When working with clients, most of the time I discover that in their efforts to “eat better” they’re really doing their body a disservice and underfueling. The way our energy balance works is that we take in calories from food and our bodies burn calories through activity, digestion and other...
One of this week’s key topics for National Nutrition Month® is keeping healthful ingredients on hand. This falls right in line with what I wanted to share related to what’s going on in our community and being prepared at all times. We can really use this time to learn some valuable life lessons.
As of January 2020, large companies have been required to update their nutrition facts labels. By January 2021, smaller companies will have to do the same thing. There are some exceptions but by July 2021 all labels should reflect these changes.
I’ll explain those changes here and review how to use a nutrition label to your advantage.
We’re a week into 2020, do you have your resolutions in place? Don’t worry, me either. I won’t lie, I was thinking about how I have things I would like to accomplish in 2020 and started to panic that I haven’t had the chance to get these things written down...
The latest food and nutrition-related documentary on Netflix, The Game Changers, is one promoting a plant-based diet for athletes. Pardon me being late to the party on this one. I wasn’t going to watch this film. Then I started seeing the uproar that was the social media attention the film...
Chronic diseases are among the most preventable of disease, yet account for 70% of deaths among Americans each year. The cost of chronic disease far exceeds normal health costs, so why are we not prioritizing our health?
Do you blame your plateaus and lack of further weight loss on your slow metabolism?
That has to be it, right? Maybe you just aren’t gifted with the fast metabolism that others have…
So the new tagline for the website and my brand is “Fueling every level of athlete.” So who is an athlete?
If you follow me on social media, you know that I recently finished up a nutrition challenge at The Pursuit in Frankenmuth.
Some of the participants gave me permission to share their individual results and some shared words related to their experience. I have been posting these on my social media weekly, but here is a compilation of all of those results!