Category Archive: Janet Helm, MS, RD

May 2012

• Thursday, May 10, 2012
  The Wonders of Food Simply Cannot be Captured in a Pill

  By Janet Helm, MS, RD Once there’s positive research on a specific food, it doesn’t take long before it’s bottled up and (more...)

April 2012

• Thursday, April 26, 2012
  Five Foods That Deserve a Second Chance

  By Janet Helm, MS, RD You might think nutritionists flip flop as often as political candidates seem to do. Eggs are bad; no, now (more...)

• Thursday, April 12, 2012
  Make Half Your Grains Whole

  By Janet Helm, MS, RD It’s been a bad few weeks for refined white carbs. Last month a study from Harvard made headlines suggesting (more...)

March 2012

• Thursday, March 29, 2012
  Is Black the New Black in Foods?

  By Janet Helm, MS, RD In the fashion world, the little black dress is a timeless classic. Now it appears that “eating black” is also (more...)

• Thursday, March 22, 2012
  The Power of Social Networks

  By Janet Helm, MS, RD You might not even realize it, but your friends may hold a lot of power when it comes to your health. In fact, (more...)

• Thursday, March 08, 2012
  Don’t “Hold the Onions”

  By Janet Helm, MS, RD Famously known for making you cry when you cut them and giving you bad breath when you eat them, onions just (more...)

• Thursday, March 01, 2012
  Check Out the New Meat Labels

  By Janet Helm, MS, RD Starting today, you’ll have a new way to help you make smart choices at the meat counter. For the first time (more...)

February 2012

• Thursday, February 23, 2012
  Mighty Mushrooms

  By Janet Helm, MS, RD No one seems to be neutral about mushrooms. You either love ‘em or hate ‘em. I’m officially on team (more...)

• Thursday, February 16, 2012
  2012 Food Trends

  By Janet Helm, MS, RD Our country’s food culture is polarized. That means several of today’s food trends are competing with each (more...)

• Thursday, February 09, 2012
  Four Food and Nutrition Words I’d Like to See Less

  Janet Helm, MS, RD There are certain words used to describe foods that make me cringe. I wish we could officially retire them. I don’t (more...)

• Friday, February 03, 2012
  Diabetes Myths

  By Janet Helm, MS, RD Now that the Paula Deen brouhaha is past us, what can we learn from it? To me, the positive outcome is the (more...)

January 2012

• Thursday, January 26, 2012
  Why It’s Good to Eat Old School

  By Janet Helm, MS, RD Trendy foods get all the glory. Everyone seems to be chasing after the next super fruit, extolling the attributes (more...)

• Thursday, January 19, 2012
  Cooking at Home is Back on the Front Burner

  By Janet Helm, MS, RD During these tough economic times, people are returning to the kitchen. In fact, the share of family meals eaten (more...)

• Thursday, January 12, 2012
  Have the Parts of Food Become Bigger than the Whole?

  By Janet Helm, MS, RD It’s the concept of synergy: the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. That’s the case in so many (more...)

• Thursday, January 05, 2012
  Five Nutrition Mistakes to Avoid in 2012

  By Janet Helm, MS, RD Perhaps you’re inspired to make some personal changes in the new year. That’s great – as long as you have a (more...)

December 2011

• Wednesday, December 28, 2011
  When Did ‘Skinny’ Become the New Ideal?

  By Janet Helm, MS, RD I recently heard a radio commercial for a diet pill that promised to get you "high school skinny." It just struck (more...)

• Thursday, December 22, 2011
  2012 Will be the Year of the Calorie

  By Janet Helm, MS, RD I predict that 2012 is going to be the year of the calorie. Now that the intense fat phobic era is over and (more...)

• Thursday, December 15, 2011
  Ode to the Chickpea

  By Janet Helm, MS, RD I’m crazy about the humble chickpea. This pallid orb, also known as a garbanzo bean, was once relegated to a (more...)

• Thursday, December 01, 2011
  The Paradox of the Super Foods Trend

  By Janet Helm, MS, RD I like super foods. Honestly I do. There’s no denying that most super foods are probably deserving of the title, (more...)

November 2011

• Monday, November 14, 2011
  A Vegetable Side Dish You Should Be Thankful For

  By Janet Helm, MS, RD Maybe it’s time you reconsider your Thanksgiving side dishes.  Sure, it’s hard to forgo the standard stuffing (more...)

• Tuesday, November 01, 2011
  6 Nutrition Claims That May Be Fooling You

  By Janet Helm, MS, RD All eyes have been on front-of-package nutrition labeling recently, with the release of the Institute of (more...)

October 2011

• Wednesday, October 05, 2011
  The Lure of "Health Halos"

  By Janet Helm, MS, RD I recently returned from the American Dietetic Association Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo in San (more...)