By Natalie Digate Muth, MD, MPH, RD
Fitness professionals are increasingly bombarded with nutrition questions from clients, friends and distant acquaintances. From the merits of specific vitamins and performance...
By Natalie Digate Muth, MD, MPH, RD
As Americans have continued to eat more and exercise less over the past decade, health and fitness experts have focused their efforts on inspiring healthful change one individ...
By Natalie Digate Muth, MD, MPH, RD
High-protein diets—and their promises of muscle gain, weight loss and improved health—appeal to a wide diversity of people, from athletes to dieters. But how much ...
By Natalie Digate Muth, MD, MPH, RD
By Natalie Digate Muth, MD, MPH, RD
Three years ago the Institute of Medicine
(IOM) issued a call to action in response to the rapidly escalating problem of
childhood obesity in the United States. It chall...
By Natalie Digate Muth, MD, MPH, RD
Some experts believe that if childhood obesity rates in the U.S. continue to rise, the current generation of kids could become the first in American history to live shorter ...
By Natalie Digate Muth, MD, MPH, RD
There seems to be a new food scare every
day. Headlines blare: Multistate
outbreaks of Salmonella
associated with raw tomatoes! Chili sauce linked to botulism cases! Lo...
By Natalie Digate Muth, MD, MPH, RD
Despite years of talk about the obesity epidemic and the emergence of countless government programs and weight loss crusades, only a select few people manage to lose significa...
By Natalie Digate Muth, MD, MPH, RD
At last, the importance of physical activity and regular exercise is on the healthcare radar. With obesity, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension and myriad other chronic heal...
By Natalie Digate Muth, MD, MPH, RD
Although many women worry about their risk of getting breast cancer, heart disease is actually the leading killer of females in America. Not only does heart disease kill more ...
By Natalie Digate Muth, MD, MPH, RD
Conventional wisdom has long held that calcium plus vitamin D offers the best antidote for age-related bone loss. In fact, those ubiquitous “Got Milk” commercials boast of...
By Natalie Digate Muth, MD, MPH, RD
In a typical mom-to-be, the news of a pregnancy is met with excitement, anxiety and a frantic desire to learn everything needed to ensure that her child is born healthy. Wheth...
By Natalie Digate Muth, MD, MPH, RD
Did you know that more than 41 million people visit the doctor each year with their chief complaint being some kind of gastrointestinal (GI) symptom (National Center for Healt...
By Natalie Digate Muth, MD, MPH, RD
The health benefits of nuts like walnuts, pecans and almonds have been widely touted of late. Recent studies confirm that the advantages of eating nuts in moderation can range...
By Natalie Digate Muth, MD, MPH, RD
From Dallas to Montreal, from
Chicago to Los Angeles, youth-based personal training and group classes are
hot. The burst in popularity may be due to growing concern about th...
By Natalie Digate Muth, MD, MPH, RD
High-quality group fitness classes invigorate participants, members and staff. However, as a fitness director, you know well-trained, motivating instructors can be hard to fin...
By Natalie Digate Muth, MD, MPH, RD
By Natalie Digate Muth, MD, MPH, RD
By Natalie Digate Muth, MD, MPH, RD
By Natalie Digate Muth, MPH, RD
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HYPONATREMIA:
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HYDRATION STORY
Should you drink as much as you can tolerate when exercising? Or is...
By Natalie Digate Muth, MD, MPH, RD
By Natalie Digate Muth, MD, MPH, RD
As a fitness professional, you ignite a passion for physical act...
