October 19, 2012 Last week I attended the Food and Nutrition Conference & Expo in Philadelphia. Over 8,000 dietitians attended the event hosted by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics eager to learn and listen to cutting edge nutrition science research, educational presentations, inspiring lectures, exciting debates and culinary demonstrations. While this conference offers me…
Category Archives: Nutrition News
Sleep Right, Good Night
Sleep is essential to good health and lack of it does more than just make you feel tired. This particularly hit home for me when my 18 year old son came home late and I mean really late – several nights in a row – and in typical mom fashion I couldn’t sleep until he…
Food Trends 2011
What are consumers concerned with in the upcoming year when it comes to food, health and nutrition? Plenty! Many of these trends began bubbling up last year, but their momentum has grown moving them to the forefront this year. Concerns about eating whole, natural, unprocessed foods – eating clean – is particularly hot and relates…
Vitamin D Update
You could probably say 2010 was the year of “vitamin D”. The superstar nutrient has been appearing regularly in newspaper, magazine, television and internet articles and blogs everywhere you turn. Proponents say that getting enough of this vitamin can protect you against everything from cancer and depression to diabetes and heart disease and research touting…
Diane Welland, M.S., RD
Food and Nutrition Writer
Foodie,
dietitian, writer, author, mom and veggie-lover. When I’m not in the
kitchen you’ll find me at a farmers’ market or a food festival. I’m
writing this blog to show how easy and delicious whole, natural,
unprocessed, “clean” food can be, but that doesn’t mean you won’t find a
few indulgences too. Everything in moderation.
Author of:
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Eating Local
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Eating Clean
The Complete Idiot’s Guide
to Belly Fat Weight Loss
