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Coconut Oil and Olive Oil, A Face-Off Coconut oil is the latest miracle food. If you believe popular wellness websites, it’s good for just about everything – from making your teeth whiter, skin more luminous and hair shinier to boosting...
Can Pasta help me lose weight? If you’ve been cutting pasta out of your diet because of its fattening reputation, you may no longer have to. A recent study conducted by Italian scientists found that it does not contribute to obesity;...
Coconut Water Better Than Sports Drinks? Coconut water has become the thirst quencher du jour. Low in calories, naturally fat- and cholesterol free, more potassium than four bananas, and super hydrating – these are just a few of the many benefits ascribed to America’s...
Are Office Snacks Making You Gain Weight? We all feel it on either a daily basis or just once and a while, that mid-afternoon “slump”.  That time of day where you start to feel tired, hungry (possibly “hangry”), and you...
Are Your Prescription Pills Making You Gain Weight? These days, it seems almost any problem can be solved with a pill. High blood pressure? Take beta blockers. Asthma? Try steroids. Feeling sick? Start a round of antibiotics. But some doctors argue...
Simple Swaps for Summer Weight Loss No matter how high the mercury climbs, don’t let a carefree summer extend to your eating habits. Cookouts, campfires, and boardwalks can be hangouts for calorie bombs like ice cream, pie, and mayo-heavy salads. Below...
Frozen Yogurt – 4 Myths You may feel virtuous ordering a creamy white swirl of frozen yogurt from any one of the “real” yogurt shops popping up across the country—frozen yogurt has become a 2 billion dollar industry, but what...
Diet Myths In a society that is becoming increasingly health conscious, more and more information is constantly coming out on how to lose weight, how to get fit, how to eat, sleep, breathe—everything under the sun that will help you...
5 Things You Need to Know About the New Nutrition Facts Label Last weekend, I appeared on the Good Day Philadelphia morning show on WTXF-TV (Fox 29). I was invited on to the show as the expert Dietitian/Nutritionist to provide...
Registered Dietitian, Ashvini Mashru,MA,RD,LDN, Recommends Vertex Fitness As a Registered Dietitian with a specialty in weight loss and weight management, strength training is what I recommend my clients, especially women over 40. Strength training allows you to build and maintain...