Confessions of a Dietitian on Vacation
If healthy eating feels like a rigid set of rules you’re supposed to follow, and vacations become your chance to break those rules, it can be very difficult to make peace with the natural ebb and flow of life.
Escaping Nutrition Survival Mode
We all have seasons where survival mode is all we can manage. But if you are in nutrition survival mode EVERY DAY and want to feel a little better, a little more energized, maybe a little less overwhelmed… something needs to shift.
The Season of STRAWBERRIES
If you haven’t sought out your seasonal strawberries yet, let this post serve as a reminder, the time is short, and you may regret missing out!
Does It Really Mean What We Think It Means?
The problem isn’t always that the advice is wrong. Sometimes, it’s that the advice is so vague that is gets interpreted in ways that were never intended.
DIY Nutrition
Being capable of a DIY meal also usually means spending less on food overall – in money that is.
The hard truth, is that cooking your own food from scratch will cost you in time.
Is it a FRUIT?
Why on earth are we making desserts out of this red/green stalk? From a culinary perspective, that distinctive tartness is likely the reason rhubarb finds itself treated with sugar rather than salt.
is Sustainable Attainable?
If we do want to start making choices that are more aligned with our values, we will have a better time of it if we don’t beat ourselves up every time we have to make a compromise.
Food for Thought
No, food won’t solve all our problems, physical, mental, or emotional, but the connection between nutrition and mental health is real—and growing stronger with every new study.
Spice it up!
From a culinary standpoint, both herbs and spices are a great way to flavor food without any added fat, sugar, or salt. They have been used practically FOREVER both medicinally and to preserve food, undoubtedly related to their HIGH ANTIOXIDANT CONTENT.
How to “Eat Better”
We may need to use our brains for a while and make some informed decisions about when, what, and how much to eat while we attempt to get back in touch with our individual needs.