Best Recipe Websites for Meal Prep
Are you stuck in a meal prep rut? It happens to the best of us. No more chicken, broccoli and rice, please!! Having a few go-to websites (or cookbooks) can be handy to keep your meal prep interesting and inspiring. Here are our top three meal prep blogs: Sweet Peas and Saffronhttps://sweetpeasandsaffron.com/ We love this…
Metabolic Adaptation
Why do we often give clients more calories before taking them away?
Many people seek the support of a nutrition coach when they have tried numerous things on their own and have not had long-term success. When we start working with new clients who have a long history of dieting, we often start by bringing their calories up to maintenance. Maintenance is a calculation of how many…
All About Carbs
Determining how many carbs to eat can be one of the most confusing elements of nutrition. There is SO much varying information online about carbs. WHAT ARE CARBS? Carbohydrates are one of the three main macronutrients (along with fat and protein). We get all of our calories from these macronutrients. Carbohydrates can be found in…
Adjusting Your Food Intake for Pregnancy
Pregnancy and breastfeeding are not times when we should be focusing on dieting and weight loss. We should focus on nourishing our bodies and our babies. During pregnancy, some of the vitamins and minerals we need more of include: B vitamins Calcium Iodine Omega 3 Selenium Zinc Most of these vitamins are part of prenatal…
Micronutrient Concerns with Common Diets
There are many different ways of eating out there. From gluten vegan to paleo, many of us have tried several different ways of dieting for general health or losing weight. In this blog post, we are going to explore some of the common ways of eating and what micro-nutrients may be deficient in them. Gluten-Free…
Struggl-ein with Protein?
One of the biggest struggles we see clients facing is with meeting their weekly protein intake goals. Protein is hands down the most important macronutrient for the average person, and it only increases in importance for those with athletic performance or body composition goals. The reason being, it stimulates muscle protein synthesis; getting enough protein…
Holiday Recipe Guide 2021
Only a few more sleeps until Christmas! If you still haven’t solidified your holiday dinner menu, check out some of the recipes that we’ve picked out below. We’ve chosen some creative options as well as a few healthier versions of traditional recipes! Appies Some tasty pre-dinner bites to hold the crowd over while dinner is cooking….
Making the Time for Nutrition
We all make the time for anything that is a priority in our life. Although for most of us, work takes up a large chunk of our waking hours, we still carve out time in the day to do the things that matter: exercise, seeing close friends, or shopping for example. A common challenge we…
Pumped for Pumpkin
Fall is very much in full force, and that means pumpkin season has also made its way back into our lives. Fortunately, like other gourds, this plump and delicious vegetable is highly nutrient-dense and can be easily incorporated into a number of different dishes. Pumpkin is a beta-carotene beast! If you didn’t know, beta carotene is a…
Talk Tahini to Me
Tahini is considered somewhat of a “specialty ingredient,” in these parts, as it isn’t commonly found in supermarkets or local grocery stores. However, in Mediterranean cuisine and often too in Asian, African, and Middle Eastern dishes, tahini is a staple ingredient. It is sometimes referred to as “tahini paste,” though this is technically a redundant…
