Jennifer Rock, MS, RD, CDN - Registered Dietitian Nutritionist

10/16/2025

Adding on to yesterday’s video about lead in protein powder, with the help of the very knowledgeable .foodscience

10/15/2025

About that Consumer Reports article on lead in protein powder…

10/07/2025

If you haven’t found me on TikTok yet, that’s where all of my videos originate, plus some extra silly content that doesn’t always make it to IG and Facebook. I’m just 2 followers away from hitting 1000 so now is the time to follow me!

998 Followers, 450 Following, 8996 Likes - Watch awesome short videos created by JRock RD

10/03/2025

Eat more, lose more.

10/01/2025

The Supplement Grift

A long video about my nonconsensual supplement journey and why l think most supplements and diet fads should be avoided.
First and foremost, they’re a waste of your money!
Second, in some cases the contents could actively harm your body.
There are so many products on the market today that don’t do anything they promise to do, but people are flocking to this billion dollar industry only to be taken advantage of.

Please, put trust in providers who look into the validity of these products, or you can even check for yourself on independent testing sites such as ConsumerLab.com

08/06/2025

Part of the fun of having a garden is preserving it for the months when you can’t pick fresh produce directly from outdoors.

So far this year I’ve made elderflower cordial, compound butter with chives and sorrel, pickled dilly beans and bread & butter pickles, mango cayenne hot sauce, and pesto. SO much pesto (it’s the best).

Drop a comment if you’re interested in a recipe!

04/12/2025

Two more days to sign up!

Women get very little support through midlife and menopause is a major health impact event that can forever affect the latter half of your life.

This lecture will discuss up to date information on how best to support a woman’s health, what to know about medication, supplements, diet, exercise, and important biomarkers unique to menopause, as well as how to foster better support and advocacy for yourself and your health.

Sign up on my website or Eventbrite link in bio.

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04/08/2025

First garden harvest of the year was a surprise: five shiitake mushrooms off of my mushroom log! 🍄‍🟫

Did you know that most shiitake mushrooms commercially grown never see the light of day, but if you can get them from a source that grows in sunlight, they become one of the very few food sources that contains Vitamin D naturally! Mushrooms are also a good source of fiber, amino acids, niacin, riboflavin, and an excellent source of copper and Vitamin B5.

The mottled “cracked” appearance comes from fluctuating temperatures that are still dipping below freezing some nights.
So excited to add these to lunch!

03/31/2025

It’s been a while since I’ve done a Zoom lecture, but this is a good one. Women get very little support through midlife and menopause is a major health impact event that can forever affect the latter half of your life.

This lecture will discuss up to date information on how best to support a woman’s health, what to know about medication, supplements, diet, exercise, and important biomarkers unique to menopause, as well as how to foster better support and advocacy for yourself and your health.

Sign Up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1307437714399?aff=oddtdtcreator

03/08/2025

When I attended Columbia Teachers College to become a dietitian, Joan held a chair position, as well as taught Nutritional Ecology, one of my favorite classes. She was fiery and sassy and didnt mince words or accept flattery, she shot it right down. And she was an incredible inspiration to me personally, with her grand garden rolled out behind the house she and her husband built in Piermont, NY. I even got to visit her home and her garden as part of the curriculum. She taught me how living off what you grow can be challenging, frustrating, but also deeply satisfying and nurturing. She taught me that growing your own food connects you better to what nourishes your body, and that gardening can inspire others to be more actively involved in feeding themselves healthy foods.

Joan was a giant in the original farm to table movement. She is who inspired Michael Pollan to write Omnivore’s Dilemma. She wrote a wonderful book about growing your own food that I highly recommend, called This Organic Life.

I am so grateful to have received her wisdom, and can without a doubt say she contributed to the dietitian I am today.

An indefatigable gardener, she was concerned, a colleague said, with “all the things that have to happen for us to get our food.”

02/20/2025

Poorly Drawn Lines summing up my job so succinctly.

01/24/2025

A refreshingly good and accurate article on gut health came out in today’s NY Times. They even managed to quote a dietitian in there!

We asked leading authorities for the truth about probiotics, elimination diets, leaky gut and more.