Nutrition for Injury and Recovery

Nutrition for Injury and Recovery

Nutrition for Injury and Recovery        “How do I eat when I’m recovering from an injury/surgery?” This can be a challenging time for most people whether you are an athlete or not. Being laid up over a sprain, inflamed joint, or surgery, is just no...
BCAA’s: What’s the hype?

BCAA’s: What’s the hype?

BCAA’s: What’s the hype?   Lately, I’ve been receiving a lot of questions about BCAA’s. And more specifically about all the BCAA supplements. First, let’s talk about what BCAA’s are? There are 20 different amino acids that make up all the different...
What is Nutritional Yeast?

What is Nutritional Yeast?

What is Nutritional Yeast?  Recently I received an inquiry from a client around nutrition yeast. What the heck is this stuff? I usually only talk about this with my vegan clients because it is a naturally high source of vitamin B12 and vegans have a very limited food...
Meal Planning Basics!

Meal Planning Basics!

Meal Planning Basics!   Meal planning is almost the number one nutrition related stressor of most of my clients. We don’t want to plan, we are tired, everyone wants to eat something different etc. It can feel overwhelming. First, I think many of us are too hard...
Sugar Substitutes

Sugar Substitutes

Sugar Substitutes   This is a topic that comes up often! And with so many products incorporating, there’s good reason to get to know them better! With that being said, this is not a blog to promote or encourage use of them. I write about these for education...