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Will AI Replace Dietitians? Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a super disruptive force capable of replacing or eliminating hundreds of thousands of white-collar jobs. By now I’m sure you’ve probably …

Why You Should Choose Between Eating Healthy OR Losing Weight Losing weight requires the absence of calories, not the presence of nutrients. Yet, the vast majority of weight loss diets encourage you …

Why People Would Rather Exercise than Diet to Lose Weight Dieting is more important than exercise to lose weight. If I had to rate the importance of diet versus exercise to lose weight, I would say …

Weight Watchers Ushers in a New Era in Weight Loss The decision for the iconic weight loss brand, Weight Watchers, to add weight loss medication to their program offerings has ushered in a new era in …

The Truth about the Small Changes Approach to Weight Loss Take the stairs, park farther away at the store, eat more fruits and veggies, cut back on sugar, drink more water – these are all part of the …

The Toddler Diet for Weight Loss When you think of a toddler’s diet you probably conjure up images of gummy bears, macaroni and cheese, and chicken nuggets. What you don’t think of is eating like a …

The Importance of the Weekly Meal Cycle The cornerstone of any diet, whether for weight loss or health, is the weekly meal cycle. The weekly meal cycle is a very simple concept, yet I would wager that …

The #1 Predictor of Weight Loss Success: Dietary Adherence You can lose weight on any type of diet that restricts calories. People have lost weight on a McDonalds diet, an ice cream diet, a potato …

Sigh Inducing Marketing Buzzwords & Nutrition Philosophies – the Blog *This blog is a companion piece to The Nutrition Grouch’s podcast on the same topic. Functional nutrition, healing, gut …

Meals, Snacks, and Indulgences: What’s the Difference and Why Does It Matter? From the time we wake up to the time we go to bed, we never stop eating. Our meal patterns are made up of some combination …

Is It Better to Lose Weight Fast or Slow? Conventional wisdom for losing weight and keeping it off has been to lose weight gradually over time (slow and steady wins the race). The thought was that if …

How to Create a Weight Loss Diet You Can Stick To In my last post, I made the case why dietary adherence, rather than diet type or meal timing, is the number one predictor of weight loss success. Here …

Diet Transitions are Dangerous: Here’s How to Deal with Them Diet transitions are life events that disrupt your weekly meal cycle and transition (nudge/push) you into a new eating pattern. The reason …

Before You Jump on the Snacks – Insulin – Intermittent Fasting Bandwagon… The reason I am writing this post is that I wanted to give a counterpoint to something I saw a couple of weeks ago on LinkedIn …

Activity Trackers for Weight Loss are Probably a Waste of Time Tracking calories burned is probably a waste of your effort if you’re trying to lose weight. Let me start off by saying that I didn’t …

As a nutritionist, the number 1 thing people ask me for is a meal plan. When I tell people that I don’t provide meal plans, 9 times out of 10, I am hit with a disappointing silence, a puzzled look, …