Nutrition & Food

If you've stood at the front of a sports tournament cooler trying to decide between water, Gatorade, and the Prime your kid is begging for — this one's for you. Electrolyte drinks are everywhere right now. They're in the gas station, the soccer carpool, the lunchbox. And as a registered dietitian (and a mom), I get asked about them constantly. So let's actually break it down. Electrolyte drinks aren't poison. But they're also not a daily drink for most kids — and the sodium m

Creatine is having a moment — and if you're a woman, chances are someone has told you it's the thing you've been missing. So should you be taking it?? My answer: it depends. So here's the full picture, claim by claim — what the research supports, where it's still emerging, and where the science isn't quite where the marketing is yet. TL;DR Creatine is safe for most people and one of the most researched supplements out there — but safe doesn't automatically mean worth it for y

The gram-per-pound rule is gym culture dressed up as science. A registered dietitian breaks down what the evidence actually says about protein for women — and how to calculate your real number in 30 seconds.