The Unconventional Dietitian Blog
Personal stories and tips about food, health and wellness.
cauliflower rice done right
Confessions of a dietitian...I don't really like cauliflower. Many people think that if you are a dietitian you must like everything vegetabley and not like French fries and cookies. That's not necessarily true. While I do like vegetables, cauliflower is not high on...
The Role of Food in Estrogen Dominance
Estrogen is usually only associated with women, but estrogen is present in both women and men – just in different quantities. In women, the ovaries are the main producer of estrogen during the reproductive years. After menopause estrogen is produced by the adrenal...
How the Thyroid & Insulin Work Together
Your body has a symphony of hormones that work together to keep you sane and functioning at your best. This post will focus on how the thyroid and insulin levels work together to keep the melody of your hormones rockin'. A tiny butter-fly shaped gland in your neck has...
The Relationship Between Melatonin and Insulin
Hormones are responsible for regulating your body and all its various functions – metabolism, sleep, growth, and reproduction, to name a few. No single hormone works in isolation. Your hormones interact with each other to regulate your internal environment and...
Use Better (and More) Sleep to Help Maintain a Balanced Diet
Everything you put in your body affects your overall health. But, when you’re working to maintain a well-balanced diet, more than the food you eat influences your success. Sleep, that biological necessity none of us can do without, plays a large role in your appetite...
The Way Cortisol Impacts Insulin
“Stressed” is “desserts” spelled backwards. The astonishing irony is not lost here. Work, finances, health, relationships, are just a few of the many stressors that tend to pile up on our already full plates. As counterintuitive as it may sound, stress is an essential...
Insulin’s Affect on Hormones
Hormones are unique chemical messengers created by glands within the endocrine or hormonal system. When in proper balance, all the hormones in your body participate in a carefully orchestrated dance. When in sync, this dance is responsible for regulating hunger,...
Top 10 Grab-N-Go Foods That Won’t Wreck Your Blood Sugar
I'm all about preparing and planning meals to assure you are getting the most nutritional bang, however sometimes convenience foods are necessary. In our world of grab-n-go, life gets busy and having some snack and meal ideas on hand is exactly what you need to make...
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