Mailing Address
235 Wellesley Street
Weston, MA 02493
About
About
Typical classes taught:
- Introduction to Nutrition
- Nutrition Along the Health Continuum
- Obesity and Weight Management
- Food and Society
- Life Cycle Nutrition
Professional Experience:
Precision Nutrition (2007-2017; 2020-2022)
- Principal nutritionist and advisor for media requests and writing projects
- Coauthored the Precision Nutrition Level One Certification
- Coached over 500 clients in online nutrition/exercise program
- Led first group of master nutrition coaches through the Level Two Master Health Coaching Certification
Insider (2020-2022)
- Expert/medical reviewer for nutrition and health articles
Integrating Personal and Planetary Health (2019-2022)
- Online nutrition/exercise coaching and consulting for ryandandrews.com
- Authored Swole Planet, A Guide to Plant-Based Eating, and Drop the Fat Act and Live Lean
State University of New York at Purchase (2018-2022)
- Adjunct Lecturer for upper-level undergraduate classes (food and water)
Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group (2018-present)
- Member of speaker’s bureau with various presentations at state dietetic conferences
Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center (2006-2007)
- Dietitian/exercise physiologist responsible for counseling patients
Studied sustainable food systems at Columbia University in the Executive Education Program.
300+ hours of experience teaching trauma-sensitive yoga at Silver Hill Hospital.
Education
Registered Dietitian (RD), Johns Hopkins Medicine
Master of Science (MS) in Nutrition, Kent State University
Master of Arts (MA) in Exercise Physiology, Kent State University
Bachelor of Science (BS) in Exercise Science, University of Northern Colorado
Awards Honors
Online Teaching Ambassador, SUNY Purchase, 2019
Dietetic Intern of the Year, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, 2006
Publications
Andrews RD. The Future of Food Production. In: Gray J, Crist E, eds. Cohabiting Earth: Forging a bright future for all life through restraint, respect, and reverence. SUNY Press; In press.
Andrews RD. Five Dietary Adjustments that Support Personal and Planetary Health. NSCA Personal Training Quarterly. 2022; 9; 14-19.
Andrews RD. Swole Planet: Building a Better Body and a Better Earth. Self-published. ryandandrews.com. 2021.
Andrews RD. Health impacts of red palm oil, the lesser-known sister of refined palm oil. Food Climate Research Network/Table Debates. October 2020.
Scott-Dixon K, St. Pierre B, Kollias H, Weller C, Feit A, Andrews RD. How to Coach a Plant-Based Diet. Precision Nutrition Inc. 2020.
Various articles for Precision Nutrition (partial list):
- Becoming a vegetarian without giving up meat
- Are detox diets good for you? How a three-day juice cleanse landed this dietitian in the ER
- Ryan Andrews, aka “Lunch Lady”
- Sugar daddy: My year without desserts
- 25+ nutrition and lifestyle strategies to lower your risk of Alzheimer’s disease
- The cost of getting lean: Is it really worth the trade-off?
- Dairy: Is it good or bad for you?
Andrews RD. Op-ed: “Complete” and “Incomplete” Protein is BS. “Furthermore” from Equinox. October 2017.
Andrews RD. Eating to prevent the apocalypse. Alan Aragon’s Research Review. April 2017.
Andrews RD. A Guide to Plant-Based Eating. Self-published. ryandandrews.com. 2016.
Berardi JB, Andrews RD, Scott-Dixon K, St. Pierre B, Kollias H, DePutter C. The Essentials of Sport and Exercise Nutrition. 3rd Edition. Precision Nutrition Inc. 2016.
Andrews RD. Drop the Fat Act and Live Lean. Book Publishing Company. 2012.
Gearhart RF, Lagally KM, Riechman SE, Andrews RD, Robertson RJ. Safety of using the adult OMNI resistance exercise scale to determine 1-RM in older men and women. Percept Mot Skills. 2011; 113:671-676.
Berardi JB, Andrews RD. Nutrition: The Complete Guide. First Edition. Professional Certification Guide. International Sports Sciences Association. 2009.
Gearhart RF, Lagally KM, Riechman SE, Andrews RD, Robertson RJ. Strength tracking using the OMNI resistance exercise scale in older men and women. J Strength Cond Res. 2009; 23:1011-1015.
Andrews RD. Athletes and Alkalinity. Vegetarian Nutrition Newsletter. Dietetic Practice Group for the American Dietetic Association. Fall 2008.
Riechman SE, Andrews RD, MacLean DA, Sheather S. Letter to the editor. Authors’ response to Lambert letter on saturated fat ingestion. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2008; 63:1260-1261.
Gearhart RF, Lagally KM, Riechman SE, Andrews RD, Robertson RJ. RPE at relative intensities after 12 weeks of resistance-exercise training by older adults. Percept Mot Skills. 2008; 106:893-903.
Andrews RD. Protein and skeletal muscle hypertrophy. AgroFood Industry Hi-Tech. 2007; 18 Suppl:Sept/October
Riechman SE, Andrews RD, MacLean DA. Dietary and Blood Cholesterol, Statins and Sarcopenia Prevention. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2007; 62:1164-1171.
Gearhart RF, Lagally KM, Riechman SE, Andrews RD, Robertson RJ. Assessment of relative strength pre- and post-resistance training using the OMNI resistance exercise scale. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2007; 39:S25.
Riechman SE, Andrews RD, MacLean DA. Increased dietary cholesterol is associated to greater increases in hip bone mineral density with resistance training in seniors. FASEB J. 2006; 20:237.16. (Abstract)
Andrews RD, Riechman SE, MacLean DA. Protein intake for skeletal muscle hypertrophy with resistance training in seniors. Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab. Aug 2006; 16:362-372.
Riechman SE, Kean D, Andrews RD, Gasier H, Hammer SB. Dietary cholesterol alters recovery from eccentric muscle damage in humans. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2006; 38:S386.
Andrews RD, Gasier HG, Riechman SE. Body composition changes inconsistent with classic energy balance models: a case report. Maryland Dietetic Association Annual Meeting. March, 2006. (Abstract)
Bowman JM, Hammer SB, Andrews RD, Giguere SA, Riechman SE. Blood pressure responses to resistance training in 60-69 year old men and women. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2005; 37:S439.
Riechman SE, Andrews RD, MacLean DA. Dietary and blood cholesterol and statins increase hypertrophy with resistance training. FASEB J. 2005; 19:902.11. (Abstract)
Andrews RD, Riechman SE, MacLean DA. Optimal protein intake for skeletal muscle hypertrophy with resistance training in 60-69 year old men and women. FASEB J. 2005; 19:902.2. (Abstract)
Andrews RD, Lowry Gordon D, Burzminski N, Riechman SE. The influence of food groups and micronutrients with resistance exercise training on bone mineral changes in the elderly. International Society of Sports Nutrition. JISSN. 2005; 2:106-107.
Presentations
"Food Systems Problems; Food Systems Solutions." University of Southampton, 2021
"Food Equity and Sustainability." Mohawk College, 2021
"Eating to Prevent the Apocalypse." New Jersey Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2021
"Eating to Prevent the Apocalypse." The Future of Food, 2020
"Eating to Prevent the Apocalypse." Minnesota Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2020