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Joan Salge Blake

EdD, RDN, LDN, FAND

SpotOn! Podcast

Dr. Joan Salge Blake EdD, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND, is a Clinical Professor and Dietetic Internship Director at Boston University (BU) and was awarded the prestigious Whitney Powers Excellence in Teaching Award from the University.

Currently, Joan is a nutrition blogger for US News & World Report’s Eat + Run Column and the host of SpotOn!, the hit nutrition, health, and wellness podcast. She has conducted over 2,000 media interviews on numerous nutrition topics and was named by Good Housekeeping Magazine as the expert to follow on Twitter for healthy eating.

Can an apple a day keep the doctor (and dentist) away?

The old proverb, dating back to 1866, “Eat an apple on going to bed, and you’ll keep the doctor from earning his bread” and soon afterward shortened…

Why We Need To Be Talking Trash

Approximately 40% of all food in the United States goes uneaten and ends up as trash in our landfills. This is the equivalent of about 90 billion lbs of food r…

Eat Your Way To Clear Skin

Does dairy break you out? Can chocolate clog your pores? 30 to 40% percent of adults – especially females – suffer from acne. Research tells us itâ…