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How to keep New Year’s resolutions to eat healthy
New Year's Day always offers the opportunity to hit pause, reflect on our lives and set goals to improve our health and well-being. For many …
The role of nutrition in diabetes prevention and management
Can certain diets help patients prevent or manage their diabetes? Which foods are best for diabetics and which ones should they avoid? If you increase …
Stanford dietitian explains how – not just what – you eat matters
Recent posts, including this one from last week and this one from earlier today, offered sound advice to help avoid overeating around the holidays. Of …
How to make it through holiday dinners without putting on the pounds
A lot of people are worrying about overeating over the holidays, especially if they’re on a diet. We've offered advice in the past on how …
“Less is more”: More holiday eating tips from a Stanford nutrition lecturer
My grandmother is fortunate enough to live within an easy drive of the Shady Maple Smorgasbord, a Pennsylvania Dutch-style dining extravaganza in Lancaster County. It's …
Easy-to-follow tips to avoid overeating this holiday
'Tis the season for overindulging. A recent report showed that we can easily consume 2,000 calories (or more) during a holiday dinner, particularly if the …
Diabetes and nutrition: Healthy holiday eating tips, red meat and disease risk, and going vegetarian
Despite greater awareness about diabetes in recent years, a recent study found that nearly three in 10 Americans have the disease but don't know it. …
"Less is more”: Eating wisely, with delight, during the holidays
Some multi-culture families celebrate their heritage by adding more holidays, writes Maya Adam, MD, a Stanford lecturer who operates the nonprofit Just Cook for Kids. …
Diabetes and nutrition: Why healthy eating is a key component of prevention and management
The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is expected to rise sharply over the next three decades. Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control …
Taking a bite out of food allergies: Stanford doctors exploring new way to help sufferers
People with food allergies and their families live lives of unremitting worry. They are perfectly healthy unless they eat an allergen and then suddenly they …
A physician realizes that she had "officially joined our nation of fellow sugar addicts"
Over on CommonHealth, Terry Schraeder, MD, an internist at Mt. Auburn Hospital and a clinical assistant professor at Brown University, speaks candidly about her realization …
Eat well, be well and enjoy (a little) candy
As Halloween treats fill cupboards, jack-'o-lanterns and workplace counters, I bet you're hunting for a middle ground between candy glutton and candy curmudgeon. Anticipating this …
Free Stanford online course on child nutrition & cooking
My lovely friend Maya Adam, MD, recently launched a free online course, “Child Nutrition and Cooking,” through Coursera, a web-based platform for “massive open online …
Space scurvy? NASA strives for nutritious astronaut fare
Any kid knows the shining light at the end of a museum field trip is a taste of astronaut ice cream. Delicious, maybe, but apparently …