ramifications. ...

It may only be the beginning of Spring, but our allergies jumped an early flight. If you're sniffling, sneezing, or blinking itchy eyes, you're one of the unlucky 8 percent of Americans with pollen allergies – when flowers start to blossom, so does your tissue use. Besides turnin...

Dates, the sweet little jewels that grow on date palms in many desert and tropical areas, are packed full of important nutrients and make a great natural sweetener in recipes. Dates have long been used in traditional and alternative medicines, as well as in religious traditions, and have a special significance for Muslims...

As a nutritionist and parent of two very picky eaters, I know first-hand the struggle of getting kids to eat more healthy foods (let alone a diverse range of whole plant foods). When people find out my family is plant-based and both of my kids eat vegan, the first question I’m often asked is, “Is that healthy for your children?" The second is,...

Whether you’re seeking to boost your energy, immunity, or focus with a plant-based diet, you’ll probably keep stumbling across the word ‘superfood’ after just a little bit of research. A superfood – and a vegan superfood at that – sounds rare and precious, but that doesn’t mean it has to be tough-to-find, expensive, or something you haven’t heard of before. What are superfoods? “ 'superfood’ is so