Posts Tagged ‘food’
The Hard Thing About Teaching Nutrition
The hard thing about teaching nutrition to college students is that, as far as eating healthy is concerned, they’ve heard it all before. In fact, Michael Pollen’s phrase, “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”– is about the best 3-second nutrition message around. I find myself wanting to repeat this phrase to my students and…
Read MoreWhat should I eat for breakfast?
We nutrition educators go on and on about moderation, nutrients, and calories when all you want is an answer to the simple, What should I eat for breakfast? Let’s do this in the easiest way possible. What should I eat for breakfast? It’s 5 O’clock somewhere. Well, it’s lunch and dinner somewhere too. [Tweet “What should…
Read MoreEating Healthy Shouldn’t Be A Career Choice
Eating healthy shouldn’t be a career choice. ~ Alana Jo Abate Hitchens wrote this too me when we were chatting on Facebook and I thought, Yep, it shouldn’t be. More and more when I’m teaching my Nutrition classes, I find myself teaching my students how to combat the craziness surrounding food. Stick with this post and…
Read MoreA Sneaky Secret About Maintaining or Losing Weight
A Sneaky Secret About Maintaining or Losing Weight Can you believe the balls in that statement, as if I know the secret? I mean really. But, I know one secret and it’s this–you have to be bold to fight against weight gain. Here’s the deal. If we’re talking about weight loss…and who isn’t these…
Read MoreAll you need to know about marketing and losing weight
The only way for food and alcohol companies to make money is if you over eat, binge drink or generally over consume. It’s not enough for companies to get us to try their products we have to consume them regularly and over consume them for profits to continue to rise. So now that you…
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