Registered Dietitian, Certified Wellness Coach

Certified wellness coach Kathy Jordan has over 20 years of nutrition, fitness, and behavioral weight management counseling experience. She has developed and managed community nutrition and wellness programs and taught sports nutrition, food science, dietetics and fitness courses at Eastern Michigan University and Washtenaw Community College. She has delivered hundreds of media interviews and presentations for regional and national groups, including the American Dietetic Association, the National Football League, and Major League Baseball.

Articles

By Kathy Jordan, MS, RD, LDN, CPT, CTA

I am not a big fan of diets with lists of forbidden foods. They usually instill a lot of guilt and don’t work in the long run. Instead, I promote adopting a...

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By Kathy Jordan, MS, RD, LDN, CPT, CTA

Remember Thanksgivings as a child when you ate so much your tummy hurt and the rest of the afternoon was spent laying on the couch? You can probably recall a number of other...

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By Kathy Jordan, MS, RD, LDN, CPT, CTA

Life is a precious gift and most of us want to live each day to the fullest. Unfortunately, as we get older, suboptimal health and fitness can affect our quality of life by limiting our ability to do our favorite activities. Many...

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By: Kathy Jordan, MS, RD, LDN, CPT, CTA

Fact: Carbs have gotten a bad rap over the past few years but the reality is without carbohydrates, your body will have to burn protein for energy - a very inefficient way to...

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By: Kathy Jordan, MS, RD, LDN, CPT, CTA

Fact: The verdict is still out on this one. There are about 3,500 calories in a pound of body weight. Technically, it would take a calorie deficit of 500 calories per day to lose...

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By Kathy Jordan, MS, RD, LDN, CPT, CTA

For years we have been told to diet and do aerobic exercise to lose weight. Current research, however, finds that this formula may help you lose some weight, but not the right...

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