As I’m writing this, I just learned that my son’s school will be closed the next two days in response to the coronavirus. This news is one of many closures and event cancellations that have been announced. So while I had this post in mind for some time, I’m filing it in with some urgency…
Wellness
Five easy ways to get more veggies into your diet
If there’s one thing that nutrition and health professionals (barring the carnivore dieters) can agree on is that we need to eat more vegetables. Most Americans are not getting enough in their diets. Vegetables offer us fiber, cancer-fighting antioxidants, vitamins and minerals, and just plain delicious-ness for our tastebuds! Besides your dinner side salad or…
Should you eat breakfast or skip it?
Today we’re going to talk about breakfast. The most important meal of the day? Or something to be skipped in the name of intermittent fasting? When I talk to my clients, I often see a similar pattern of skipping breakfast and powering through to lunch. Who has time for breakfast?? Coffee counts right? Does this…
Healthy road trip snacks to get you through long drives
As a kid when we went on a road trip, my mom would pack her staples – a rice cooker, large pack of instant ramen noodles, packs of dried seaweed, and fruit as snacks in the car. Pit stops at McDonalds and gas station convenience stores kept us fueled until the destination. One thing I…
What is a health coach?
If you’ve been following with me here you might know that a year ago I became a certified integrative nutrition health coach. I had found a calling that I didn’t even know existed! So you might be thinking, that’s great! But what do you do!? In a nutshell, as a health coach I support clients…
Healthy Upgrades to your Grocery Staples
The word convenience and healthy food doesn’t always go together. Eating a real food diet – which is optimal for your health – does take time and mental commitment to have fresh foods in stock and cooking in the kitchen. Luckily we live in an age where the consumer demand is resulting in healthier food…
Back to basics with real food
I often get asked about what I eat. And when I say everything, some people are surprised. “You’re not vegan?” they ask? “Sometimes,” I reply. If there is a diet that describes my lifestyle now, it would be the real food movement, plant-forward, flexitarian, pegan and traditional food. But these labels don’t really matter to…
Spring Cleaning beyond your home
It’s finally Spring! When the weather starts warming up we naturally have the inclination to follow nature’s suit and change up the scenery. Maybe you’re inspired by Marie Kondo-nation and will use the momentum to spring clean and declutter your home. Awesome, do it! It’s the best thing, not just for your home decor, but…
Do you have a salty-tooth? What does it mean and how to curb those salt cravings
Give me a bag of chips or a bowl of cheese crackers and I’m good. My vices are linked to my salt cravings. There’s a lot of media attention around sugar and cravings around sweet treats, but what about salty cravings? If you’re with me on preferring the savory, read on. Why do we have…
The power of living seasonally and habit shifts to make for fall
I recently read a book called “Change your schedule, change your life” by Ayurvedic doctor Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar and it hooked me into the topic of chronobiology. The book addresses how our circadian rhythms adjust to light and temperature which affect our sleep, mood, immunity levels, weight and a host of other things. When the seasons change, our…