All Things GREEN
yes, there are healthy green options in case green beer and green cupcakes aren’t sitting well with you this year
It’s GUT CHECK Time!
What could National Nutrition Month and Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month possibly have in common? GUT HEALTH! The most important nutrient here, in my opinion, is FIBER.
A Good Mess!
Change should not make you miserable, but making changes you want might cause instability, discomfort, even anxiety at first while you are working through the mess of the change.
Coffee Talk
In an ideal world, we would all be eating food rather than trying to cram our nutrients into our cup, but coffee can absolutely be part of a healthy, balanced diet.
How “Bean Soup” Shows Up in Real Life
instead of thinking, “Oh, that’s not meant for me,” many people assume it should be—and then feel inadequate or harmed when they can’t make it work
Is FOOD a DRUG?
I want to gently challenge the idea that food is addictive in the same way that, say, nicotine or narcotics or other substances are.
a Love Letter to LEFTOVERS
I know, not everyone gets excited about that container of last night’s chili sitting in the fridge. But as someone who’s a fan of both nutrition and not cooking every day, I’ve gotta say—leftovers can be lifesavers.
I read the new government nutrition guidelines so you don’t have to.
The Dietary Guidelines aren’t something most individuals need to overhaul their lives around — and they’re certainly not a moral compass for eating “right.”
Nutrition is far more personal, contextual, and complicated than any single graphic can capture.
The Year of the BEAN!
Poor beans – they have so much to offer, but they continue to be overlooked based on their appearance.
Giving Up
Happy New Year! If you’re like many people, you may be in the midst of reflecting on 2025 and thinking about how you’d like to live your life in the year to come. Yes, the turning of the year is a somewhat arbitrary time for change, but the holidays can provide us with a bit of a break in…