Tag: nutrition
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Protein Bean Brownies
I discovered this yummy recipe when I was looking for ideas to use up a pack of beans that was about to expire…
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The Body Signs Series – #1 Cracked Tongue
So let’s start with the tongue. It is often one of the first areas of the body to show signs of nutrient deficiencies.
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Salmon fishcakes
Salmon fishcakes recipe. These salmon patties are great for entertaining family and friends. They are gluten-free and dairy-free, and work wonderfully well as a healthy main dish with a side of steamed or roasted veggies. I love that they can be batch-cooked and frozen, making meal prep deliciously easy!
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Calorie Counting – Is It Really That Important?
The short answer would be ‘it depends’. If you have had even the tiniest of experiences in weight loss or ‘toning’ your body (i.e. building muscle) you would have been told to stick to your daily calorie target. You would also have been told about the concept of ‘calories in’ vs. ‘calories out’. In order…
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What is Functional Nutrition and Why Should You Care?
Nutrition – the word itself conjures images of strict diets and weight scales, doesn’t it? And yet nutrition is about a lot more than just that. Over the years nutrition has started taking a more prominent spot in the worlds of health and medicine. Not just in the treatment of digestive diseases, but for a wide…
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Is Your Food Making You Depressed?
No, I don’t mean that “boring, bland, diet food” (although healthy food is not boring, but more on that later). What I’m talking about is your standard food intake. You know, the “wholegrain” sandwich and pasta, the takeaway pizza, the “healthy” rice bowl or potato mash – those kind of things. How can they make…
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What is Alternative Medicine and Where does Nutrition Fit?
Alternative medicine has been on the rise for several decades now and it seems that it will keep growing in the foreseeable future. The most recent addition to the alternative medicine family is Functional medicine. Why is it different? Because it offers something traditional medicine doesn’t – that is working on the body as a…
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New Year What? A Different Reality on Being a Healthier You
Instagram makes it seem like everyone is smashing through their workouts and joyfully gulping down their protein and detox shakes, as if they have magically erased all memory of the delicious smell of pizza and the rich taste of burgers… But the reality is often different (for me, and I hope for many others). One…
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Why Sticking to a Diet is Hard These Days
First of all, I hate the word diet. It is terribly close to the word “die” and exudes connotations of great struggle and suffering. Oh, and I love food. The poor word has been so badly abused by the media and health & food industry that it has now become our second nature to associate…
English Speaking Nutritionist in Florence, Italy 