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How Can One Possibly Eat Healthier During the Holidays?

The holiday season is often filled with festivities that revolve around food. While there’s nothing wrong with indulging here and there, it can be difficult to stay on track with healthy eating choices when surrounded by so much temptation. Rich Kilchrist, RDN, LDN, a telehealth virtual Registered Dietitian Licensed Nutritionist and private practice owner &ContinueContinue reading “How Can One Possibly Eat Healthier During the Holidays?”

Don’t Take The Human Out of Nutrition

Personalized Nutrition Programs Are Making People Feel Weird About Food Dietitian Consult Some doctors warn that personalized nutrition apps like Zoe can cause otherwise well patients an unhealthy amount of worry.CHRISSY KINSELLA WAS looking for a more personalized approach to her health. “You know, what is good for you as an individual may not necessarilyContinueContinue reading “Don’t Take The Human Out of Nutrition”

Adults newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes need support during self-management transition

Data from a qualitative study show most people with type 2 diabetes are unable to quickly transition to diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) soon after diagnosis. For many, this leads to increased anxiety and distress, resulting in low attendance in DSMES programs.

Nutrition Labeling, Updating the Criteria for “Healthy” and Sodium Reduction, Added Sugars

Your Family’s Supreme Weapon to Combat Disease, Obesity & Depression Nutrition is a priority area of work at the Arbor Vitae Nutrition Consulting. Despite our increased understanding of nutrition science, eating patterns in the U.S. are not meeting federal dietary guidelines. As a result, we are facing an ever-growing epidemic of diet-related chronic diseases suchContinueContinue reading “Nutrition Labeling, Updating the Criteria for “Healthy” and Sodium Reduction, Added Sugars”

What Is Gluten and What Does It Do?

Gluten seems to be in just about everything, from bread, pasta and beer to cosmetics and nutritional supplements. There’s lots of buzz around avoiding gluten, but what is this common ingredient and is it really bad for you? Rich Kilchrist RDN LD explains facts and misconceptions about gluten.What is gluten?“Gluten is a protein found inContinueContinue reading “What Is Gluten and What Does It Do?”

THE 5 STAGES OF BEHAVIOR CHANGE

The Transtheoretical Model is a handy little tool that you can use to assess your willingness to change – in this case, a change in training and eating habits. These 5 stages are: Pre-Contemplation: The person is not planning on taking action at all Contemplation: The person is aware that their behavior is problematic, and is beginning to educateContinueContinue reading “THE 5 STAGES OF BEHAVIOR CHANGE”

Protective Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on COVID-19-Related Intensive Care Hospitalization and Mortality: Definitive Evidence from Meta-Analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis

The COVID-19 pandemic represents one of the world’s most important challenges for global public healthcare. Various studies have found an association between severe vitamin D deficiency and COVID-19-related outcomes. Vitamin D plays a crucial role in immune function and inflammation. AVNC Platinum Ultimate Health Member Recent data have suggested a protective role of vitamin DContinueContinue reading “Protective Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on COVID-19-Related Intensive Care Hospitalization and Mortality: Definitive Evidence from Meta-Analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis”

Prior Infection Provides Protection Against Severe COVID for Up to 10 Months, Regardless of the Variant

Natural immunity acquired from a COVID infection provides strong and lasting protection against severe illness upon reinfection for up to 10 months, according to a new study published in The Lancet. This protection held regardless of the variant, although it did wane more quickly with Omicron, which was the dominant COVID strain at the time of the study, researchers found.ContinueContinue reading “Prior Infection Provides Protection Against Severe COVID for Up to 10 Months, Regardless of the Variant”

Protein/Amino Acids, Fat/Lipids, and Sugar/Carbohydrates

Everyone’s human bodies are comprised of 11 main elements, each essential to life and listed in order. About 99.15% of the mass of the human body is made up of six elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus. Only about 0.85% is composed of another five elements: potassium, sulfur, sodium, chlorine, and magnesium. All 11 are necessary and essential for life. Different structures within the body have different molecularContinueContinue reading “Protein/Amino Acids, Fat/Lipids, and Sugar/Carbohydrates”

ANother Massive Fire Mysteriously Occurs At Egg Farm In Connecticut

Attacks on Protein food supply continues Several fire crews were called to a massive fire that occurred at an egg farm in Bozrah, Connecticut on Saturday afternoon. The fire occurred at Hillandale Farms located on Schwartz Road. At the time of this writing, fire crews from Colchester, Salem, Lebanon, and numerous other towns are all responding toContinueContinue reading “ANother Massive Fire Mysteriously Occurs At Egg Farm In Connecticut”

Association between vitamin D supplementation and COVID-19 infection and mortality

Jason B Gibbons et al. Sci Rep. 2022. AbstractVitamin D deficiency has long been associated with reduced immune function that can lead to viral infection. Several studies have shown that Vitamin D deficiency is associated with increases the risk of infection with COVID-19. However, it is unknown if treatment with Vitamin D can reduce theContinueContinue reading “Association between vitamin D supplementation and COVID-19 infection and mortality”

