Eating once a day

Know what to expect before you give up on meat and dairy.

[brightcove:5159960154001 default] If you love starting your morning with a bowl of Raisin Bran or another healthy-sounding cereal, we have some bad news: The majority of cereals are packed with sugar and really aren't the best way to kickstart your day. To drive home the point that crunchy and sweet flakes shouldn't be your go-to breakfast, one nutritionist suggested a surprising replacement for your daily dose of Kellogg's: a slice of pizza. RELATED:   The 20 Best Foods to Eat for Breakfast Chelsey Amer, MS, RDN, CDN, a nutritionist based in New York, told The Daily Meal that "a slice of pizza contains more fat and much less sugar than most cold cereals, so you will not experience a quick sugar crash." One cup of Raisin Bran, for example, has 18 grams of sugar (close to the 25 gram daily limit recommended for women) and zero healthy fats. Amer also noted that pizza has more protein than a typical bowl of cereal, so it can satisfy your appetite for longe...

[brightcove:5718489415001 default] You've spent the last four weeks meal prepping, snacking less, upping your protein intake, and decoding food labels for hidden sugar. But now that your month on Whole30 is just about over, you're probably asking yourself one question: How will you re-enter the world without sabotaging your newfound healthier relationship with food?  RELATED:  5 Things You Should Know Before Trying an Elimination Diet For answers, we reached out to Cynthia Sass, MPH, RD, Health 's contributing nutrition editor. Here's what she says are the next crucial steps, plus the right way to navigate them. Reintroduce food groups slowly Whole30 is an elimination-style diet; the point is to find out which food groups affect your body in negative ways, so you could then abstain or cut down on these offenders and feel healthier. So before you dive back into your usual lunch of a slice of cheese pizza or order ...

[brightcove:5583091373001 default] So much is going on in the first few months of a baby’s life, it’s no surprise that what a baby eats can have an effect on how important structures and connections in the brain develop. To help parents understand what babies need, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued a set of recommendations for foods that ensure healthy brain development in babies’ first 1,000 days. In the guidelines, just published in the journal Pediatrics , the AAP’s Committee on Nutrition say that certain nutrients, including protein, zinc, iron, folate, certain vitamins and polyunsaturated fatty acids are critical for healthy brain development. Diets lacking these nutrients can lead to lifelong issues in brain function, they note. Dr. Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg, associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital and member of the AAP Committee on Nutrition, says that breast milk is recommended for newborns until they are abou...

Seems like everyone is chatting about chia lately. Check out the the video to find out if these little seeds are worthy of all the hype.

[brightcove:5672527937001 default] For some people, buzzy meal plans like Whole30 and the ketogenic diet are the only things that motivate them to overhaul their eating habits. For others, diets can be seriously problematic. That’s one reason New York City–based nutritionist Brooke Alpert , RD, wrote The Diet Detox . An anti-diet guide to making healthy food choices, the book provides “ten simple rules to help you stop dieting, start eating, and lose the weight for good.” According to Alpert, diets don’t work because they have expiration dates; you're only supposed to be on them for a fixed amount of time. When they end, so does your weight-loss success. A better idea, she believes, is to follow a meal plan that helps you develop lifelong healthy eating habits. Here, three bite-size pieces of nutrition advice we ate up from Alpert’s new book. RELATED: 3 New Breakfast Rules You Should Follow, According to an RD Have protein and fiber at every meal Rule number one of Alp...