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 […]
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 […]
Finally we have arrived into the season of abundance and harvest. Although, plenty of food is available, the categories are leaning towards savory foods like vegetables rather than the sweet foods like fruits that were plentiful in the summer. Of course, this is part of the series about seasonal eating. If you landed here out […]
With the popularity of books like The China Study, Forks Over Knives, and Vegan Before 6 (VB6), lots of people are choosing to be vegetarian or vegan at least part of the time. Recently several people who have reduced or eliminated animal products have expressed to me concerns that they are not getting enough protein. […]
Although it doesn’t seem like a series since the posts are 3 months apart, this is the second installment in the Seasonal Eating posts. (The first one about spring is here and the third one about fall is here.) As I always do, I want to give you some information about seasonal eating for summer […]
As I mentioned in my introduction video, there are two important aspects to eating healthy. One is the secret to liking food that’s good for you, which I’ve already covered. The other is figuring out how to eat food that’s exclusively for enjoyment. In case you are not aware, I don’t believe people can (or […]
I recently attended the Integrative Healthcare Symposium at which healthcare practitioners from various disciplines converged to hear about the latest advancements in integrative and functional medicine. During his presentation about patient-centered diagnosis, Leo Galland, MD, said that disease and illness result from the interaction of mediators, triggers, and risk factors. In other words, the relationship […]
With every bite of food or sip of beverage that we put in our mouths, we should be considering whether or not it serves us in some way. The most obvious consideration is taste… because if it doesn’t taste good, who wants to eat it? Certainly not me! I consider the enjoyment of food (which […]
Have you ever had one of those moments where you’ve been head down focused on a project and suddenly realize you are starving? Those situations are even worse when you aren’t at a stopping point, but in order to keep going you have to eat or you will quickly lose focus and may even start […]
You won’t be surprised to know that my conversations with people often turn to discussions about food. As soon as someone finds out I’m a dietitian, one of the first questions they ask is, “What do you think of <insert “low carb”, “Atkins”, or name of some other diet>?” The second most common thing that […]