Nutrition columnist
Leeann Weintraub
LeeAnn Weintraub, a registered dietitian, provides nutrition counseling and consulting to individuals, families and businesses. Email [email protected].
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![People can avoid cramps while excercising by keeping well-hydrated, eating a mineral-rich diet and avoiding alcohol. People can avoid cramps while excercising by keeping well-hydrated, eating a mineral-rich diet and avoiding alcohol.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/LDN-L-NUTRITION-0630-FEATURED.jpg?w=140)
Here are some reasons you get muscle cramps and what you can do about them
People can avoid cramps while excercising by keeping well-hydrated, eating a mineral-rich diet and avoiding alcohol.
![Families’ eating habits have a huge impact on children’s daily nutrition and relationship with food and potentially even their longer-term health. Families’ eating habits have a huge impact on children’s daily nutrition and relationship with food and potentially even their longer-term health.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-536665840.jpg?w=132)
4 tips to help parents avoid obstacles to good family nutrition
Families’ eating habits have a huge impact on children’s daily nutrition and relationship with food and potentially even their longer-term health.
![A lack of social connection poses a risk to health and longevity. A lack of social connection poses a risk to health and longevity.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/LDN-L-NUTRITION-0421-01.jpg?w=132)
Why taking steps to combat loneliness can be good for your overall health
A lack of social connection poses a risk to health and longevity.
![Cooking fatigue can go beyond being in a rut and turn into total cooking burnout. Cooking fatigue can go beyond being in a rut and turn into total cooking burnout.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1500523813.jpg?w=132)
5 strategies to make imaginative, delicious and nutritious home-cooked meals
Cooking fatigue can go beyond being in a rut and turn into total cooking burnout.
![Considering cardiovascular disease remains the No. 1 cause of death for both men and women in the United States, Heart Month serves as an important reminder for all of us to prioritize cardiovascular health. Considering cardiovascular disease remains the No. 1 cause of death for both men and women in the United States, Heart Month serves as an important reminder for all of us to prioritize cardiovascular health.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1586911323.jpg?w=132)
5 steps you can take now to support your heart health
Considering cardiovascular disease remains the No. 1 cause of death for both men and women in the United States, Heart Month serves as an important reminder for all of us...
![While eating produce is a relatively easy everyday health-promoting habit, there are very real barriers that get in the way. While eating produce is a relatively easy everyday health-promoting habit, there are very real barriers that get in the way.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-589415708.jpg?w=132)
Americans don’t eat enough fruits and vegetables. Try 4 tips to change that
While eating produce is a relatively easy everyday health-promoting habit, there are very real barriers that get in the way.
![Researchers surmised that the study demonstrates that a vegan diet is feasible and those who choose it can improve their long-term health in just four weeks. Researchers surmised that the study demonstrates that a vegan diet is feasible and those who choose it can improve their long-term health in just four weeks.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1433432507.jpg?w=132)
What you should know about healthy eating after watching ‘You Are What You Eat’
Researchers surmised that the study demonstrates that a vegan diet is feasible and those who choose it can improve their long-term health in just four weeks.
![Snacks can add up to nearly a quarter of your caloric intake during a day, while providing little nutritional value. Choose these options instead. Snacks can add up to nearly a quarter of your caloric intake during a day, while providing little nutritional value. Choose these options instead.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/LDN-L-NUTRITION-1231-FEATURED.jpg?w=140)
To eat better in 2024, focus on your snack habits
Snacks can add up to nearly a quarter of your caloric intake during a day, while providing little nutritional value. Choose these options instead.
![If eggs are a regular staple in your household, you’ve probably noticed that the price of a dozen eggs appears to have doubled in the last year or so. If eggs are a regular staple in your household, you’ve probably noticed that the price of a dozen eggs appears to have doubled in the last year or so.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/GettyImages-177012688.jpg?w=130)
Why are eggs so expensive and which are best? Cracking the code on carton labels
If eggs are a regular staple in your household, you’ve probably noticed that the price of a dozen eggs appears to have doubled in the last year or so.
![The family mealtime environment has the opportunity to provide youth with meal structure, parental modeling of healthy eating habits, socialization and familiarization with a variety of foods. The family mealtime environment has the opportunity to provide youth with meal structure, parental modeling of healthy eating habits, socialization and familiarization with a variety of foods.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/LDN-L-NUTRITION-0924-01.jpg?w=132)
How family meals offer mental and physical health benefits
The family mealtime environment has the opportunity to provide youth with meal structure, parental modeling of healthy eating habits, socialization and familiarization with a variety of foods.