Happy New Year! After a couple of weeks off for some family time, I am back in school and ready to spend the next 3 ½ months learning ab...

One of my recent assignments was to come up with a 1-page client handout on issues that come up with children and eating. Let me begin by ...

One of the requirements as a second-year student at the Nutrition Therapy Institute is to complete 50 hours of internship work. Since I ...

Food allergies and intolerances are often discussed at my school, as they can be the starting point for more major health issues later in ...

Note: I forgot to post this yesterday! I got it all queued up last week because I knew I had an early morning flight on Monday morning, but...

I am starting two new books for school – Feeding Your Child for Lifelong Health , by Susan B. Roberts and Melvin B. Heyman, and Superimmun...

I’m really excited about my 2 classes that start September 1 st : Digestion & Detox, and Lifecycles & Healthy Aging. For the Lif...

I am sure many of you read the article released this week about research linking exposure to pesticides found in fruits and vegetables to...

This past weekend, a friend asked me if I would do a blog about MSG. The request came in the form of a text message: “Any chance you c...

I am very excited about PWN's guest blogger today! Meet Andrea Otteson. Andrea is a nursing student and we met last year at the weddin...

There’s a new television show starting one week from today: “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution.” I think you guys should watch. Jamie Oliver ...

First of all, I need to let you guys know there was a typo in my blog post yesterday . When I said that one 20-ounce Coke contains 67 grams...

Just a few quick things today at PWN, because I’m taking a mid-week break from school and work to head up to Copper Mountain and ski with my...

Yesterday I introduced you to some of the feeding methods and theories that Katja Rowell, MD, uses in her work with parents and others invo...

Yesterday I gave a brief review of the conference I attended in St. Paul this past weekend called A New Paradigm for Weight: An Effective M...

A continuation from yesterday’s review of Dr. Sears’ book about nutrition for children, The NDD Book … In his book, Dr. Sears really emphas...

My older sister Alice sent me this book a few months ago, and I finally found time to read it over my school break. Neither one of us has k...