New Healthy Food Label Regulations

The common denominator & root cause to our entire Healthcare industry could use labeling updates as an opportunity to address the elephant in the room. https://richldnrd.health.blog/ Obesity is the underlying problem for most of the strain on financial resources. In particular when speaking to diversity and the proportion of disease affecting groups need to haveContinueContinue reading “New Healthy Food Label Regulations”

☠️🚨☣️VITAL WARNING OF HALLOWEEN CANDY POISONED WITH DEADLY FENTANYL☣️🚨☠️

KIDS WE NEED TO BE SUPER EXTRA CAREFUL THIS HALLOWEEN! 🚨🚨☣️THE TINNIEST AMOUNT (2-3 GRAINS) WILL KILL CHILDREN EASILY BECAUSE THEY ARE SO MUCH SMALLER THAN AN ADULT!🚨🚨☣️ ☠️☠️CRAZY EVIL PEOPLE ARE DISGUISING FENTANYL (A EXTREMELY POWERFUL SEDATIVE/PAIN KILLER) AS CANDIES!☠️☠️ 🚨🚨☣️THIS DRUG HAS KILLED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS ALREADY! 🚨🚨☣️ ☠️☠️IT IS SO POWERFULContinueContinue reading “☠️🚨☣️VITAL WARNING OF HALLOWEEN CANDY POISONED WITH DEADLY FENTANYL☣️🚨☠️”

Health Benefits of Garlic: Health Effects Explained

Garlic contains many nutrients and bioactive compounds, which may make it a beneficial and effective supplement for health. Historical use of garlic in medicine goes back centuries, and modern research is now working to investigate its benefits and efficacy as a clinical treatment option.You can take garlic by either consuming raw garlic or supplementing withContinueContinue reading “Health Benefits of Garlic: Health Effects Explained”

The Growing Number of Ignorant Scientists Discredit vitamin D

$Tip RichLDNRD$ The major natural source of the vitamin is synthesis of cholecalciferol in the lower layers of epidermis of the skin through a chemical reaction that is dependent on sun exposure (specifically UVB radiation).[1] Cholecalciferol and ergocalciferol can be ingested from the diet and supplements.[1][2] Only a few foods, such as the flesh of fatty fish, naturally contain significant amounts of vitamin D.[2][5] In theContinueContinue reading “The Growing Number of Ignorant Scientists Discredit vitamin D”

Another Protein Food Source Shortage as the Nation Battles Record-high Inflation

In another extraordinary COINCIDENCE of protein food sources that have been suddenly facing unprecedented mass kills in poultry, beef & eggs earlier this year Alaska’s winter snow crab season has been called off for the first time in the state’s history due to concerns for the species’ falling population. In my opinion this is anotherContinueContinue reading “Another Protein Food Source Shortage as the Nation Battles Record-high Inflation”

Jobs Pay Less While Life Cost More

This week’s release of the September Consumer Price Index tells us what we already know: hardworking Americans are paying more and more for essential products. If you had Sunday brunch this morning, let’s break down how much more you paid today than just one year ago. ⛽ Drive to the grocery store: 18.2% more🍳 Scrambled eggs:ContinueContinue reading “Jobs Pay Less While Life Cost More”

Definition of ‘Healthy’ Claim on Food Packages to Help Improve Diet, Reduce Chronic Disease

This Registered Dietitian Proposal to the FDA Proposal & an Equitable Solution to the Real Epidemic & Healthcare System Relief Obesity The prevalence of obesity and overweight has increased dramatically in the United States since the mid-1970s, and nearly two of three adult Americans are either overweight or obese. Although high costs—in health, social, andContinueContinue reading “Definition of ‘Healthy’ Claim on Food Packages to Help Improve Diet, Reduce Chronic Disease”

Americans Reject Fake ‘Meat’-Sales Drop Sharply as High Prices and Wokeness Turn Consumers Off

American consumers have turned on the fake meat industry. In the modest opinion of this Registered Dietitian & Licensed Nutritionist, the TASTE of ASS is what has turned folks off to this abomination to food. Coupled with a genuine mistrust of anything being pushed out from labs, coming from once highly respected “experts” in theContinueContinue reading “Americans Reject Fake ‘Meat’-Sales Drop Sharply as High Prices and Wokeness Turn Consumers Off”

EGG PRODUCTION & POULTRY PRICE DRIVERS

Flu, pests, and fires. Here is a list of poultry flock & egg production facilities destruction since March 2022: A TOTAL OF 43,519,700 BIRDS KILLED & DESTROYED IN LAST 90 DAYS AT BIRD & EGG FARMS!1= 3/4/22 294,800 chickens destroyed at farm in Stoddard, Missouri2= 3/4/22 644,000 chickens destroyed at egg farm in Cecil, Maryland3=ContinueContinue reading “EGG PRODUCTION & POULTRY PRICE DRIVERS”