Personalize your plate – National Nutrition Month March 2021

By Danielle Johnson, RDN, CDN, RYT This year’s National Nutrition Month theme is “personalize your plate,” highlighting the fact that we are all different. While there are basic guidelines on how to be healthy, it can still look very different from person to person. Whether we are looking at your health goals, your culture, or…

Comparison is the thief of joy – social media and self-image

By Barbara Broggelwirth RDN CDN According to Tristan Harris, former design ethicist for Google, rates of suicide and self-harm in preteen and teenage girls have skyrocketed since 2009, the year that social media was first made available on mobile devices.  He states suicide rates increased by 70 percent and self-harm by 189 percent since the…

Choose a healthier plate with MyPlate

By Helaine Krasner, MS, RDN, CSOWM, CDN Every five years since 1980 the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) release an update of their Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA). The DGA is designed for policymakers and nutrition and health professionals to help individuals and their families consume a…

Time to ditch your all-or-nothing mentality

By Gigi Ravenhall, RDN All-or-nothing or black-and-white thinking is a common barrier to long-term success. This way of thinking leads us to give up when things are not perfect or are not what we were expecting them to be. Many all-or-nothing thinkers decide when setting goals that the results must be big or the change…

Nutrition in a pinch: When cooking is not an option

By Michelle Murdolo, MS, RD, CDN Sometimes cooking is just not an option. Maybe you’re going through a home renovation, you don’t have a lot of space, you’re traveling, or maybe you just don’t like to cook! Whatever the reason, there are still ways to make sure your body is getting all the nutrition it…