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Today @ MAND – March 2020
MA Dietitians Education Foundation T-Shirt Fundraiser Buy a shirt (or two!) to help fund scholarships for future nutrition professionals. Visit https://www.customink.com/fundraising/MDEFscholarships to get your t-shirt(s). Massachusetts Dietitians Education Foundation (MDEF) is in dire need of donations to its scholarship fund in order to continue providing yearly scholarships to worthy nutrition students and professionals looking to […]
Today @ MAND – February 2020
Part One: Plant Pigment Power of Phytonutrients and Vascular Health By Jody Bergeron, MS, RN Phytochemicals, also known as phytonutrients (phyto=plant) are plant based compounds with certain biological actions that sustain human health. There are literally thousands of theses non-nutritive compounds that can potentially reduce the risk of chronic conditions. Phytonutrients stimulate enzymes that assist […]
Today @ MAND – January 2020
What is Allulose? By Hailey Crean, MS, RD, CDE, CSOWM In my practice, I encourage an all-foods-fit approach to nutrition and that includes sugar. And yes, even when managing diabetes. But, while some sugar fits, studies show most of us are eating way too much of it. In fact, the CDC estimates that between 2005 […]
Today @ MAND – December 2019
Q&A session with Dan Coello for a feature on the BU Sargent Programs in Nutrition By Caroline Kohler Q: What is the most surprising/interesting thing you’ve learned in the DI? A: That people make mistakes in healthcare, and sometimes they can be pretty bad mistakes. While now it seems like common sense that people would […]
Today @ MAND – November 2019
MAND BLOG National School Lunch Week: What’s On Your Playlist? Celebrated Across the Nation By Shennie Quintanilla, MS, RDN School lunch is not what it used to be in yesteryears. Districts across the nation are cooking scratch-made tasty meals, enhancing culinary skills, reducing food waste, and supporting local agriculture. School districts are hiring more and […]
Today @ MAND – October 2019
What exactly does a HAT Trick in Hockey have to do with Sepsis Therapy? By Jody Bergeron, RN, BSN, MS, CEN Hydrocortisone Ascorbic Acid and Thiamine Sepsis is a physiologic, biologic and biochemical chaotic state reflecting a dysregulated inflammatory response to infection. Sepsis exists on a continuum of severity, ranging from infection and bacteremia to […]
Today @ MAND – September 2019
Dinners in a Dash: Healthy Meals in Less Than 30 Minutes By Joan Salge Blake, EdD, MS, RDN, FAND September is #FamilyMealsMonth and as the saying goes, what’s old is new and this applies to the lure of dining out regularly. According to the latest survey from the Hartman Group and the Food Marketing Institute, […]
Today @ MAND – August 2019
Advocacy Summit Hello fellow MAND members! This is Christina Ypsilantis, your President-Elect. I had the incredible opportunity to attend the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics “Advocacy Summit” in DC this past July. As President-Elect, one of my roles is to help out with the Public Policy Panel (PPP). Within my first few weeks as President-Elect, […]
Today @ MAND – July 2019
What Public Policy Means to Me As the 2018-2019 MAND fiscal year ends and the 2019-2020 year begins, I wanted to thank the MAND colleagues I have been fortunate to serve as MAND’s Director of Public Policy. I offer a hearty thank you to the outgoing members of the Public Policy Panel (PPP) for your […]
Today @ MAND – June 2019
President’s Update I hope you’ve all been enjoying the nice weather. We’ve certainly had a rainy spring, but as the days get longer and the sun begins to shine more frequently, I’m loving every single minute of it! It’s so hard to believe, but this is my last President blog update. It’s been quite a […]

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MDEF Scholarships
For 2025, MDEF will be giving out two MDEF scholarships and one MDEF Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) scholarship to deserving nutrition students, each in the amount of $1500. Please pass along to any nutrition students or interns who may be eligible to apply! Click here to apply.
All applications are due by May 31st