Hello friends. Summer is off to a great start in my little section of the Northern Hemisphere! I love the laid back and carefree attitude that the warm weather brings along with it. Last week, I attended a 2 day conference at Harvard Medical School titled, Diet and Microbiota  in Health and Disease. Topics such as […]

What am amazing trip to Thailand! Glad to be back home (a big jet lagged!) but I enjoyed every single minute in Asia. Especially those elephants….seriously…SO big,  yet so gentle and sweet.Besides these big creatures…what I liked best about Thailand….the food! Serious yumminess. Fresh fruits and veggies galore!! A dietitian’s dream. I am a fan […]

It’s hard to believe I have been in Japan for 9 days now!  We are heading out to Thailand tonight so thought I would share a few of my favorite things in Japan: 1.  Japanese People:  I have never met a more kind and welcoming group of people.  They go out of their way to […]

Hello from Asia. Russ and I are in Japan!I am grateful that I married someone with a taste for adventure. We just got here on Saturday evening so I am just getting adjusted to the time difference, the food, and the train schedule. Tokyo is a very clean city and the people here have been […]

Happy New Year! I am very excited for a great 2015…how about you? My BIG goal this year is to share more low FODMAP and lifestyle tips to help you live your best symptom-free life! Today’s topic: sprouting! A little lesson in why sprouting grains, seeds and legumes is a good thing for your health! […]

Well, I am back from a wonderful visit to Charleston, South Carolina. What a beautiful city! The weather was perfect…the food, the people, the architecture, and the horses were pretty special too! The horse back riding was by far the highlight for me.  So peaceful riding on the beach. Here is Russ with ‘Fred’.  They […]

Happy 2014! Well this New Year, I have so many new things in store.  I am in the midst of merging my website and blog and giving it all a fresh new face.  Very exciting…stay tuned –should be up and running by the end of the month. I tend to look at the start of […]

My next post will include my ramblings from the 2 digestive health conferences I attended in the last week and a half!  Honestly, I need to let my brain marinate just a bit longer so that I can sort and sift the main take away messages. Seriously, I have knowledge overload. This weekend I tried […]

This week we are hanging in Nantucket.  Not a bad gig. I love this island. We left our car and our stress on the mainland.  Got some bikes, a beach blanket and pretty much that is all we need for the week. Love the old-fashioned feel of this island. Love biking in a dress, do […]