Healthy Eating

Emotional eating is a complex behavior that involves using food as a means to cope with emotional distress or seek comfort. It can have profound effects on both our physical and emotional well-being. Understanding the causes…

It’s no secret that what we eat has a direct impact on our overall health and well-being throughout our lives. Healthy choices help our bodies to function well, and also help us to fight disease. What is less well known? What we eat becomes…

Food additives are everywhere; from the cereal we eat to the snack we grab on the go. While many are considered safe, others raise important questions about long-term health. I would like to help you understand how these substances interact with your body and help you make smarter, more confident food choices…

Are you sick and tired of hopping on and off the diet hamster wheel, but you want to be a comfortable, healthy weight? If you are serious about losing weight, the only way to get permanent results is by changing your eating habits. The key is to ditch the eating habits that cause you to gain weight…

There is a quiet freedom that comes with this season of life. We trust our inner wisdom more deeply. We listen to our bodies more closely. And we begin choosing what truly nourishes us. Intermittent fasting (IF) can be a beautiful ally in that listening. I love it…

If you keep “fighting yourself” around food and exercise, it’s usually not a willpower problem – it’s competing motivations in your brain, and the one with the strongest feeling wins in the moment. If you’re a smart woman, this is the part that makes you feel extra irritated…

There is an old saying that “women make good cooks, but men make better chefs.” Setting aside the inaccuracy of this statement, it does tell us something important about the way that society looks at the roles of men and women in the kitchen. Did you know that there are many famous female chefs in the world?

You may be thinking, “Well, this is an easy question. Simply reduce or eliminate the amount of saturated and hydrogenated fats, refined sugars, and total calories you consume at a meal,” and you would be right, and we should all work to achieve…

I remember the first time I floated a 5 pm dinner to friends. I expected my invite text would prompt an urgent “Is everything okay?” phone call. Or a sarcastic, “Are we so old we need the early bird special?” Instead, my phone buzzed back almost immediately: “We’d LOVE it!” – capital letters and all…

As a Registered Dietitian, I specialize in helping people lose weight and keep it off. And here’s one of the biggest truths I’ve learned over time: Weight loss isn’t just about what you take out of your diet. It’s also about what you put in…