by Melissa Bloom | Dec 10, 2023 | Eating Disorders
Written by: Sarah Ortiz, RD, LD Exploring destinations both new and old is often an exciting and well-anticipated endeavor. While travel is often looked forward to, it can also be entangled with stress and the unknown. This is especially true when navigating travel...
by Melissa Bloom | Mar 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
Written by: Sarah Ortiz, RD, LD Have you ever felt pressure to lose weight or go on a diet in the name of “health”? Especially in the new year? Additionally, have you ever tried a diet or plan and eventually fell off and chalked it up to lack of will-power or...
by Melissa Bloom | Jun 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
Written by Sarah Ortiz, RD, LD Entering and remaining in recovery from an eating disorder is hard work, especially when we live in a diet culture crazed world where calories and health fads are put on a pedestal. While going out to eat with friends or family may be an...
by Melissa Bloom | Apr 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
Written by: Sarah Ortiz, RD, LD What do you think of when you hear the title “Registered Dietitian”? Many people believe that a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RD/RDN) will tell you what to eat or what not to eat and are sometimes thought of as the food police. For...
by Melissa Bloom | Feb 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
Written by Kathryn Durston, Dietetic Student There is currently a plethora of misinformation about eating disorders that circulates the internet on both mainstream and social media. An eating disorder is a psychological disorder characterized by disturbed or abnormal...
by Melissa Bloom | Feb 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Having mealtime battles with your toddler or older child is no fun. In fact, it can be downright scary. What about when picky eating seems like it is more than “picky eating”? Maybe you’ve heard about picky eating gone too far and are asking, “What is ARFID?” This...
by Melissa Bloom | Jan 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
Written by Kathryn Durston, Dietetic Student Intuitive eating is a way of eating that emphasizes eating for internal and physiological cues rather than external and emotional cues1. It has risen in popularity over the past few years in the media and continues to be...
by Melissa Bloom | May 23, 2021 | General Nutrition
In the wake of being a dietitian in today’s instant gratification-crazed jungle, it has become apparent that ‘magic foods’ and ‘quick fixes’ have achieved an astonishing level of falsified trust from consumers. I have found it particularly contradictory to believe...
by Liesel Sumpter | Mar 31, 2021 | Eating Disorders
From the outside eating disorders may appear to some as identical. Take a deeper look, however, and it is clear that not only is every type of eating disorder diverse, but every person struggling with an eating disorder experiences their own unique manifestations of...
by Liesel Sumpter | Mar 29, 2021 | Eating Disorders
Eating disorders have long been under-diagnosed and stigmatized. Thankfully, modern-day healthcare and society are becoming increasingly concerned with the identification and treatment of mental health disorders. Becoming familiar with the differences between each...
