Nourish | Brown University Health

Graphic depiction of person with a weight loss medication and healthy foods

Compounded Weight Loss Medications: What are They and What are Their Risks?

Jack Mountain, PharmD

March 18, 2025

Over the past few years, weight loss medications have become very popular, thanks in part to a class of drugs called glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs). GLP-1RAs like semaglutide (Wegovy) and tirzepatide...

Learn More

Life's Essential 8: Improve Your Heart Health and More

Karen Aspry, MD

February 18, 2025

For decades, the American Heart Association was focused on reducing the risk factors for preventable cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) first established in the 1960s. However, in 2010, it introduced a new framework or construct...

Learn More

Top Winter Foods for Your Skin

Brown University Health Blog Team

January 18, 2025

The coldest of our seasons is upon us, and the last thing we’re thinking about is our skin. But actually, dry skin is extremely common in winter. It can also lead to a condition known as eczema – an itchy rash. What foods are...

Learn More

Managing Social Gatherings on a Healthy Weight Journey

Kellie Armstrong, MSN, RN, FASMBS-IH, CBN

November 19, 2024

Social gatherings, such as holiday parties, birthday celebrations, or weddings, can feel overwhelming when you are on a healthy weight journey. These situations often center around food and drinks, and it is easy to feel...

Learn More

Forever Chemicals: What are PFAS and How to Reduce Your Exposure

Brown University Health Blog Team

October 31, 2023

If you’ve heard the term “forever chemicals,” you may be wondering just what it means. It refers to a group of thousands...

Why is Breakfast So Important for Kids?

Brown Health Medical Group Primary Care

October 25, 2023

Kids, like adults, may have a hard time getting up in the morning, and as a parent, you may find it difficult to get...

The Keto Diet: Just Another Fad?

Brown University Health Blog Team

October 11, 2023

It seems like there is always something new when it comes to diet and weight loss. One of those hot topics lately is the...

Cabbage and the Benefits of this Overlooked Superfood

Brown University Health Blog Team

September 21, 2023

Cabbage. It’s one of those foods you don’t often think about, unless you’re making its famous companion, corned beef, or...

Intermittent Fasting: Does It Work and Is It Safe?

Brown University Health Blog Team

September 14, 2023

Intermittent fasting is a dietary approach to weight loss that has recently gained popularity. It focuses on limiting...

Using the Low FODMAP Diet to Help with IBS

Amanda Pressman, MD, FACG

September 7, 2023

An upset stomach is never fun, but people with IBS experience chronic, or frequent, gastrointestinal pain and discomfort...

Topics of Interest

Coconut Oil: The Facts

Katy Macqueen, MS, RD, LDN, CDOE

October 24, 2018

If you pay attention to the news, you may be confused about coconut oil. For a long time, we did not hear much about...

How Much Sodium a Day Do You Need?

Greg Salgueiro, MS, RD, LDN

July 1, 2020

You’ve probably heard that you should consume less sodium. And maybe you have read that you should stop using the salt...