The Unconventional Dietitian Blog
Personal stories and tips about food, health and wellness.
Using a Hunger Scale
There are so many different diets that specify what you should eat, how much, and when. However, what is often not addressed in many diet plans is how to actually assess your hunger and become a more mindful eater. Mindful eating is eating with awareness. It's eating...
Frequency and Timing of Meals
While focusing on what to eat for health is truly important, timing of meals also plays a role. Properly timing your meals can help stave off hunger, improve your digestion and energy levels, and assure you meet your daily nutritional requirements. If you are making...
6 “Healthy” Foods That Will Wreck Your Blood Sugar
Your diet choices play a critical role in managing your blood sugar. Even without diabetes, managing blood sugar is the key to good health. Sometimes foods have a “health halo.” This makes them seem like a good idea, but in reality they are causing more trouble than...
Choosing a MultiVitamin Supplement
You've heard of the term macronutrients. These are the nutrients that we eat in large quantities (grams). These are proteins, fats, and carbohydrates. The term micronutrients aren’t as familiar; however they are opposite of macros. This means we need them but in much...
9 Strategies for Sensible Snacking
Snacks. Are they the root of all evil or “the thing” that’s getting you through the days? There are so many reasons that we snack and while we are quarantined with a kitchen full of food they have gotten very easy to reach for. Here are a few hints that can help you...
Endocrine Disruptors
The body’s hormone or endocrine system is a complex system of chemical messengers that help organs communicate with one another. This is a delicate system that requires the hormones to remain in the right balance. But, there are many things in our environment, food,...
Bowel changes during your cycle
You are probably already quite familiar with the commonly accepted symptoms of having your monthly period, like cramping, bloating, and low energy. But, the changes that might occur with your bowel movements are probably not the topic of every day discussion. There...
Sugar Substitutes: What’s best?
Want something sweet without the calories? Wondering about the alternatives to sugar? Sugar substitutes, AKA non-nutritive sweeteners because they contain no nutrients, are natural or artificially made substances that are meant to replace sugar, providing no calories,...
Supplement Dispensary
