What to Eat in This Horrible Heat—a Nutritionist’s Guide
Again the heated questions: How to quench our thirst? What to eat when we’re too hot and bothered to cook?
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A Nutritionist’s Advice: When the Scale Stops Moving, Don’t Panic!
A weight-loss plateau: It's a very scary, very real scenario. But before you decide to totally surrender to the fact that the scale may never move again, ponder the advice nutritionist Keri Gans gives her patients.
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“Is It Still Safe to Eat?” A Nutritionist Investigates Her Fridge and Her Freezer
By Keri Gans, MS, RD, CDN
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I found a website that helps with the "is-it-safe?" judgment process: www.StillTasty.com. It tells you how long your favorite foods and beverages—from alfalfa sprouts to squash; fresh, canned, or frozen; open or unopened—will stay safe and tasty.
“What’s Its Shelf Life?” A Nutritionist Cleans Out Her Cupboards
By Keri Gans, M.S., R.D., C.D.N
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Cleaning out my cupboards, I let my nutritionist persona take over: What really should be in there? Is what I have as healthy as it could be?
Winter Blues? Eat Right to Feel Better
By Keri Gans, M.S., R.D., C.D.N.
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Getting the winter blues? With less daylight and colder temperatures, it’s easy to do. But fueling your body properly is always a step in the right direction, making you feel and look better.
Taking Care of Yourself During the Holidays
By Keri Gans, MS, RD, CDN
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Celebrating the holidays with friends and family should be joyous, but we wind up stressed out. So what should we all do? Here are my recommendations—which I’ll be trying to follow, too.
Healthy Thanksgiving, Part 3: Getting Back on Track
By Keri Gans, M.S., R.D., C.D.N.
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The big day is over, and the holiday season has officially begun. Here’s a set of tips to help get you get back on track and ready to handle the holiday festivities to come.
Surviving Thanksgiving Without Tipping the Scale, Part 2
By Keri Gans, M.S., R.D., C.D.N.
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Hopefully, you’ve been able to put some of last week’s pre-Thanksgiving health and fitness tips into action. Now, here are some tips for making it through the big day.
How to Survive Thanksgiving Without Tipping the Scale
By Keri Gans, M.S., R.D., C.D.N.
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Here’s a game plan for the week before Thanksgiving. In addition to helping to keep those pounds at bay, it will help alleviate some of the anxiety about it all.
Why Skipping Meals Can Backfire
Keri Gans, M.S., R.D., C.D.N.
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Are you a meal skipper? Many patients, when they first come to me, admit to engaging in this behavior regularly. They believe that if they skip a meal, at the end of the day they will have consumed fewer calories and that will help them lose weight. Unfortunately that never seems to be the case — and now there’s confirmation.
Stop Counting Calories and Lose Weight!
By Keri Gans
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When you stop fretting over the exact number of calories in the foods you eat, and focus instead on creating healthy, balanced meals and learning what reasonable portion sizes are, it’s likely the pounds will start to drop off. Better yet, your meals will leave you more satisfied.
Staying Hydrated in the Heat of August
By Keri Gans
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Some simple planning can help you avoid the effects of dehydration.
Focus on Weddings: Being Stepmom of the Groom
By Keri Gans
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The plans have been in the works for more than a year, with my stepson and his fiancee doing all the planning. But I have the hard part. What will I wear?
Healthy Eating: A Quick and Easy Guide to Portion Control
By Keri Gans
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In a lot of situations it isn’t what my patients are eating but how much. Here's a handy chart.
The Art of Snacking
By Keri Gans, M.S., R.D., C.D.N.
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Whenever I meet a new patient, one of the first questions I ask in regards to their eating habits is: “Do you snack?”