The Unconventional Dietitian Blog

Personal stories and tips about food, health and wellness.
5 Most Nutritious Vegetables

5 Most Nutritious Vegetables

Adding more vegetables into your daily diet is one of the easiest choices that you can make to improve your health and wellbeing. All vegetables contain many vitamins and minerals that are essential to our health, but it’s no secret that some vegetables are...

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Understanding the Power of Thoughts

Understanding the Power of Thoughts

Have you ever considered the power of thoughts? The idea that thoughts create what happens in your life? That you manifest your life through the things you think about? I first heard this through one of my favorite books, The Celestine Prophecy, and I've...

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Vitamin D – It’s time to Supplement

Vitamin D – It’s time to Supplement

There's been a lot of discussion about vitamin D over the past several years. I used to follow the adage "if you lived below the Mason-Dixon line you were not likely to be vitamin D deficient." Being that I have never lived north of Baton Rouge, LA I thought I was in...

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The Brothery

The Brothery

When we were planning our girls trip to NYC we put together the list of things to do. I had a short list, but top on my list was to visit Brodo Broth Co. I found out about it through an article in the New York Times I read in January and filed it in my “when I get to...

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So, You Want to Change Your Eating Habits?

So, You Want to Change Your Eating Habits?

This summer my 7-year old son decided he wanted to learn how to play the piano. My husband is (sort of) musically inclined, so after careful deliberation we decided to start lessons. During his first lesson he learned the way a piano is set up, the notes, and the very...

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That Little Yellow Airplane

That Little Yellow Airplane

This week on our drive to school we saw the little yellow airplane. It was the airplane we'd seen many times on the trip to Grandma and Pop's house.  It's usually parked in the hanger, but not this time. This time it was zipping through the air as if it were...

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One Simple Step to Getting What You Want

One Simple Step to Getting What You Want

Tonight is bittersweet for me. It's the season finale of American Ninja Warrior. I'm not much of a TV watcher, in fact the joke in my family is that if you want to put me to sleep, put me in front of the TV. However, if you are not familiar with American Ninja...

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My Diagnosis Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis

Last summer I wrote about my humble slump in my health. In short, for the first 6 months of 2014 I was feeling very tired, lousy, unmotivated, and flat. When I realized this was more than lack of motivation and  "just in my head," I learned that my vitamin D levels...

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