March is National Nutrition Month sponsored by the Academy for Nutrition and Dietetics. The theme for 2015 is Bite Into a Healthy Lifestyle. Don’t you love that? Obviously it’s a play on words, but to me it means more than...
I was out running errands a few days ago and noticed a sign for a “nutritionist”. I don’t know who it was or what they are about, but it got me thinking… Does anyone else find it so interesting that we pay someone to tell us how to eat?...
Gluten. It might as well be a 4-letter word. Whether you know what it is or not, chances are you have heard to avoid it and might believe it’s at the root of your health problems. I am not a fan of fear-mongering as I believe it prevents seeing things as they truly...
I am sure you have heard the term “antioxidant” before. Oxidative damage occurs for various reasons – natural chemical reactions, exercise, environmental toxins, stress, lifestyle choices, etc. To protect your cells from this damage, you need antioxidants for...
To quit is often a hard sell with my clients, but once they quit, they never go back. What I find is that counting calories is a common way to control anxiety about food, or control food choices in general. While I can understand why, it doesn’t get to the root of...
