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Monday, December 17, 2012 | SCAN Member News
Nancy Clark, a registered dietitian in Boston, Massachusetts and a member of the American College of Sports Medicine, said the body generally does a fine job of detoxifying itself through the liver and kidneys. Sweating has nothing to do with it ... Continue Reading
By boosting lean protein sources at meals and around exercise as part of a balanced healthy diet, older adults can enhance muscle mass and related health concerns. Pam Stuppy, MS, RD, CSSD, LD is a registered, licensed dietitian with nutrition ... Continue Reading
Join Registered Dietitian Jill Whisler and Exercise Physiologist Wendy Buchanan for the top ten nutrition and exercise tips for peak performance and health. Jill and Wendy are with the Tahoe Center for Health and Sports Performance. They offer a number ... Continue Reading
Health. The goals of this annual conference are to provide updates on the latest research and address critical issues in nutrition and healthy eating. The target audience is dietitians, nutrition educators and health professionals in preventive and ... Continue Reading
Fooducate lets you scan product barcodes to pull up nutritional information, product reviews and suggestions for healthier alternatives. Simply scanning a bar code is much easier than doing loads of research and trying to find healthier alternatives on ... Continue Reading
Dr. Clyde Yancy, chief of cardiology at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, walks with patient Tiffany Hendricks, 29. Yancy said what patients need most is coaching and support that can help them make lasting behavioral changes, but ... Continue Reading
She taught heart-healthy cooking classes for the American Heart Association and Henrico County Adult Education for 17 years. She saw how intimidated students felt when they cooked with herbs and spices to reduce salt. She also observed their growing ... Continue Reading
“There is a very strong relationship between the onset of puberty and eating disorders,” said Fraley, a neuroscientist. “So this research investigates one brain circuitry that overlaps both. If we can understand the circuitry, perhaps we can understand ... Continue Reading
Beginning in the mid-1980s, anecdotal and empirical evidence has suggested that there may be a higher prevalence of behaviors and symptoms associated with eating disorders among dietetics and nutrition students. That phenomenon may also exist at ... Continue Reading
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LONDON—The European Specialist Sports Nutrition Alliance (ESSN) repositioned itself as a trade body for the European sports nutrition sector and will police the industry's compliance with EU regulations. Since December 2003, ESSNA planned to ... Continue Reading
“While dehydration ranks amongst the most common nutritional causes of performance decline in athletes, self-correcting by blindly drinking large volumes of fluid on race day has the potential to be equally as dangerous as fluid uptake rate maxes out ... Continue Reading
With a focus on nutrition, sports physiology and sports psychology, plus a high-energy environment with a generous athlete-to-coach ratio, the Park City camp aims to reach each participant on an individual level. “Parents will appreciate that, not only ... Continue Reading
People you know may intentionally be growing bacteria in their homes — on food, outside the refrigerator. And they are doing it to make food safe, and nutritious. They are doing what cooks have always done: fermenting food. For decades, we have fought ... Continue Reading
Agriculture Secretary, Tom Vilsack, says more needs to be done to promote childhood nutrition and fight childhood obesity. Vilsack stated that these issues can affect children in a variety of ways. “Youngsters who are hungry or those who are ... Continue Reading
A report issued today, The Wellness Impact: Enhancing Academic Success Through Healthy School Environments,1 reinforces the "learning connection" -- the crucial link between quality nutrition, physical activity and academic performance. The report was ... Continue Reading