Exam Room Nutrition: Where Busy Clinicians Learn About Nutr…
This show simplifies nutrition for the busy medical professional. Feel confident answering your patient's nutrition questions. Together with her guests, Colleen Sloan, a Pediatric Physician Assistant and Registered Dietitian, offer practical strategies that bridge the gap between nutrition and medicine. This to-the-point podcast empowers Doctors, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners and other healthcare providers with the nutrition education you need to transform lives. You'll be equipped with actionable tips that will renew how you approach nutrition with your patients. Explore ways to provide nutrition counseling, despite a hectic schedule with limited time, and learn to answer your patient's nutrition questions with confidence and compassion. With topics from infant feeding and picky eaters, to diabetes management and weight loss, no matter what field you work in, you will learn useful strategies that will empower you and your patient!
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Where busy clinicians learn actionable nutrition tips. Explore ways to provide nutrition counseling, despite a hectic schedule with limited time, and learn to answer your patient's nutrition questions with confidence and compassion.
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March 12, 2025
102 | Blood Sugar Hacks: The Truth About Resistant Starch, Glycemic Index & The Glucose Goddess
Can freezing rice make it healthier? Are cold potatoes better for blood sugar? And do viral blood sugar hacks actually work? In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Mindy Patterson, a registered dietitian and researcher, to break down the science behind resistant starch, glycemic index, and continuous glucose monitoring—and what actually matters for your patients. What You’ll Learn: ✅ What resistant starch is and how it affects blood sugar ✅ Why glycemic index might be outdated (and what to use i
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May 14, 2025
111 | HDL = Good, LDL = Bad? It’s Not That Simple.
You’ve probably said it a hundred times: HDL is the "good" cholesterol, LDL is the "bad" cholesterol. But what if that explanation is oversimplified—and leading patients (and providers) to miss hidden risks? In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Josh Wageman—a Clinical Lipid Specialist, PhD researcher, and author of The Home Security System and the Lipid Neighborhood—to break down why the old-school lipid model isn’t enough anymore, what a standard panel won’t tell you, and how you can explain...
Jan. 14, 2026
139 | The New Food Pyramid: Experts React to the Dietary Guidelines
The 2026 Dietary Guidelines for Americans just dropped and the new upside-down food pyramid caused quite the chatter online this week. In this special Nutrition Newsroom roundtable, Colleen Sloan, PA, RDN, brings together nine nutrition experts to break down what the new guidelines actually are (and what they’re not), what stayed the same, what changed, and what’s missing. You’ll hear respectful disagreement, real-world clinical concerns, and practical talking points you can use the next time
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April 3, 2024
47 | Nutrition and Infertility: Is Your Diagnosis Wrong?
Send Colleen a Text Message One in six couples struggle with fertility challenges. While determining the cause for infertility can be challenging, making the right diagnosis is crucial for proper treatment. Chelsea Dishong, a Registered Dietitian with both professional expertise and personal experience, joins us to explain the role of nutrition in overcoming infertility. With a particular focus on the misunderstood and often misdiagnosed condition of Hypothalamic Amenorrhea (HA), in this episode
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March 27, 2024
46 | Food Play: The Secret Solution to Picky Eating
Send Colleen a Text Message "Oh by the way, he's really picky. What do I do?" Does your heart sink when you hear this question? If we're being honest, does it make you want to roll your eyes? Navigating picky eating is a massive topic and is such a challenge in the pediatric world. In this episode, pediatric nutrition experts Colleen and Amber equip you with solutions to help overwhelmed parents of picky eaters. You'll learn practical tips, strategies, and food recommendations to help pediatrici
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Sept. 13, 2023
11 | Be Radiant: Overcoming Nutrition Challenges for Women Over 40
Send Colleen a Text Message Join Colleen and Registered Dietitian Barbie Bowles, where we discuss the unique health and nutrition challenges that women over 40 face. Discover actionable solutions to common issues such as elevated cholesterol, insulin resistance, and weight management during perimenopause and beyond. Help your patients embrace this life stage with vitality. Connect with us on Instagram! ============================= Barbie IG: ➡︎ @the_cognition-dietitian Exam Room Nutrition IG
Recent Episodes
Sept. 16, 2026
The Bigger Picture of Blood Sugar
This episode is part of our four-part Avocados in Practice mini-series, sponsored by Avocados – Love One Today®. Today, we're asking whether we're focusing on the right things when it comes to diabetes nutrition. When someone is diagnosed with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes, nutrition conversations often become all about sugar and carbohydrates. But are we missing the bigger picture? In this episode, Patricia Bannan, MS, RDN, joins me to discuss glycemic load, diet quality, and why overall eati
Sept. 15, 2026
Rethinking Cholesterol Counseling
This episode is part of our four-part Avocados in Practice mini-series, sponsored by Avocados – Love One Today®. Today, we're tackling one of the most common nutrition conversations in practice: cholesterol. Nutrition counseling often focuses on what patients should stop eating, but what should we encourage them to eat more of? Patricia Bannan, MS, RDN, joins me to discuss the types of food substitutions that can impact cholesterol, how current heart health guidelines support a food-first approa
Sept. 14, 2026
Why Feeling Full Matters for Weight Loss
Many patients believe that feeling hungry is simply part of losing weight, but it doesn't have to be. In this episode of our Avocados in Practice mini-series, sponsored by Avocados - Love One Today®, Patricia Bannan, MS, RDN, joins me to discuss why satiety matters, what the research says about fullness and foods and nutrients that influence it, and how clinicians can help patients build meals that are both satisfying and nutrient-dense. We also explore common misconceptions about higher-fat ...
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Jan. 17, 2026
New Dietary Guidelines: What is Going On!?
New dietary guidelines were released on January 7, 2026, introducing an upside-down food pyramid and sparking a lot of chatter on social media. But before we get into nutrients, controversy, and hot takes, let’s start with the basics. First, What A…
Jan. 17, 2026
END THE WAR ON PROTEIN!! 💪🏽🏆
That’s the energy the new Dietary Guidelines are bringing in 2026. And honestly? I’m not mad about the increased protein targets. This better reflects what the scientific literature has been showing for years, especially around muscle health, aging…
Sept. 21, 2025
Introducing Allergens: A Step-by-Step Guide to Early Allergen Introduction in Infants
Immediately after I just told a new mom it was time to introduce peanut to her baby, she fearfully looked up and said, “Are you serious… now? He’s only five months.” You’ve probably had that same moment in clinic. The nervous laugh. The tight shoul…
About the Host
Colleen Sloan
PA-C, RDN and Founder of Exam Room Nutrition
Colleen Sloan received her Masters of Medical Science from Nova Southeastern University and has been a practicing Pediatric PA since 2017. Prior to going to PA school, she worked as a Registered Dietitian helping patients on their weight loss journey. Her goal with Exam Room Nutrition podcast is to bridge the gap between medicine and nutrition. She loves animals, a good cup of coffee and reading books with her 14 year old daughter.