If you’ve considered working with a nutritionist but aren't sure if it’s for you (or if you’re worried I’m just going to put you on a scale, hand you a rigid meal plan, and send you off with a belittling lecture), let’s clear the air.
Here are four reasons to add a licensed nutritionist to your care team and how, together, we can make food feel good again. Because you are allowed to eat what you enjoy and enjoy what you are eating.
Read MoreSeasonal changes always tend to be a little bumpy. Be it what to wear or what to eat, it is hard to remember what worked last year. Spring, as we transition from long dark winter to brighter days, can feel particularly jarring.
From a diet-culture view this is also the time that “spring detoxes” start to gain steam. Diet culture is predictable; it capitalizes on these moments of uncertainty to make us collectively feel bad about our bodies and worried about our health.
But we aren't doing that here. Instead of a "cleanse," let's talk about a refresh.
Read MoreThis post was first written in 2021, but my view on meal planning has evolved since then. Through my own recovery from rigid, orthorexic eating patterns and my work as a clinician, helping others find confidence in food without restriction, I’ve learned that a “perfect” plan is often the enemy of a sustainable one.
I still contend there are as many ways to meal plan as there are meals in a week. The key is finding what works for you.
The single biggest factor in long-term health isn't a specific diet but rather eating a wide variety of foods consistently. To do that without losing your mind, you need a system—not a set of rules.
Read MoreWhether you are single and cooking feels like a hassle for just one person, or a parent fielding a million questions a day (why do we have eyebrows?) along with alllllll the household food opinions, we’ve all been there: staring into the fridge, too tired to think, too hungry to wait (bonus points for a toddler in meltdown).
And that is just dinner. It is easy to feel resentful of the fact that we need to eat so many damn times each day.
Read MoreAs you begin to explore the anti-diet or Intuitive Eating arena, a specific kind of confusion often sets in. You might find yourself wondering things like:
"If I’m anti-diet, does that mean I’m never allowed to eat a salad or go for a run again? Am I a 'bad' anti-dieter if I actually enjoy vegetables?"
It’s a valid question. Because diet culture has hijacked health behaviors for so long, we have been conditioned to believe that kale and cardio are merely tools for body manipulation. Why would we ever hold a plank if not to shrink our waistlines?
Read MoreWhen people first hear about rejecting diet culture, the idea of intuitive eating or adopting a non-diet/anti-diet approach, the reaction is rarely, “Cool, tell me more, this is the answer I have been looking for.”
More often, the idea sets off flashing red warning lights and a loud “Danger, Danger!” siren, followed by a list of objections that might sound suspiciously like your own internal monologue.
Approaching food and your body through this lens requires deep work to unlearn and untangle messages so ingrained you might not even realize they are there.
Read MoreMy first true nutrition “a-ha moment” was learning about the blood sugar rollercoaster in a group nutrition class. It felt like the secret to fix my body, the one I was hoping to learn in my dietetics undergraduate program, but didn’t. When I started eating to stabilize blood sugar, I almost immediately felt less anxious, slept better, and had more energy.
I learned blood sugar can impact everything from your energy levels to your mood and is particularly relevant for those with insulin resistance, Type 2 diabetes, PCOS, or those navigating perimenopause.
Read MoreYou might be surprised to learn that fiber is actually a type of carbohydrate. Despite what you may hear from some health and wellness influencers, carbohydrates are an important part of a balanced diet and fiber is a key reason why.
Read MoreIf you have been around here for a while you may have noticed a change in the language used to describe Whole You Nutrition. In the past few months, I have updated business materials including the website to explicitly state “anti-diet gentle nutrition.” You might be wondering, what exactly does anti-diet gentle nutrition mean?
Read MoreConsidered by some to be an “easy fix,” these drugs have to potential to exacerbate anti-fat bias. The affordability, spotty insurance coverage, and the fact it won’t work for everyone (either because it simple doesn’t work or the side effects are untenable), or someone simply doesn’t care to take a medication, means these biases will unduly impact those with marginalized identities including those in larger bodies, POC, trans folks, and those with lower socioeconomic status.
Read MoreThe idea behind eating the rainbow is to get a variety of different foods on your plate each day. Did you know the color of your food can give a hint as to what health promoting phytonutrients it contains? Here I will breakdown the color code so you can learn the benefits of adding ROY G BIV to your meals and snacks.
Read MoreIt is important to keep in mind a few things as we navigate detox and cleanse messages during this time of year. First, our body has a pretty amazing system in place that detoxes your body on the daily. And second, all those packages of juices, shakes, and supplements are trying to profit off your fears. The very same fears that those products are perpetuating in their marketing. One way to avoid the pitfalls of very convincing messages cultivated to help us part with our hard-earned dollars in exchange for a box of green juice or a canister of powder is to know more about how the body works.
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