Yearly Archives: 2015

ANTIOXIDANTS- WHAT’S ALL THE BUZZ ABOUT AND ARE THEY REALLY THAT IMPORTANT?

By Christie Sauer, Graduate Student in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology Teachers College, Columbia University Among the numerous health trends dominating the market today, products rich in antioxidants rank fairly high. Should we be grabbing these packages off shelves and consuming

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SHOULD I TRY FAT LOADING FOR A MARATHON?

Endurance athletes know that to make it through those long distance events they need to make sure they don’t run out of glycogen, carbohydrate fuel which is stored in muscles.  One strategy recommended by some is to “spare” glycogen by

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A PARENTS GUIDE TO IMPROVING THE MEAL-TIME EXPERIENCE WITH KIDS

Do you have picky eaters?  Do you find yourself making multiple meals to accommodate everyone’s preferences?  Does dinner last way too long as you cajole your kids into eating enough so you can feel as though they’re well nourished?  Experts agree that working

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ARE YOU GLUTEN FREE?

Are you gluten-free?  This was the subject line in an email I received from Open Table, the online restaurant reservation people.  The anti-gluten movement has become so mainstream that many restaurants are now recreating their menus to accommodate its adherents,

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THE EVER-INCREASING PROBLEM OF EATING DISORDERS IN SPORT

It’s hard to know just how many athletic individuals are troubled by eating disorders, but studies show that it may be as many as almost half.  And it is estimated that ¼ of those affected are males! It has long

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Fish Oil Supplements are Hot, But Do They Help?

Fueled by media reports of health benefits coupled with convincing marketing materials, fish oil supplements have now become the 3rd most widely used dietary supplement in the US. Fish oil supplements provide omega-3 fatty acids, whose reported benefits include reducing

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NEW DIETARY GUIDELINES COMING SOON

You may have noticed that the Dietary Guidelines for Americans have been a hot topic in the news lately. That’s because the group of health and nutrition experts charged with updating them recently released their recommendations. Why is this important?

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BEATING HYPERTENSION

Chances are you know someone with high blood pressure, or hypertension. According to the Centers for Disease Control, almost 1/3 of all Americans suffer from hypertension, characterized by a blood pressure measuring 140/90 mmHg or more (normal blood pressure is

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Is it Science?

If you’ve been following the vaccine debate, you know that enough people are convinced that the potential risk of vaccination is greater than its benefits that we are experiencing an upswing in cases of measles, a disease once thought to

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