Should you hop on the latest Tik Tok nutrition trend? “It makes my cells so stoked” says one creator on Tik Tok, enthusiastically showcasing her morning routine of putting 6 drops of a dark, green liquid into a tall glass of water. Another creator reports that “this stuff is great…

The first consultation I ever had with a patient in the gastrointestinal surgery ward was for flare-up of crohn’s disease, a severe type of irritable bowel disease that resulted in surgery. He was a few days post-op after a small bowel resection, a type of surgery that removes inflamed parts…

To keep you full, satisfied and powered-up throughout the day — “Wait, isn’t snacking bad”? This is a question I often get as a registered dietitian. But the truth is that healthy snacks can, and should be part of a healthy and normal diet. Snacks get a bad rap from the ultra-processed “snack foods” found in convenience stores and grocery shelves…

Everyone wants to know what foods to eliminate, but at what cost? The search phrase “food sensitivity tests” returns over 235 million results on Google. These results are heavily populated with advertisements for different at-home food sensitivity testing kits, desperately trying to sell a solution to the searcher’s query. While…

What nutrition science — and real life — has to say about our biological clock and it’s relation to human health There is a saying that “what doesn’t get tracked doesn’t get managed”. Usually referring to how we schedule our work day, exercise routines or spending, tracking metrics can help…

Gluten-free, a prebiotic and sustainable? Count me in. The world of alternative flours appears to be expanding each week. From rice, coconut, buckwheat, sorghum to everything in between, there is definitely no shortage of different flours to choose from. Whether it’s for an individual living with celiac disease who is…