Articles by Dale Bird-Cortes, MSRD

6000 Calorie Meal Plan

Published Jul,18 2017 | By Dale Bird-Cortes, MSRD

A 6,000-calorie meal plan is an extremely high-calorie meal plan. You may find this meal plan beneficial if you have had a recent weight loss and are trying to gain weight or you are an extreme athlete. This is probably not a good plan for you if you are trying to lose weight.

close-up of a teenage girl holding two bowls with white and brown sugar

Which Has More Calories: Brown Sugar or White Sugar?

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Dale Bird-Cortes, MSRD

Most of the sugar consumed around the world is refined sugar derived from sugar cane. Sugar is a natural substance which when extracted from sugar cane can be white or brown. Other names for sugar include Turbinado, Muscovado, and Demerara.