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Elaine Magee, MPH, RD

Elaine Magee, MPH, RDElaine Magee, MPH, RD



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Elaine Magee, MPH, RD, is the author of 25 books including the best selling, Tell Me What To Eat If I Have Diabetes, Tell Me What To Eat If I Have Acid Reflux, and Tell Me What To Eat If I Have Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Her recent book, Food Synergy, is the first book written for the public on this revolutionary way of looking at nutrition and health and her book, The Flax Cookbook, was the first book published on the health benefits of ground flaxseed, which Elaine describes as one of the most powerful plant foods on the planet.

She is an anti-dieting dietitian who believes that we should look at health in the total sense—in mind, body, and spirit. Magee describes herself as "fit, fabulous, and fourteen" (size 14, that is). Elaine Magee is known nationally as  The Recipe Doctor, from her syndicated newspaper column that she wrote for 10 years (www.recipedoctor.com). Her style is practical and "reader-friendly," and what readers like about her recipes is that they are quick and easy and they don’t taste like they’re good for you.

Currently Elaine is the Wellness & Performance Nutritionist for Stanford University and consults to assorted companies and websites.

 

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Q. Do your dietary supplements contain caffeine?
A. Half of us are taking dietary supplements on a daily basis but what you may not know is that some of them come with a kick of caffeine -- and it may...
Q. Can grilling sirloin steaks kill E.coli?
A. What happens when large pieces of sirloin, that have E. coli 0157:H7 on the surface, are mechanically tenderized, sliced into steaks of varying...
Q. What are some tips for grilling fruit?
A. Some fruits hold up better to the grilling process than others due to their texture or simply their size. A few of my favorites are: Pineapple...
Q. What food safety tips can reduce potential exposure to E.coli?
A. Produce can become contaminated with salmonella, shigella, or E. coli during growing, harvesting, processing, storing, or shipping. It’s particularly...
Q. What are the health benefits of berries?
A. Berries are brimming with nutrients and phytochemicals. Blackberries, raspberries, and strawberries, for example, contain several types of...
Q. What foods are high in plant sterols?
A. New research found that LDL “bad” cholesterol is lowered most when plant sterols are consumed in smaller amounts more often throughout the day...
Q. Do cruciferous vegetables have anti-inflammatory benefits?
A. The cruciferous vegetables — broccoli, Brussels sprouts, bok choy, kale, cabbage, and cauliflower — are “super veggies,” loaded with protective and...
Q. What are the benefits of eating less sugar?
A. It’s no surprise that the latest version of the USDA Dietary Guidelines continues to urge Americans to eat less sugar. That’s a given with “sugar”...
Q. What should I know about Vitamin Water?
A. A couple of years have gone by since the Center for Science in the Public Interest first filed a complaint against the parent company (Coca-Cola)...
Q. I know it's important not to skip breakfast.But what if you have no appetite in the morning?
A. Everyone is a little different in terms of how they feel in the morning. If you eat light at night, you will tend to wake up relatively hungry...
Q. What's the best way to pack convenient healthy food to go?
A. I pack nuts and whole-grain cereal (hot and cold) in my office desk and power bars in my purse. Why? So I’m prepared should I need a satisfying snack...
Q. Does it take boiling water to extract antioxidants from green tea? Do I need to worry about antioxidants?
A. There are countless components in tea that have helpful action in the body (including some acting as antioxidants). The water needs to be hot enough...
Q. Why do I dislike some vegetables?
A. If you dislike certain veggies, who or what’s to blame? I can trace my distaste of peas to a specific memory as a child, sitting at the dinner table...
Q. What kinds of foods contain resveratrol?
A. I love red grapes, blueberries and nuts because they taste great. Now there’s yet another possible health benefit to snacking on grapes and...
Q. How can eating walnuts help my body cope with stress?
A. A tuned-up and fueled-up race car will perform much better in a high stakes competition than a car that is low on lubricant, motor oil and gasoline...
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