May is full of celebrations from Cinco de Mayo to Mother’s Day to Memorial Day! Time to eat, drink and celebrate right? Right! But with a celebration literally almost every week, you have to learn to celebrate in moderation or by making tweaks to recipes and drinks! This week, leading up to Mother’s Day, we… Read More 5 Tweaks for Moms
Snacking has gotten a bad “rap” over the years! Most people think of snacking as having a candy bar, sitting on the couch with a bag of chips or spooning a pint of ice cream into your mouth, but as a registered dietitian, I am going to argue snacking is healthy and important. It’s all… Read More Conquering the Snack Attack
Do you have a case of the grocery shopping blues? For many of us, grocery shopping is just one more necessary evil in an already hectic schedule. It can be a time consuming and frustrating experience if you don’t have a plan in place. “Shopping the perimeter” of the store is a good place to… Read More 5 Supermarket Savvy Tips
Many people tend to think of juicing or cleanses when someone mentions eating more “green” foods. However, it’s important to consider “going green” as including more produce in general! By increasing the amount of fruits and vegetables consumed in your daily diet, your energy levels and nutrient levels increase too! Each color of fruit or… Read More Tips to Go Green This Spring
Did you get fooled on April Fool’s Day? Though all in good fun, April Fool’s jokes catch most people off guard and often confuses them. In nutrition, the same thing happens all the time. Nutrition marketing fools people to believe the phrases on the package instead of turning the package over to read the ingredient… Read More Don’t Let These 5 Phrases Fool You
It’s springtime and time to start cleaning out the old and brining in the fresh and new! We clean out closets, but it is time to clean out our kitchens too! However, there is no need to waste food. The key is to learn to use what you already have by getting creative. As a… Read More 5 Things to do with Oats Besides Oatmeal
Spring has sprung and summer is on the way! Most women are thinking about the bathing suits they will soon be putting on which often opens the door for fad diets and crazy eating patterns. After all, who cares if you look good in your bikini right? WRONG! A bikini is no fun if you… Read More Spring Clean Your Kitchen – 5 Foods to Toss
It is finally spring! Many women this time of year start thinking about taking off the sweatpants and pulling out the bikinis. With this wardrobe change tends to come crazy fad diets, cleanses and multiple trips to the gym. Women search Pinterest, their favorite magazine or their favorite celebrity’s blog to see how to get… Read More 5 Reasons to Skip the Spring Cleanse
When most people thin bikini eating or summer prep, they think less. Less food, skip meals, smaller portions of everything, but that is not always the answer! In order to lose weight or lean out you have to eat; the key is paying attention to what you eat and how much. The diet world convinces… Read More 5 Foods to Stock to Look and Feel Your Best
From magazines to celebrity interviews to the news, diet myths and fads pop up daily. “Drink this, cut out that, don’t eat after 6pm, etc.” fills the headlines on a daily basis. These myths confuse people into thinking that losing weight and/or being healthy is about doing one thing. Nothing could be further from the… Read More 5 Diet Myths to Ditch
