Eating Well During Pregnancy

Eating Well During Pregnancy

Should you eat for two when you’re expecting a bundle of joy?   Not quite, says Carmen Alexis Miller, MS, RDN, LDN, outpatient dietitian at Our Lady of Lourdes Women’s & Children’s Hospital. She shares some advice about how moms-to-be can approach nourishing...
Eating Well with Gestational Diabetes

Eating Well with Gestational Diabetes

Part of any pregnancy journey is the “orange drink test,” or a screening for gestational diabetes. This regular part of prenatal care usually happens sometime between the 24th and 28th weeks of pregnancy, but what happens if you fail and are diagnosed with gestational...
Skip the Meat But Keep the Flavor this Season

Skip the Meat But Keep the Flavor this Season

Every Friday in Lent, Catholics follow the tradition of only eating seafood or otherwise eating meatless meals as a symbolic gesture of abstinence. But whether or not you adhere to this tradition, the practice of limiting your meat consumption—especially red meat—has...
Heart-Healthy Alternative on the Go: Mason Jar Salad

Heart-Healthy Alternative on the Go: Mason Jar Salad

Life gets busy, but it’s still important to regularly enjoy a healthy lunch. Federico De Puy, MD, cardiologist with Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group, enjoys making mason jar salads and shares his method for a healthy, convenient lunch on-the-go. Wash, chop and...