In recent years, there has been a growing interest in cognitive performance and mental fitness among younger adults, driven by increasing academic, professional, and social demands. Young adults are ...

Deciding what to make for dinner or an afternoon snack can be a challenge at the best of times but toss confusion about processed and ultraprocessed foods into the mix, and the question of what to put ...

Hospitals measure patient satisfaction and perception of the care received in order to continuously focus on process improvement while also meeting regulatory requirements imposed by CMS.1 In use ...

According to a consumer survey, Public Perceptions of Dietary Sweeteners published in 2023 by the International Food Information Council, 28% of Americans report regularly and intentionally using low- ...

Despite being a conditionally essential nutrient, carnitine is a topic of uncertainty, even controversy, because it’s like a coin with two sides, and those sides can appear to be in direct conflict ...

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as CVD, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes, obesity, and cognitive impairment are among the leading causes of death and disability throughout the world ...

Making sense of dietary supplements (DS) and knowing how and when to recommend them can be a complicated matter for all dietitians. Navigating loose regulatory standards, proper dosing guidelines, and ...

When people hear the term “food waste,” they may think of full plates scraped into trash bins, moldy produce, dented cans, and expiration dates gone by. Postconsumer waste, also termed food loss, has ...

Traditional weight loss recommendations encourage people to eat less and move more to create a calorie deficit, leading some people to believe that the more they restrict their food intake, the more ...

Juniper berries are more than just a key ingredient in gin—they’re a traditional spice and medicine in many parts of the world, including among Indigenous peoples across the United States. In modern ...

Growth in a dietitian’s private practice requires both nurturing existing relationships and branching out to diversify and partner with others in innovative ways. The strategic use of networking to ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a fatal disease in which motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord degenerate as the disease advances.1-4 Neurons are ...