The holiday season is here, and it wouldn’t be complete without lavish dinners, potlucks with friends, and festive happy hours. While everyone has their own methods, self-control often precedes the indulgence of holiday treats at these gatherings, manifesting as behaviors such as skipping meals or skimping on calories — only to throw all caution toContinue reading “Work with your Body to Enjoy your #HolidayEats, Guilt-Free”
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Exploring Food Cravings
You know the drill. You are going about your day as usual: wake up, eat, get dressed, drive to work or school, converse with colleagues, eat, check social media… Then, seemingly out of nowhere, your brain is fixated on a desire for a certain (usually deemed “unhealthy”) food. Your mouth begins to salivate as youContinue reading “Exploring Food Cravings”
To Try or Not to Try: Whole30
This post is part of the “To Try or Not to Try” blog series. Written by a registered dietitian (RD) or dietetic intern, each post explores the claims and science surrounding a different dietary pattern or trend. After compiling this research, each RD or RD2be gave the diet a grade based on whether it appearsContinue reading “To Try or Not to Try: Whole30”
To Try or Not to Try: Weight Watchers
This post is part of the “To Try or Not to Try” blog series. Written by a registered dietitian (RD) or dietetic intern, each post explores the claims and science surrounding a different dietary pattern or trend. After compiling this research, each RD or RD2be gave the diet a grade based on whether it appearsContinue reading “To Try or Not to Try: Weight Watchers”
To Try or Not to Try: Juice Detoxes
This post is part of the “To Try or Not to Try” blog series. Written by a registered dietitian (RD) or dietetic intern, each post explores the claims and science surrounding a different dietary pattern or trend. After compiling this research, each RD or RD2be gave the diet a grade based on whether it appearsContinue reading “To Try or Not to Try: Juice Detoxes”
Four Assumptions about Weight, Health, and Eating that We Need to Extinguish
Featured on the Mindful Monday blog series on the “Nutrition with Jenny” blog site: https://thedangdietitian.wordpress.com/2017/10/02/four-assumptions-about-weight-health-and-nutrition-that-we-need-to-extinguish/ With a roughly $60 billion dieting industry, increased reports of body dissatisfaction, and endless attempts to lose weight, it’s clear that people in 21st century America are obsessed with appearance and dieting (1-4). Is this obsession warranted, or does the researchContinue reading “Four Assumptions about Weight, Health, and Eating that We Need to Extinguish”
An Open Letter from Your Body
Despite all of the evidence stacked against dieting, it is still promoted in so many different manifestations. Diets, meal plans, and food rules are so alluring because they are often sold with a promise of happiness, acceptance, control, and success. In reality, nutritious, health-promoting dietary patterns look different for all people, but they all possessContinue reading “An Open Letter from Your Body”
Thoughts on “Low-Carb” Diets
Recently, I’ve received a lot of questions about eating for exercise, most involving protein – how much to eat, when to eat it, the best protein supplements, etc. Most people are surprised to hear that while protein is certainly an important piece of the puzzle, the main nutrition component to consider for exercise is carbohydrates.Continue reading “Thoughts on “Low-Carb” Diets”
Finding Gratitude Amongst the New Year’s Resolutions
Featured on Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/586d43d5e4b014e7c72ee58d?timestamp=1486271054919 I’m laying on the couch at 11:42 pm on a Tuesday night, wrapped in a Slanket (the gloriously soft and pocket-filled QVC version of a Snuggie), with Starship Troopers playing on the TV. I haven’t paid much attention to the movie, aside from a brief glance in which I noticed an appearanceContinue reading “Finding Gratitude Amongst the New Year’s Resolutions”
How My Body Became a Manifestation of a Life I Love
Featured on Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-my-body-became-a-manifestation-of-a-life-i-love_us_584a0d2be4b0016e50430292?timestamp=1481248288752 Many spiritual and religious teachings focus on — for a lack of a better term — going with the flow. Work hard, eat, drink, and be merry. Whatever will be, will be. As many humans can probably relate to, letting go of control is, and always has been, difficult for me.Continue reading “How My Body Became a Manifestation of a Life I Love”
