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?”
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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”
Plan Your Day to Accomplish Goals
Structure, Discipline, and Scheduling for Healthy Habits Creating structure and discipline involves establishing consistent routines that align with your lifestyle. Start by setting a fixed wake-up time every day, which anchors your schedule and improves sleep quality. Pair this with morning and bedtime routines that include key habits like stretching, meditation, or journaling to signalContinueContinue reading “Plan Your Day to Accomplish Goals”
Implementation of Healthier Habits
Behavior Modification for Diet and Fitness Behavior modification techniques are essential for adhering to diet and fitness goals, focusing on sustainable lifestyle changes rather than short-term fixes. Key strategies include self-monitoring, which involves tracking food intake, physical activity, and weight through methods like food diaries, exercise logs, and regular self-weighing High-tech tools such as pedometers,ContinueContinue reading “Implementation of Healthier Habits”
Mastering Batch Cooking: A Guide to Efficient Meal Preparation and Its Multifaceted Advantages
IntroductionEvery successful military operation relies on logistical and strategic planning. But in the American culture the common thing to do is not plan ahead and reacting to situations we all knew was going to be reality. As a competitive bodybuilder and working a full time job while attending university full time and two part timeContinueContinue reading “Mastering Batch Cooking: A Guide to Efficient Meal Preparation and Its Multifaceted Advantages”
8 Metabolic Stimulating Behaviors
There are several easy and effective ways to support your metabolism, many of which involve making simple changes to your diet and lifestyle.Your metabolism is responsible for converting nutrients from the foods you eat into fuel. This provides your body with the energy it needs to breathe, move, digest food, circulate blood, and repair damagedContinueContinue reading “8 Metabolic Stimulating Behaviors”
Eat less gain more?
Mistakes That Slow Down Your Metabolism Controlling your metabolism can help you manage your weight as part of a healthy lifestyle. Here are 6 lifestyle mistakes that can slow down your metabolism. Keeping your metabolism high is crucial for losing weight and keeping it off. However, several common lifestyle mistakes may slow down your metabolism.ContinueContinue reading “Eat less gain more?”
GLP-1 (Gila Lizard Poison)
In the medical field there is an unspoken rule “Never question the doctor” after all they are highly intelligent & infallible. We have all been conditioned to follow them as though they are clergy of the white coat cult. But the fact that we give them so much credit & respect is what they dependContinueContinue reading “GLP-1 (Gila Lizard Poison)”
RESPONSIBLE REVOLUTIONS
GET FIT! GET RICH! You’ve probably heard fitness influencers talk about a calorie deficit and, while burning more calories than you consume is not a new weight loss method, it is certainly something many Americans will aim to do this year.According to CDC data, one in five adults (20%) in each U.S. state is living with obesity.ContinueContinue reading “RESPONSIBLE REVOLUTIONS”
The Emerging Science of Nutrigenomics
By Rich Kilchrist RDN LDN Along with calories and nutrients, food can influence the genetic blueprints that shape who you are. What you eat can reprogram your genes – I’ll explain the emerging science of nutrigenomics. People typically think of food as calories, energy and sustenance. However, the latest evidence suggests that food also “talks”ContinueContinue reading “The Emerging Science of Nutrigenomics”
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”
These Are the 10 ‘Perfect Proteins,’ Says a Nutrition Expert
Rich Kilchrist RDN LD A registered dietitian reveals what makes a food a “perfect protein”—and chances are, you’re already eating a good number of them. Talk about protein has been all the rage in recent years. Maybe you’ve turned to protein powders, high-protein meals, and plant-based proteins to help you get lean, develop muscle, andContinueContinue reading “These Are the 10 ‘Perfect Proteins,’ Says a Nutrition Expert”
Adopting Mediterranean lifestyle may lower the risk of all-cause and cancer mortality
Free consultation today! Adherence to a Mediterranean lifestyle – which includes a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, with limited amounts of added salts and sugars; and habits promoting adequate rest, physical activity, and socialization – is associated with a lower risk of all-cause and cancer mortality. Likewise, adherence to the lifestyle’s emphasisContinueContinue reading “Adopting Mediterranean lifestyle may lower the risk of all-cause and cancer mortality”
How To Build Muscle For Skinny Guys
So, you want to build muscle, huh? I was once a skinny hard gainer too. 138 lbs soaking wet and could barely shoulder press the 10 kg dumbbells. But over many years of training, researching, and coaching professional athletes, I have learned and implemented many strategies that can help you build muscle. Even though IContinueContinue reading “How To Build Muscle For Skinny Guys”
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?”
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”
