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18 07, 2012

Life is Short. Have Cake.

By Rosanne Rust|2023-03-09T12:19:57-05:00July 18th, 2012|Food Facts, Uncategorized, Weight Management|1 Comment

There's a disturbing trend going on...people aren't eating enough cake. You know, since I'm a dietitian, people often get the wrong idea - you think I eat a perfect diet (there's no such thing), you think I'm evaluating your shopping carts or your choices in the buffet line [...]

12 07, 2012

Calories are Calories? Basically.

By Rosanne Rust|2012-07-12T09:47:34-04:00July 12th, 2012|Uncategorized, Weight Management|Comments Off on Calories are Calories? Basically.

I read with interest the New York Times article: "In Dieting, Magic Isn't a Substitute for Science" as it posed the question "Is a calorie just a calorie?" This question has surfaced several times in recent discussions and papers this year. Last year, I reviewed a simple weight [...]

28 06, 2012

New Study: We May be Able to Remove Fructose from the Dr. Evil list…

By Rosanne Rust|2023-07-20T11:11:26-04:00June 28th, 2012|Uncategorized|Comments Off on New Study: We May be Able to Remove Fructose from the Dr. Evil list…

There has been so much buzz over sugar this year, particularly fructose. Fructose is found naturally in fruit and is a monosaccharide found in both sucrose and high fructose corn syrup (each are about 50% fructose, and 50% glucose). A new study shows that consuming excessive calories is [...]

4 06, 2012

Soda Ban Gets Mixed Reviews

By Rosanne Rust|2012-06-04T08:39:51-04:00June 4th, 2012|Food Facts, Heart Disease, Weight Management|1 Comment

You've heard about it by now - Aiming to fight the obesity epidemic, the mayor of New York has proposed a ban on the sale of large (>16 ounce) sugary beverages by restaurants, mobile food carts, movie theaters, and delis. Will it help? As Chaos Theory purports: Nature [...]

3 04, 2012

Juicey Sugar

By Rosanne Rust|2012-04-03T18:51:36-04:00April 3rd, 2012|Food Facts, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Juicey Sugar

I recently had a conversation with another mom who told me that her pediatrician recommended choosing orange juice over apple juice "because apple juice has way more sugar" than other juices. I told her this wasn't quite true. While cranberry and grape juices are a bit higher in [...]

16 03, 2012

St. Paddy’s Day = Beer and Good Food

By Rosanne Rust|2022-11-08T14:57:23-05:00March 16th, 2012|Uncategorized|Comments Off on St. Paddy’s Day = Beer and Good Food

St. Patrick's Day is on a Saturday this year, so I'm sure those of Irish decent, and those who love the Irish, will be enjoying a beer or two this weekend. All beer gets most of its calories from alcohol. Light beers have less calories than regular beers, [...]