Frances Largeman-Roth, RD

Head outdoors to burn calories and lose weight this season.

These seemingly harmless habits are actually sabotaging your health goals.

I like to portion pumpkin seeds into 1/4-cup servings (169 calories; 162mg magnesium) and put them in zip-top bags or reusable fabric bags and stow them in my purse and gym bag. You can eat them pl...

Lunch. It’s often the most overlooked meal of the day. And studies show that many of us don’t even leave our desk to enjoy our midday meal. In fact, only one in five people actually leave the offic...

Last week I headed over to the Dr. Oz offices to tape my very first Facebook Live broadcast. The topic was Healthy Summer Swaps. I shared my top 5 ideas for easy, doable ways to cut excess calories...

As I mentioned in last week’s post on making time to unwind, I am ready for a summer break. That’s probably why I’ve been fantasizing about our upcoming trip to the Catskills. Our family has been v...

My kids have been extra rambunctious the last week or so and in the mornings I have to literally scrape their bodies out of bed to get them to come upstairs for breakfast. They’re sick of school an...

Summer means tank tops, sundresses, shorts and bathing suits, and baring a whole lot more skin than we do the rest of the year. As I was packing away (finally) my family’s sweaters and hats and pul...

I’m changing things up this week and instead of sharing my musings on what’s going on in the world of nutrition and health, I’m going to share a recipe. Memorial Day—the unofficial start of summer—...

We’re all trying to live a healthier lifestyle and eating right is a big part of that. But sometimes figuring out what is actually “healthy” is downright confusing.   The Food and Drug Admin...

Each season on The Biggest Loser, the contestants lose incredible amounts of weight and seemingly change their lives for the better. What we don’t get to see is what happens when the cameras stop r...

I’m not exactly a loner, but I’ve always been a self-starter. As a kid I shunned team sports in favor of individual ones, like skiing, dancing and horseback riding. I wasn’t a Girl Scout (though no...

The Jewish holiday of Passover (Pesach) began last Friday. While we’re not very strict about following customs in our house, I do clear out all the leavened bread in our household and I only eat ma...