For 20 years, IFIC has surveyed Americans about their beliefs and behaviors about food and nutrition. In recent years, IFIC has conducted two surveys asking Americans specifically about their trust in food and nutrition science. In this post, we will explore the key findings of these surveys about consumer trust and how best to respond.

One of the defining patterns in my career journey is never actively seeking employment. Each job I have held has resulted from opportunity knocking and being prepared to respond in the affirmative. I stressed to the students that being ready and willing to respond when opportunity knocks will serve them well.

What do you learn when you take a break from your routine, whether it be a vacation, time off from work, or something else? Take time to reflect. Life is full of lessons.

Each year, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics selects a theme and key messages to promote healthful eating and physical activity. This year's theme is "Discover the Power of Nutrition."

In this post, I highlight my favorite features of The Complete Recipe Writing Guide.

As an Intuitive Eating dietitian, I recommend that my clients also meet with a therapist regularly. Our relationship with food is tied closely to our mental health, so having a therapist to turn to when difficult topics come up is crucial for my clients in making progress. In this post, I share 3 things therapists need to know about Intuitive Eating.

In this post, I make the case that as credentialled nutrition professionals, we are the superheroes for food and nutrition. We can rise above the conflict, remain true to the science, provide realistic and actionable guidance accounting for individual and cultural differences, and advocate for positive change within federally-funded programs.

In this post, we will look at what’s good, what’s bad, and what’s ugly about the newest Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

The newest version of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the 10th edition, for 2025-2030, released in January 2026, has created more confusion and controversy than any previous version. Unlike previous editions, this edition rejected most of the Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, instead using a new report generated using a different process than what was outlined in Part 1 of this series. This blog will describe why that report was trashe

This post looks at the history of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, including their purpose and process of development.

As we revise Communicating Nutrition: The Authoritative Guide and create the 2nd edition, we are incorporating best practices for using artificial intelligence. The first edition never mentioned AI. Not once. The second edition has more than 70 mentions of AI, detailing how to use it responsibly, ethically, and for its maximum potential. This post will share 10 strategies for maximizing your use of AI excerpted from the current first draft of the 2nd edition of the book.

The new year. An opportunity to start fresh, to open a new calendar, bursting with potential. New beginnings are invigorating and exciting. To start fresh, we must wipe the slate clean. Don’t carry old burdens into the new year. Leave them behind.

This season, when one year ends and another begins, can be one of the best for downsizing and decluttering. At New Year’s, when you think about downsizing and decluttering, think beyond your stuff: Downsize your goal list; Downsize your calendar and time commitments; Downsize your stress – build margin in your life, schedule time for self-care and connecting with others, ask for help; And, yes, declutter your stuff…

Downsizing is a good way to think about managing holiday expectations and, in turn, reduce stress. Think about it. When we put too many demands on our time, too many events on our calendar, too many gifts on our shopping list, and more, we become overwhelmed. It’s time to downsize.

This post tackles how to downsize your writing by taking out anything that distracts from your main idea.

Downsizing means eliminating the excess in your life – getting a smaller home and reducing the amount of stuff you own. We are in the process of that kind of downsizing. Downsizing stuff is not that different from editing excess words. This post looks at both types.   As I work at cleaning out closets in the home we’ve lived in for 44 years, it occurred to me that downsizing my stuff is not that different from the editing I am doing to keep the second edition of Communicati

Creating a habit of gratitude can transform your life.

Creating visual aids with the assistance of AI can save valuable time and result in a professional product if you follow best practices for responsible and ethical use.

This post describes how to effectively use prompt engineering to provide high-quality directions to AI so it will generate high-quality output.

The ethical use of artificial intelligence in business writing includes brainstorming to generate ideas, helping structure writing by creating an outline, generating potential first drafts, revising writing by providing alternative phrasing and correcting grammatical errors, and creating visual support for your writing.