Highlights
- Alena is a senior health editor of commerce in the Health Group at Dotdash Meredith, working with fitness, health, family, and nutrition content
- Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with over 8 years of experience
- Trained in pre-professional ballet and has dual degrees in dance and nutrition
- Experienced health reporter and editor with features in Livestrong, Healthline, Today's Dietitian, Everyday Health, and more
Experience
Alena Kharlamenko is a writer, editor, and registered dietitian with a passion for translating complicated health and nutrition research into easily digestible information. She has written for LIVESTRONG, Healthline, Today's Dietitian, and PlateJoy, and has been featured in national media outlets like Cooking Light, EatingWell, Everyday Health, and Food Network.
She previously counseled patients with heart disease, diabetes, IBS, and other chronic health conditions. For several years, Alena served as a pediatric endocrinology and diabetes dietitian at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore. She’s also passionate about gut health and is a Monash University FODMAP-Trained Dietitian.
Using her wide range of experience and expertise, Alena now focuses on health communications, writing, editing. She combs through scientific research, personal anecdotes, and customer reviews in exhaustive detail so that she can recommend only the most-trusted products for her readers, whether that's leggings, blood pressure monitors, or supplements.
Education
Alena received a Bachelor of Science in Dietetics and Bachelor of Arts in Dance from Western Michigan University and a Master of Science in Clinical Nutrition from New York University.
She completed a dietetic internship & clinical residency at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (affiliated with Cornell and Columbia).
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