Body Composition

2010 March 3

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!You rarely hear someone say “I want to lose body fat”.  More often, what you hear is “I want to lose weight”.  Do they mean “body fat” or body weight “? Many dieters probably don’t understand the difference and only [...]

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by Ilana Katz MS, RD, CSSD

Sports Nutrition for the Winter Olympics– Vancouver 2010

2010 February 19

WINTER OLYMPICS
As of today, 19 February, the USA is leading in medals. We currently have 18 and the closet rival is Germany with 11 medals total. I say “we” lightly, as many of you who know me personally know that I am very much American, but there is still a huge place in my heart [...]

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by Ilana Katz MS, RD, CSSD

Surviving the Olympic Games as a Travelling Athlete

2010 February 4

Olympic Winter Sports

I feel privileged and excited to be chosen to answer questions on a panel for the Olympic Games. The panel provides a a platform for athletes from all over the world to ask a Sports Dietitian questions. Many of my answers to the athletes will be reviewed by a sports journalist and perhaps written up in her [...]

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Power Muffin Recipe – Ideal for Optimal Fuel or Recovery

2010 January 31

Power Muffin wannabe from Crestock Photos

RECIPE OF THE MONTH
Power muffins are great for a pre work out energy boost, with the perfect amount of carbs to get your metabolism revved up. They are simple, quick and delicious for the time strapped athlete – make a bunch at a time – they are freezable too!!
Take one [...]

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by Ilana Katz MS, RD, CSSD

Cranberries – A gift from Mother Nature

2010 January 27

Cranberries from Crestock Images

Whether you drink cranberry juice, blend cranberries in smoothies, add cranberries to stuffing or enjoy cranberries in salsa, salads or side dishes, they can keep you healthy any time of the year. They are loaded with Vitamin C and other antioxidants.
Their crimson color comes from a flavonoid that may help lower your [...]

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by Ilana Katz MS, RD, CSSD

ESSENTIAL FLAX – THE MIRACLE SEEDS

2010 January 19

Flax – the Miracle Seed
ILANA KATZ, MS, RD, CSSD
The science of nutrition has so much to offer and when buzz words stick around for more than a few months, we know its worth investigating the empirical evidence behind the buzz. Flaxseeds is one of those that has been around for sometime now, and most people [...]

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by Ilana Katz MS, RD, CSSD

Should the government regulate what we eat?

2010 January 13

Image via Wikipedia

The New York City health Department has decided to regulate another ingredient in packaged food and restaurant meals.  This time the city is going after salt.  The health department has asked for a 25% reduction in the amount of salt in packaged foods and restaurant meals over the next five years.  The reasoning [...]

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by lori

MY TRIP TO SOUTH AFRICA

2010 January 6

Its been 10 years since I’ve done this familiar ritual in anticipation of my seventeen hour flight to South Africa. Packing and repacking, butterflies multiplying in my stomach, consistently reaching to ensure the sleep-induced hormone (melatonin) is still uncrushed in my pocket (yeah, it’s a long flight), first in line at the Delta Airlines International check in desk – three plus hours early, anxiously awaiting to board the gateway to my personal Paradise, “home”.

Besides South Africa being a gem to behold, travelling to city you grew up in as a child has a unique set of characteristics. There is a certain confidence of knowing your way around, yet simultaneously a daunting unfamiliarity. Besides activating the windscreen wipers instead of the indicators while driving, I seem to recognize what I am seeing but also realizing nothing is in focus. Emotions from both extremes of a continuum pump through my veins. Like Bill Bryson in his book “I’m a stranger here myself”, I had to orient myself to things which should have been familiar. It is disconcerting to find yourself so simultaneously in your element and yet out of it. My coping mechanism….

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by Ilana Katz MS, RD, CSSD

When do you get a better workout? Morning or Evening

2009 December 10

Ahhh, the age old question: when is the best time to workout?  The best answer is to do your workout at the time you are most likely to do it. That is when you are least likely to blow it off.  For me, that means running in the morning.  By the end of the day [...]

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by lori

Mango Ginger Salsa Chicken – ILANA’s Recipe

2009 November 30

Salsa is great substitute for other marinades, offering a medley of flavours with a lower salt content yet tasty and nutritious too.
Grilled Mango-Ginger Salsa Chicken
(4 servings)
Time saver tip: Peeled and cut up mango is probably available in the produce section of most grocery stores. (Nothing wrong with peeling and cutting up mango yourself as a money [...]

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by Ilana Katz MS, RD, CSSD