Gluten
7 Easy-to-Make Recipes for Gluten-Free Snacks
You're probably hearing a lot about “gluten-free” food these days. Gluten is a protein found in wheat, and is thus present in most cereals, pastas and breads. People with celiac [...]
Is a Gluten-Free Diet Right for You? Here’s How to Tell
Getting to the "Wheat" of the Matter with Gluten —Celiac Disease vs. Allergy vs. Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity (glute-free) Unless you've been living in...
Easy Gluten-Free Meals for Athletes
Is Going Gluten Free for You? A Sample Menu Plan for Gluten Free Athletes (Gluten Allergies) Amy Jamieson-Petonic Working with athletes, I often get...
For Four Female Olympians, The Road to Sochi Was Paved With Adversity and Triumph
Think of any female Olympic athlete, past or present, Summer or Winter Games. You probably thought of a gymnast or an ice skater. Nothing wrong with that. The most popular [...]
Sochi Athletes Speak: Dominique Maltais, Canadian Snowboarder
Photo: AP Canadian snowboarder Dominique Maltais has the skill to capture gold at the 2014 Winter Olympics. She just needs a bit of (good) luck. Since her first [...]
How to Maximize Tennis Performance With Your Diet
For the last six months, I have worked as a nutritionist for a professional tennis player. In order to help him recover and perform the next day, I had two [...]
Healthy Tennis Diet
Tennis is a game of quick action and movement than takes a toll on the body. To play at your best, you must get the right nutrition. Novak Djokovic made [...]
4 Nutrition Myths Demystified
As a registered dietitian, I often run across statements about weight or athletic performance that simply aren't true. It's hard to be a consumer these days. We are all subjected [...]
Should You Go Gluten Free?
Current news reports have turned gluten into public health enemy number one. You hear it about on popular nutrition blogs, see it blasted in magazines, and watch as grocery stores devote [...]
Superfoods A-Z: Millet
Your dinner plate is yawning at you, bored by your standard choices of brown rice, oats, and whole-wheat pasta. Face it, you’re in a rut, stuck on a nutrition plateau [...]