When to Use Protein Powder versus Aminos versus Eating Protein?
I remember it clearly. I was in nutrition grad school and as part of our program requirements, we needed to see another certified nutrition specialist (CNS) so we had a good feel for how personalized nutrition consultations work. I had by then racked up years of nutrition information. On top of completing several terms of […]
If You’re Not Recovering from Workouts, THIS is probably why…
Several years ago, I trained for and ran the Boston Marathon. I had qualified a couple times before but the timing worked out to go to the race that particular year. If you’re a runner, you’ll know that you have to run a qualifying time in a previous marathon to run the Boston Marathon. Despite […]
Sports Nutrition Supplements and Misleading Marketing Tactics
As a professional in the nutrition industry and an expert in Functional Nutrition and Medical Nutrition Therapy, I am constantly seeing nutrition marketing tactics that promote products most people don’t need. When you’re trying to feel the best in your body, or trying to improve or meet your personal health and performance goals, there’s an […]
Dirty Nutrition Marketing Tactics: Product Labeling and Misleading Food Marketing Tactics
As a professional in the nutrition industry and an expert in Functional Nutrition and Medical Nutrition Therapy, I am constantly seeing what I’ll call “dirty” nutrition marketing tactics. When you don’t feel good in your body because of challenging symptoms or discouragement around weight loss issues, there’s an emotional impact. Marketing departments know this and […]
Dirty Nutrition Marketing Tactics: Product Labeling and the Gluten-Free Diet
As a professional in the nutrition industry and an expert in Functional Nutrition and Medical Nutrition Therapy, I am constantly seeing what I’ll call “dirty” nutrition marketing tactics. When you don’t feel good in your body because of challenging symptoms or discouragement around weight loss issues, there’s an emotional impact. Marketing departments know this and […]
Diet Culture 101: What does Intuitive Eating Mean?
We are entering part five of our series on Diet Culture. If you’re just jumping in with us, it may be helpful to first catch up on the preceding articles: Diet Culture 101: You’re Impacted Even Without Dieting (part 1) Diet Culture 101: Fad Diets + Medical Diets (part 2) Diet Culture 101: Are Detox […]
Diet Culture 101: Three Red Flags to Look Out for When Reading About New Diet Trends
Diet Culture 101: Fad Diets + Medical Diets In last month’s blog article, we spoke about diet culture and will continue excavating some of the problems for your health goals when diet culture starts to dominate your thought patterns and actions. Diet Culture is the belief that our physical appearance, primarily weight, body size and […]
Is There Too Much Sugar in Fruit?
…and are endurance athletes “getting enough” fructose? In the last couple articles, we’ve been breaking down the nutrition confusion surrounding sugar. As a reminder, we don’t demonize food groups at Hope Wellness and we try to instill in you that same relationship with food. Instead, we educate you about what certain foods are doing in […]
How Much Sugar Should We Actually Be Eating Anyway?
With the turning of the calendar to colder months comes the return of holiday spices, cooking cozy meals, and a favorite holiday pastime by many: baking and eating more sweets! We don’t demonize food groups at Hope Wellness and we try to instill that same relationship with food in you, but there are certain foods […]
Supplements and At-Home Testing Kits: Clever Marketing or a Good Health Purchase?
How often these days do you get a promotional email or see a social media “influencer” promoting a health and wellness product that sounds like it’s exactly what you can use? How many of us have a drawer full of supplements we saw an ad or influencer post about that is now just collecting dust […]
