When you’re on the road and hunger strikes, you may have no choice but to head to the nearest convenience store. The good news is that convenience store food can be healthy, despite its bad rap.
7/11, in particular, has expanded to include a variety of better-for-you options like fresh fruits, salads, sandwiches, and more. Planning ahead and knowing what to look for can prevent you from reaching for less nutritious options on your next visit.
As a dietitian, here are my approved picks from 7/11 to help you make healthier choices when you’re on the go.
7/11 offers two…
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Easy tips for mindful snacking
As a dietitian, my role is to help patients maintain a healthy lifestyle every day by focusing on these three things: exercise, eating a balanced diet and maintaining a healthy weight.
If your snacking habits are not as healthy as they once were, here are some things to remember when snacking:
Plan your approach and stock your pantry.
Determining your game plan for what and when to eat is important. The first step is to examine your thoughts. Think and plan — don’t react. A game plan will help you stick with healthy habits — or return to them if…
5 Healthiest Fast Food Items, Ranked By Best-Tasting
Fast food and healthy meals go together like mayo and Root Beer, which is to say, they don’t go together at all. It’s no secret that fast food isn’t healthy, there are certainly relatively healthy dishes to be had, but fast food does big decadent bacon cheeseburgers a lot better than it does good, well-rounded sensible meals. But that doesn’t mean healthy meals don’t exist in the fast food space and sometimes, whether you’re eating fast food every day and need a change up or you just didn’t have time to meal prep at home, you’ re going to want…
Foods to eat and avoid
There is no standard diet for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), but some strategies — such as an anti-inflammatory diet — may help manage it.
PCOS involves hormonal imbalances and metabolic disruption. it affects 5–10% of females aged 15–44.
These changes can result in:
PCOS can lead to other serious health challenges, such as diabetes, cardiovascular problems, depression, and a higher risk of endometrial cancer.
some research has suggested that certain dietary choices can help reduce the impact of PCOS.
In this article, learn more about foods to eat and avoid with PCOS.
the 4 main factors involved in PCOS are:…
‘I’m an Endocrinologist and This Is My Go-To Meal for Weight Loss’
Losing weight in a healthy, manageable way is never easy and, unfortunately, it gets even more difficult as we age—especially for women. As you might imagine, this is partially due to hormonal changes. “Women lose estrogen as they age, and that makes it harder to lose weight,” explains Dr. Vidhya Illuri, M.Dan endocrinologist at Complete Medicine.
Dr. Illuri says that for anyone who has a health goal of weight loss, diet plays a major role. There’s one meal in particular that she herself loves that falls right within the guidelines of how she tells her patients with this health goal…
The 10 best diets for heart health are ranked
In the confusing world of diet advice, how refreshing would it be if there were a study to end all studies? One that delivers the final word on what’s actually good for us. Well, in the name of clarity, the American Heart Association (AHA) has published a fool-proof assessment of the 10 most popular diet plans. In the first study of its kind, diets are ranked by how well they improve heart health.
“People are rightly confused about what and how to eat,” says nutritionist TC Callis, author of The Building Blocks of Life: A Nutrition Foundation for Healthcare Professionals…
Quaker Valley School District food service director earns state recognition
Quaker Valley School District officials believe they have the best food service director in the state, and the School Nutrition Association of Pennsylvania agrees.
Carla Escribano was recently named Director of the Year by the organization. She will be recognized at its annual conference in August.
Escribano, a registered dietitian, joined Quaker Valley in 2018 after serving as a clinical dietitian at Villa St. Joseph.
“As a food service director, I have the opportunity to provide healthy, nutritious meals to students, which can have a positive impact on their health and well-being,” Escribano said. “Being recognized with this Director of…
Doctors Reveal ‘The 1 Food I Won’t Give Up’
Doctors: They’re just like us (at least when it comes to pizza).
Doctors: They’re just like us (at least when it comes to pizza).
Doctors spend years learning about the best ways to take care of the human body. But as humans themselves, they know that life is not all rules and best practices. Sometimes, you just need a slice of pizza, a cold can of Diet Coke or some milk and cookies, and that’s OK, too.
We talked to physicians in fields including family medicine, cardiology, internal medicine, public health, dermatology and plastic surgery who told us about how…