Despite being a conditionally essential nutrient, carnitine is a topic of uncertainty, even controversy, because it’s like a coin with two sides, and those sides can appear to be in direct conflict ...

Making sense of dietary supplements (DS) and knowing how and when to recommend them can be a complicated matter for all dietitians. Navigating loose regulatory standards, proper dosing guidelines, and ...

Q: My clients have been asking me about nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) in supplement form. What is it, and is there any scientific evidence behind its antiaging marketing claims? A: ...

People are now living longer but not necessarily healthier lives than their predecessors.1-3 The World Health Organization (WHO) suggests this is partially due to a person’s ability to make positive ...

Plant-based diets are lush with colorful vegetables and fruits, earthy pulses, vibrant herbs and spices, and crunchy whole grains, nuts, and seeds. It’s an eating style widely recommended for a ...

Weight and thyroid function have been associated for decades, but recent research questions whether the link is causal. A hallmark of an improperly functioning thyroid is metabolic dysfunction, which ...

A few decades ago, people may not have been familiar with fermented foods. But they’ve seen significant growth in recent years, and demand doesn’t seem to be slowing down. Fermented foods saw an ...

For athletes of any skill level, adequate hydration is imperative for optimal health and exercise performance. Yet, research suggests that more than one-half of athletes in professional, collegiate, ...

Do their potentially health-promoting compounds have a place in disease treatment? Mushrooms have been used as medicine for thousands of years, including in the early Greek, Egyptian, Roman, Chinese, ...

Ever since vitamin K was discovered in the early 1930s, all the attention has been directed toward its role in coagulation. Although both the K1 (phylloquinone) and K2 (menaquinone) forms of the ...

Evidence suggests certain dietary patterns containing specific nutrients can reduce symptoms of some of the most common mental health disorders. RDs play an important role in treating clients and ...

Adding fish and seafood to a vegetarian eating plan can create the healthful diet clients crave. Pesce, the Italian word for fish, is being associated with people who add aquatic animals to a ...