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Skylar Griggs

Registered Dietitian and Owner at Newbury Street Nutrition, LLC
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Skylar Griggs is a licensed registered dietitian and nutrition counselor specializing in a variety of nutrition-related conditions. Skylar has experience working in pediatric and family nutrition as well as pre/post-natal nutrition, eating disorders, weight management, cardiac risk factors including hypertension, high cholesterol and obesity, diabetes, and overall wellness. Skylar is presently the lead dietitian for the preventive cardiology division at Children’s Hospital Boston, the teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. Skylar’s previous work includes lead outpatient dietitian for the Renfrew Center of New Jersey, an outpatient center for women with eating disorders as well as the outpatient nutritionist for Pediatric Plus Medical Group in Queens, New York.

In addition to working with clients, Skylar is a lecturer, consultant, spokesperson, and media contributor. Skylar is the nutrition news contributor for Fox25 News Boston. Additionally, Skylar is also a nutrition contributor for Boston Magazine Online. Skylar also provides corporate nutrition consulting for a number of companies including SavingStar Supermarkets. Skylar’s personal blog Newbury Street Nutrition® offers nutrition and meal tips for busy individuals and families on the go.

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  • Weight loss and weight management are the primary reasons people come to me. And the research on weight loss is fairly limited. Second, people show poor long-term adherence to “extreme diets”.

    Any diet that is extreme and not approachable is hard to follow. Any diet you can’t do 80/20 [80 percent healthy, 20 percent wiggle room] is not sustainable. When the plan is a bit malleable – when it can bend a little bit – people are more likely to stay with it.

    I think any time you restrict yourself down to 500 calories, you’re just creating a disaster. The body is so hungry, it’s likely to cause a decrease in metabolism and your body to go into starvation mode. You’ll be more likely to overdo it the next day, and then with binge-type days, over time, triglycerides and blood pressure can become elevated.

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