Foodie turned Holistic Nutritionist
One of the most common complaints I hear about (and even witness firsthand sometimes) is bloating, which is especially common in women. I want to break down for you why this happens and discuss natural ways to deal with bloating. Because nobody has time for that terrible feeling that your pant button is going to explode off after eating or drinking something.
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Today’s post on Nutritionist Eats is a good indication that listening to your body and giving it what it needs is so important.
I woke up and had a mug of bone broth made in my slow cooker the day before, it was warming and felt exactly like what I wanted. After finishing that, I checked some emails and then started to get ready for another round of my HIIT session. I got through most of it and then had to stop, I felt like I was going to throw up and my stomach was in knots. I think what happened was that I drank too much water (liquids) prior to working out and unfortunately this digestive trouble lasted me all day!…
Growing up as a young woman, I did as many women do, which is over analyze everything about my diet and my looks. I worked out too hard some days to the point of exhaustion and then felt that I had earned the right to have a massive “cheat day” filled with all the foods I swore off during the week. Somehow, I thought that everything would balance each other out and the “healthy” eating I was doing most days outweighed the bag of chips and chocolate and pizza I would eat later. Funnily enough though, nutrition and life don’t work like that. Find out why the term cheat days is a myth…
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Welcome to the second edition of what a nutritionist eats! As always, this is here to inspire you, but never to make you feel bad! This is a glimpse into what I eat one day of the week, not every day, so please keep that in mind….
I think by now we are all mostly aware of how essential probiotics are when it comes to our health, but do you know about prebiotics? This term is often left out of the discussion when we talk about gut health, but in actuality are necessary and go hand in hand with probiotics. Today I am going to break down for you what prebiotics are and why prebiotics for skin health are so essential.
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Almost everyone I know wants whiter, brighter teeth, including me. But I don’t want to rely on commercial toothpastes to get that look as they often have fluoride or other chemicals in them that personally I prefer not to have. So what is a girl to do? I have been following this ancient Ayurvedic technique called oil pulling to clean my mouth and at the same time, it has been whitening and brightening my teeth! Let’s discuss what this is, how it works and how you can do it too.
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How do you feel about the term ‘superfoods?’ For me, it really just means foods that are a nutritional powerhouse in terms of nutrients, vitamins, minerals and/or antioxidants. Including more of them in your everyday diet can do wonders for your health and wellness beyond just feeling great. By incorporating them in your daily life, you can start to feel the difference that real food can make and that is really one of my biggest goals after all.
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As a Holistic Nutritionist, I am always asked about particular foods and whether or not they are health promoting or not. I really don’t like to label foods as “good” or “bad” but there are some foods that I personally don’t have in my home and if I don’t have them in my home, I don’t think you would want them in your home. It’s not about attaching a label to something, it is simply about incorporating the best foods that make you feel amazing and leaving out the ones that tend to not make you feel so great. Perhaps you may not even realize that the food itself is better left out of your kitchen and it is my goal to educate and inspire always.
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Whenever I tell people I am a nutritionist, they have all sorts of questions about what foods are healthy and what aren’t. They are usually pretty surprised to find out that some of the foods they thought were unhealthy are actually healthy and vice versa. Clever and sometimes misleading marketing all play a role in the often times confusing world that is nutrition. So it is my goal to get back to basics, enjoy real food and discover the truth about several food myths. Come check out these five foods that are actually healthy and should be included in your life!
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We’ve all been there at one point in our lives where we try some sort of new diet with the very best intentions to lose weight, drop those stubborn last few pounds and get in shape. So how come that even with these best intentions, diets still fail? Why don’t these diets actually work the way they say they will, is it just that you don’t have enough willpower or is it more than that? Dieting doesn’t work for a variety of reasons and it’s about time we change our mentality on why this happens rather than simply blame ourselves for being weak or unmotivated. Let’s look at why diets fail and what we can do instead.
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