After the low-fat diet craze of the 1990s, fad diets have moved on to other targets like carbohydrates. But ever-changing diet marketing may have left you confused: Is fat a nutritional villain? Or is it OK to have occasionally — or even good for you?
As a registered and licensed dietitian, I hear these questions from patients all the time. Let’s set the record straight.
Is fat in...
Thanks to made-for-TV movies, most of us have a stereotype of how eating disorders start. Someone, usually a privileged young girl wanting to be skinny and hating how she looks, begins dieting in earnest, and gets carried away. Despite increasing health risks, she persists, hyper-focused on her body and terrified of getting fat.
This type of eating disorder exists, but it’s not what I...
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