Exam Room Nutrition: Practical Nutrition for Healthcare Professionals

167 | Type 1 Diabetes Update: Screening, Staging and Tech

 CGMs, Carb Counting and GLP-1s in Type 1 Diabetes  Type 1 diabetes care has changed a lot. From earlier screening and diabetes staging to diabetes technology, clinician

166 | Think You Can Spot an Eating Disorder?

 We Were Taught Eating Disorders Wrong  A patient can be purging, restricting, hiding food, or obsessing over their body and still have a “normal” weight and normal labs

165 | Fiber and Gut Health: Why “Eat More Fiber” Isn’t Enough

Fiber, Fermentation, and the Gut Microbiome Healthcare practitioners can request free samples of NeuroFiber here We’re all guilty of telling patients to “eat more fiber

164 | What Actually Helps Chronic Pain?

Nutrition, supplements, and what the evidence says In this episode, I’m joined by Chelsey Hoffmann, PA-C, RDN, who specializes in pain medicine at Mayo Clinic, to break

Summer School | What to Eat for Fertility

Fertility Care for Both Partners  Infertility affects both partners, yet fertility evaluations and lifestyle advice often focus primarily on women. In this Summer School

Summer School | What To Eat for Brain Health

Foods to support focus, memory, and long-term brain health In this Summer School replay, I talk with Dr. Jenna Stedman, a cognitive performance dietitian, about the conn

Summer School | What to Eat After Surgery

Nutrition To Support Post-Operative Healing In this Summer School replay, Colleen talks with Erin Scherer, a surgical PA and registered dietitian, about the role nutriti

Summer School | What to Eat for Migraines

 Food Triggers, Hydration, and Supplements  Welcome to Summer School! In this Summer School replay, Colleen talks with Kelly, a registered dietitian specializing in migr

163 | Healthy and Busy Can Coexist

 You Are Not Your Struggle So many women are trying to eat better, lose weight, meal plan, feed their families, manage busy schedules, and somehow not feel guilty about

162 | Stop Banning Bananas: Kidney Diet Rules We Need to Rethink

CKD Food Rules That Need an Update  Kidney nutrition has a reputation for being restrictive, confusing, and honestly… a little intimidating. But for many patients with c

161 | The Art of Inviting Patients Into Treatment

 Give Nutrition Advice Without Making Patients Feel Punished  Have you ever asked, “Do you have any other questions?” at the end of a visit and immediately regretted it?

160 | Inside an Obesity Clinic: GLP-1 Dosing, Plateaus, and Prior Auths

What Really Happens Inside an Obesity Clinic  GLP-1 medications are everywhere right now. Patients are asking about Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound, compounded medications, mu

159 | What Social Media Gets Wrong About Nutrition

Nutrition Advice Needs More Nuance. Your patients are hearing a lot online: fix your gut, avoid processed foods, buy organic, take a probiotic, and eat the “right” foods

158 | The Nutrition Mistake Every Injured Athlete Makes

Injured Athletes Still Need Fuel. When an athlete gets injured, the instinct is often to eat less. But according to sports dietitian Emily Barnhart, recovery still requi

157 | I Hate Meal Plans: What Dietitians Do Instead

“I’m doing everything right, but nothing’s working.”  I bet you've heard that before!  In this episode, I’m joined by registered dietitian Devin Breedon to talk abo

156 | LIVE From Today's Dietitian: 3 Nutrition Counseling Mistakes and What to Say Instead

3 Mistakes We Make When Talking About Nutrition I spoke at 2 different conferences, 4 lectures in total, this weekend and all of them had a similar thread: HOW we commun

155 | Unstuck: Strategies for Sustainable Weight Loss

Weight loss doesn’t fail overnight. It usually happens slowly… through all-or-nothing thinking, unrealistic expectations, and patients feeling like they have to “start o

154 | Diabetes in the Age of Social Media: Are Glucose Spikes Really the Problem?

Social Media Is Confusing Your Patients.  In this episode, I’m joined by endocrinology PA Emily Stevens to discuss diabetes, insulin resistance, and blood sugar control

153 | Teen Sports Nutrition: Adult Nutrition Rules Don't Work

Teen Athletes Need Different Fuel. What happens when well-meaning parents apply adult nutrition rules to teenage athletes? You get under-fueled kids, missed performance

152 | Overeating Explained: Hunger, Habits, or Emotions?

 Why Patients Overeat and Feel Out of Control  What’s really driving overeating: hunger, habit, or emotions? In this episode, I’m joined by Kate Johnston, a physician as