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The Battle of the Milks
The interest in non-dairy milks has sky rocketed. This is for a variety of reasons. Choosing the best milk or plant-based milk can be challenging, with the wide variety of options on the market. While all types of milk are equivalent when it comes to calcium and vitamin D, let me help you compare their nutritional content and outline their respective controversies.
How to Expertly Navigate the Yogurt Aisle
The yogurt aisle is the most confusing and overwhelming aisle to navigate at the grocery store! It’s definitely the section I spend the longest time in. The yogurt aisle isn’t what it used to be – greek yogurt has recently taken over a sizeable chuck of the refrigerator case, leaving non-greeks to compete for the remaining real estate. Meanwhile, both greek and non-greek yogurts are branching out with new claims, nutrient content, flavours, ect.
Modern Wheat and Gluten Intolerance
An increasingly larger percentage of the general population are reporting problems caused by gluten ingestion, whether it is due to celiac disease or gluten intolerance. What is the cause of this? Experts believe that human modification to wheat has made it better, more robust crop. However, could this modification to the wheat crop be accountable for the rise in celiac disease and gluten intolerance?
Choosing the Right Fluids Post-Exercise
Hydration is critical to athletic performance – dehydration is one of the most common reasons for early fatigue during exercise. It takes as little as losing 2 % of your body weight for the performance to suffer. Fluids such as coconut water, chocolate milk, sports drinks and plain ol water have been featured for recovery post-exercise. What type of fluid should we be drinking and when?
Breakfast Makeover: Protein-Pumped Recipes Your Family Will Love
With my weight loss clients, one of the biggest things I discourage is missing a significant amount of protein at breakfast. Why?
Packing in the protein at the beginning of the day helps regulate our hunger hormones throughout the day, so we don’t feel like bingeing on all the food once we get home at the end of the day. We also need to remember there is an upper limit for how much protein our bodies can use at one time, therefore it is helpful to spread our protein throughout the day.
How Do I Know I Have a Food Allergy? (+What To Do Next) Part 1
We live in a time where food allergies and intolerances are more prevalent than ever before. In my practice I see a ton of allergies and intolerances.
Healthy BBQ Swaps Part 2: Treats + Added Nutrition
It’s no surprise that we over-consume and over-treat ourselves at summer BBQ gatherings. I discuss this more in Part 1 of this series – if you missed it click here.
Healthy BBQ Swaps Part 1: BBQ Lentil Stuffed Sweet Potato
Summer is here and that means BBQ season is in full force! However, unfortunately BBQ season can make it easy to sabotage our healthy eating efforts.
Cauliflower Veggie Fried Rice [Recipe Video]
You know that I love vegetables – roasted, baked, raw, steamed, you name it. But I have a confession to make – sometimes I get tired having veggies those ways. And so do my clients.
