There are a lot of things I love about New York City… from the theater, to amazing restaurants, to world-renowned museums, there’s pretty much nothing you can’t get in the Big Apple. Except sodas larger than 16 ounces.
That is, if Mayor Michael Bloomberg gets his way.
Note that it’s totally and completely legal to buy cancer-causing cigarettes and to gorge on 2,000-calorie cheesecake, but under a proposed bill before the NYC Department of Health…
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A North Carolina man living with type 2 diabetes has filed a federal lawsuit against a state dietetics board that he claims censored his blog, the Diabetes Warrior. The board claims that since he isn’t a licensed dietician, he shouldn’t be allowed to offer online advice to fellow people with diabetes about what they should and shouldn’t eat.
Diabetes blogger Steve Cooksey’s story sounds familiar: the 51-year-old was diagnosed with type 2 in 2009 after…
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During March, for National Nutrition Month, I posted a review of gluten-free protein bars, which caught the attention of fellow writer and D-advocate Jessica Apple, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the diabetes magazine ASweetLife. She felt all the nutrition bars were packed with “way too much carb” and was surprised by my emphasis on their fat content. Why? Because many people associate fat in food with weight gain. But this is a fallacy, she says, especially…
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AmyT on
August 4, 2008
Believe it or not, Norae used to teach my kids tennis. She’s all grown up now with her own nutritional clinic and is fast becoming a recognized authority on dietary issues in the Bay Area and beyond.
A Guest Post by registered dietitian Norae Ferrara
In response to David Spero’s post and reader comments “What to Eat? ADA Speakers Disagree,” from June 25th 2008
Fabulous! I am so pleased to know that when addressing the…
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