Wouldn’t it be nice if all of us didn’t need to have 1) a basic understanding of food science in order to choose packaged foods that aren’t full of crap that’s bad for our bodies, or 2) time and resources to make everything we eat from scratch so we don’t have to even think about […]
In his Happy Living post about chronic illness, Dr. Tom Sult (a functional medicine MD) mentions that many of his patients with chronic illness have some sort of digestive issue, and that a common cause of gastrointestinal problems is a leaky gut. Let that sink in a minute. If you (or someone you love) is […]
Have you ever had a meal that you don’t remember eating, you look down and all the food is just… gone? Or do you have to fit eating into your busy schedule so the quicker you can be done the better? Or do you eat really fast all the time because as a kid you […]
Baby, it’s cold outside! And I am looking for ways to warm up! That means staying indoors a lot more, drinking loads of herbal tea, and eating foods that heat me up from the inside out. (This is the one time of year that I hesitate to have my smoothie for breakfast as I end […]
One of my core beliefs is that food should be good… and by “good” I mean deliciously satisfying. Before deciding to become a dietitian, I pondered becoming a chef or a baker because I love love love food… cooking it, tasting it, sharing it. (Although I don’t love grocery shopping, as I have mentioned before.) […]
Earlier this year, I gave you my top 5 suggestions for where to begin with healthy eating. If you haven’t read it yet, please do so now as this post is not as useful if you aren’t already doing those things at least most of the time. If you are following those guidelines, then you […]
If you’re anything like me, you don’t particularly care for grocery shopping. You don’t like taking the time to go, the effort to walk the aisles and having to make decisions about what to purchase. On the one hand, you wish the store had just one version of whatever you need, so you could get […]
Cancer. What a terrifying word. And with good reason. In 2015, the National Institutes of Health estimate that 1.6 million new diagnoses of cancer will be made in the U.S. 1.6 million. That’s about 0.5% of the U.S. population. I get it doesn’t seem like a large percentage of people. And it may not be […]
Let me start by saying that I love fruit. I often have it in my morning smoothie; I recommend it as an easy, portable and healthy snack; I include consumption of fruit in my top 5 nutrition tips; and I have said it’s a food that can always be eaten because it has lots of […]
In my first year back in college, I had to take an introduction to food science class. The culminating assignment for the class was to create a themed menu and then prepare and share the food with our classmates. My project partners were Christine and Samantha, and we decided to do a dairy-free menu because […]