Nutritionist

This Spring I will have the wonderful opportunity to travel to the island of Ireland. SHRS Study Abroad in Ireland is a six credit, month long comparative health care program. Students like myself will visit a variety of clinical and research locations in Belfast (United Kingdom) and Dublin (Ireland). By participating in this program I hope to add another layer of knowledge to my understanding of health care. Most of my peers in the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Health and Rehabilitation…

• Before happy hour this Thursday, January 21st at 3:00 PM in the Grill Room, we will have an insightful cooking demonstration with Nutritionist Maureen Bookbinder. She will guide us through healthy breakfast options to help power through the day! • Friday, January 22nd is our Seafood Extravaganza Buffet Dinner featuring Maine Lobster and a variety of under the sea delights and delicacies. A limited number of reservations are available. In order to ensure Lobster availability please make your…

In 2004, cardiovascular specialist and nutritionist, Morgan Spurlock was in a documentary film called Supersize Me. He was also the producer and director of the film. In the film, he attempted to do a thirty day experiment eating McDonald’s three times a week to see how his body would react to fast food after resisting it his whole life. He also did this to see how unhealthy McDonald’s and fast food is for the human body. “This Sundance Film Festival Award winner examines not only what fast food…

The Like a Girl campaign is the company Always’ way of promoting confidence in women and girls going through puberty. Unfortunately, women seem to lose confidence as they become older and enter puberty, either from internal (self-hatred) or external reasons (society). The campaign uses the phrase “Like a Girl” to explain that activities done in a “girly manner” are not derogatory and should not mean anything hurtful. Telling boys they throw like a girl is as detrimental as telling girls they…

Not Only Off The Body Today the population of America obsesses with the idea to live longer that no time remains to live. The fact that reaching to physical immortality is impossible was clear long ago . Humans the brightest minds even were not able to create an immortal. Achilles , whose body except for the heel , was invulnerable , nonetheless , was killed . TV shows teach us how to kill supernatural immortals. Humans are mortal. Thus we need, at least, to find a way how to live longer .…

The Truth About Intermittent Fasting: Rhetorical Analysis of Carrie Dennett’s “Despite the hype, intermittent fasting isn’t a magic weight-loss cure” What is intermittent fasting? Is it any better than other ways of dieting? Is it effective? Intermittent fasting is a powerful tool where you follow a pattern of schedule when to eat and when not to eat. When you are in fasted state, it influences two main hormones in your body; it triggers the growth hormones, which is an anti-aging and fat…

Pizza is a dish that was thought to have been created by the Greeks in the B.C. era. Like the Greeks, many other groups at this time had early pizza-like flat breads such as the Paratha, which was created in India. In Napels, a city in Italy, the term pizza was created during the 1700s by street vendors. The pizza most similar to what we have today was created on June 11, 1889 (a day recounted by historians), and it was created in Italy. It was created by Raffaele Esposito. After this event,…

As I sat in my macroeconomics class one week into my second semester of freshman year, I had a feeling I was in the wrong place. I had originally applied to URI for kinesiology, but decided to switch to business during my orientation weekend. I had always had a passion for health and fitness, leading to my decision to apply for kinesiology, but frequently second guessed what I wanted my major to be. It is hard to be certain about what you want to do for the rest of your life right away. For me,…

Created by nutritionist Isabel De Los Rios, the Beyond Diet is designed to help people of all shapes and sizes lose weight. The key to the diet is figuring out how much water and food each dieter should consume each day, and then design a diet around those two things. After going through the Beyond Diet questionnaire, dieters will be told which foods they should and shouldn't eat and how much water they need to be drinking on a daily basis. Each dieter gets their own eating guide based on their…

medication PRN. Patient’s advice should include strictly adhering to the dose instructed on the Tylenol to prevent liver damage. Since patient is at high risk for developing gestational diabetes, her hemoglobin A1C needs to checked and referred to a nutritionist if need be. The vaginal discharge should be treated to prevent miscarriage/preterm labor or pelvic inflammatory disease. However, the patient’s spiritual life wasn’t mentioned, but her socioeconomic and lifestyle indicate that she is…