Corinne is a degreed nutritionist and award-winning writer, and owner of The Food Cop. Through her personal experiences and education, she has learned that nutrition is a lifestyle and a science, not simply various diets and myths that one can experiment with. It is her goal to educate people of all ages about the importance of nutrition and living a healthy lifestyle, and to assist those who need to and/or want to make this lifestyle change.
Her work experience includes serving as the Dietary Service Supervisor at a long term care/skilled nursing facility and working in the nutrition department at various acute care hospitals.
In an effort to get families to dine out more, many restaurants are revamping childrens menus in order to make them healthier. According to a study performed recently by market research firm ...
September 5, 2009 - 3:08pm
Most women should not consume more than 100 calories (six teaspoons) of added sugars per day, and most men should not consume more than 150 calories (nine teaspoons) per day, according to a ...
August 30, 2009 - 5:36pm
Obese individuals have an average of 8 percent less brain tissue than people who are a normal weight, according to a joint study performed by the UCLA Laboratory of Neuro Imaging and the ...
August 28, 2009 - 12:24pm
When going grocery shopping and making your food selections, it can be very confusing reading all of the information on the food packages, and in turn trying to make the proper choices. Did you ...
June 2, 2009 - 8:22pm
Vitamin D (calciferol) is a fat-soluble vitamin that is not only found in food (such as milk), but can also be made in your body after exposure to ultraviolet rays from the sun.
The main role ...
May 18, 2009 - 10:58am
Foods containing soy protein may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Unlike other vegetable proteins, soy protein contains all eight ...
May 10, 2009 - 12:36pm
The Cabbage Soup diet, the Chocolate diet, the Atkins diet, the South Beach diet, the Grapefruit diet...these are just some of the many fad diets that have hit the market and consumers have ...
May 4, 2009 - 10:22pm
Calcium is very important in preventing osteoporosis (a disease in which bones become more fragile and more likely to break). It is estimated that 10 million Americans over the age of 50 have ...
May 3, 2009 - 9:20pm
Hardly a day goes by when you don’t hear something about trans fat – either on the television news, in a magazine or a newspaper, or maybe even a conversation at work.
You may have heard that ...
May 2, 2009 - 2:25pm
