Metrowest Nutrition and Therapy

Earthly Delights

AMY GARDNER / July 25, 2012

Jackie Ballou, MS, RD To my delight, my boyfriend’s mother recently made me up a bag of fresh vegetables to take home.  The delectable leaves, roots and flowers inside were anything but ordinary. She told me one of the vibrant...

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What’s For Dinner?

AMY GARDNER / May 8, 2012

Jackie Ballou, MS, RD Eating dinner as a family holds benefits that go beyond nutrition.  Kids who eat more family meals at home are more apt to have better quality diets than those who eat more meals out.  Research shows...

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Obesity Intervention in Schools: Are We Helping or Hurting?

AMY GARDNER / February 15, 2012

Recently there has been a big push for nutrition education and physical activity in elementary and middle schools in effort to fight childhood obesity.  The increase in obesity we’re seeing in children is certainly a cause for concern and one that should be addressed on...

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BPA Alert!

AMY GARDNER / November 15, 2011

Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type...

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“Mommyrexia”, a dangerous trend

AMY GARDNER / August 5, 2011

The Today Show did a great segment on celebrity pregnancy last week.  Dr. Nancy Snyderman weighed in on the unhealthy message skinny pregnant women are sending to the general public angrily stating it’s an “upper East Side, obnoxious, white girl problem”....

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Is Your Toddler Getting Enough Iron?

AMY GARDNER / July 26, 2011

Iron is an essential nutrient for toddlers.  Yet, it’s often deficient in their diets.  Unfortunately, the foods toddlers typically prefer (i.e. crackers, yogurt, cheese and fruit) are not great sources of iron.  A pediatrician recently mentioned that many parents misperceive milk as...

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Student Gardens Inspire Health and Connection to Community

AMY GARDNER / May 23, 2011

Student-run vegetable gardens are a growing trend in schools.  Gardening is a great activity for kids – it promotes health and connection to nature and community.  Kids are more likely to eat vegetables if they participate in growing them.  Gardening is also a great...

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Ideas to Inspire Picky Eaters

AMY GARDNER / May 5, 2011

I went to a conference yesterday on feeding strategies for kids on the autism spectrum.  Susan Roberts, MDiv/OTR/L shared some useful approaches on improving mealtime for these kids (and their parents). I was the only dietitian in the group which...

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What is a CSA?

AMY GARDNER / May 2, 2011

Spring is here and with it, come farmers markets and fresh produce.  Now is the time to look into joining a CSA.  If you’d like to join a CSA but don’t know much about it, read on. “CSA” or Community Shared...

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Sweet Enemy: Is Sugar Toxic?

AMY GARDNER / April 19, 2011

A couple days after watching Jamie Oliver pour 57 tons of sugar into a school bus indicating how much students in a particular LA school district get from flavored milk each week, my friend sent me the following article discussing Robert Lustig’s lecture “Sugar: The...

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