Jeff Novick, MS, RD
Jeff Novick serves as vice president of health promotion for EHE International and lectures at the McDougall Program. For almost a decade, Novick served as the director of nutrition at the Pritikin Center in Aventura, Florida, and as vice president of the board of directors for the National Health Association. Novick’s Fast Food DVD series demonstrates how anyone can create healthy, low-cost, delicious and easy meals in under 10 minutes. Find him on Facebook and LinkedIn.
All Contributions from Jeff Novick, MS, RD (6)
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See articleThe Myth of Complementary Protein
Recently, I was teaching a nutrition class and describing the adequacy of plant-based diets to meet human nutritional needs. A woman raised her hand and stated, “I’ve read that because plant foods don’t contain all the essential amino acids that humans need, to be healthy we must either eat animal protein or combine certain plant […] -
See articleThe Calorie Density Approach to Nutrition and Lifelong Weight Management
Calorie density is the simplest approach to healthful eating and lifelong weight management. This common sense approach to sound nutrition allows for lifelong weight management without hunger; more food for fewer calories, and is easy to understand and follow. In addition, by following the principles of calorie density, you will also increase the overall nutrient density […] -
See articleThe Real Coconut Oil Miracle: How a High-Fat, High-Calorie Condiment Became a “Superfood”
The real coconut oil miracle has nothing to do with any magical healing or nutritional properties in coconut oil—it’s how a high-fat, high-calorie condiment was turned into a superfood. Some Background Around the turn of the century, Americans were using butter, lard, schmaltz (chicken fat), and other rendered animal fats as an ingredient in food […] -
See articleConfused About Today’s Breaking Health News?
Did you hear about the study in the news today? Health information these days is much more commonplace than ever before. Every day, if not every hour, we hear of another new study or report on health. These reports can be very confusing, because if you listen to them, one day (or hour) something is […] -
See articleGetting Well On Twenty Potatoes a Day
Chris Voigt is the executive director of the Washington State Potato Commission. In an effort to educate the public about the nutritional value of potatoes, he ate 20 potatoes a day, for 60 days straight. That’s right, his diet consisted of only potatoes and nothing else. No toppings, no chili, no sour cream, no cheese, […] -
See articleDo Potatoes Cause Diabetes?
Are potatoes dangerous? Do potatoes cause diabetes? You might think so if you followed the headlines. In 2006, the media was full of reports making these claims, some of which are still being made today. All of this attention was based on the results of a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.1 The […]
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