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Being an Advocate for Nutrition When Nutrition is Confusing
I have the pleasure of working as a preceptor for dietetic internship programs. Allison Hinze worked with me (and my 4-legged office mates) in my practice and wrote a post about her journey to become a nutrition professional and understanding why nutrition is...
Make Your Own Non-Dairy Milk Drink – Like Almond Milk or Oat Milk
Make Your Own Non-Dairy Milk If you are vegan or lactose intolerant, almond and other non-dairy milk drinks are options. Although neither vegan nor lactose intolerant, almond milk was my go-to milk many years ago. I drank it when I was more concerned with calories...
If Avocados are Fruit, is Guacamole a Smoothie?
Once shunned due to its high-fat content, the avocado is now an *it* food and for good reason. Packed with nearly 20 vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients, avocados are a nutrient-rich food. One-third of an average size avocado has about 80 calories and is sodium and...
Coconut Oil Confusion: When to Eat it…When to Avoid
Coconut oil like all oils (olive, sunflower, walnut, canola, etc.) has about 120 calories per tablespoon. It is a fat that’s solid at room temperature, made popular by marketing and unwarranted comparisons to MCT oil.
It’s a highly saturated fat and when planned in an otherwise heart-healthy diet, okay for some but not for everyone. Keep your total saturated fat intake for the day (all food sources combined) to less than 10 percent of total calories (or about 20 grams per day).
Enjoy coconut oil in moderation, so long as you don’t go coco-nutty with its use.
YOU are Enough! Ditch the Diet
The New Year is here and with it the onslaught of resolutions. “This year will be the year when…” Fill in the blank: “I lose weight.” “I start exercising.” Yada. Yada. Yada. How about saying, ditch the diet! Thousands of advertising messages will prey upon people's...
I Used to Know Everything! (Me and the Dunning-Kruger Effect)
I have a confession. I used to know everything about nutrition. I was an expert. I was a victim of the Dunning-Kruger Effect. See, I was a chubby kid—not obese—but carrying enough extra weight where I was teased and picked last for teams in gym class. The summer...
Why I Won’t be Recommending the Ketogenic Diet
The Appeal of the Ketogenic "Keto" Diet (Make sure to read my post about the Keto Hoax and Shark Tank and its follow up: Warning: Don't get scammed by a keto supplement) People seek an arbitrary number on the scale. Why? Where is the branded number on foreheads? Do...
Making Sense of Nutrition News, Part II
As discussed in Making Sense of Nutrition News, Part I, nutrition research and knowledge over the past few decades grew at a staggering rate. I’ve been adjunct (part-time) faculty over 20 years and have a unique perspective of hearing what my students know and...
Making Sense of Nutrition News, Part I
Are you confused about nutrition? If so, I’m not surprised considering the plethora of marketing, advertising, and hype driving our food choices, especially on the internet. To make it even more confusing, you can find snippets of nutrition news, sometimes...
Why My Shoes are Purple – My Secret Weapon for Exercising
My Secret Weapon for Exercising Many love exercising. Many don’t. Many do it because they know they should. Many do it so they can eat what they want. Here's a thought. What would happen if you told an exerciser they could not exercise? Think they would gain...
How to Stop a Snack Attack
On a weekly coaching call in my 12-week BE FREE™ program, Carly discussed challenges with eating. For example, snacking…though she may not be hungry. She was wondering how to stop a snack attack. Typical reasons being she was procrastinating or bored, frustrated, sad,...
For the Love of Beans
Being a preceptor for area internship programs is my way of giving back to the dietetics profession. Texas Woman's University intern Lauren Nygard wrote a guest post during her rotation. Like Lauren, I love beans/legumes and have written several posts about them here...
