Nourished Mind Nutrition

10/21/2025

When you're healing from trauma, your nervous system may feel stuck in overdrive—leaving you anxious, exhausted, or disconnected from your body. The good news? What you eat can help. Certain nutrients play a powerful role in calming your nervous system, supporting brain function, and reducing inflammation.

It's not magic, and it's not a quick fix. If you have dealt with trauma, you know that nothing is. But the changes that happen in your physiology because of trauma are very real, and this is where food can come into play.

In this article, I break down how to use food as part of your healing journey.

We'll talk about prebiotic fiber and polyphenols, omega-3 fatty acids, B vitamins, antioxidants, and vitamin D—plus how to put it all together.

When you're healing from trauma, your nervous system may feel stuck in overdrive—leaving you anxious, exhausted, or disconnected from your body. The good news? What you eat can help. Certain...

09/30/2025

Beyond excited to share that my newest continuing education book for dietitians is now available! If you're looking for CEUs and looking to upskill in trauma-informed care, I wrote this for you.

Learn how to take an integrative approach to trauma-informed care to empower healing in your nutrition counseling sessions with this CE course

09/29/2025

Working on a new course for those struggling with IBS. If you'd be interested in a course like this, I'd love to hear from you: What topics would you want to see covered? What questions would you want answered?

09/09/2025

"What's a weight-neutral dietitian?"

I'm glad you asked.

If you've ever felt judged or dismissed because of your body size, you're not alone. Many people in larger bodies face unfair treatment—not just in society, but even in health care settings. This...

07/20/2025

Sharing a recent interview:

Mental health, GI issues, and disordered eating may seem like separate challenges, but they are often interconnected, with each influencing the others in profound ways.

06/23/2025

There's so much misinformation about food sensitivities. Some people (including some medical professionals) don't believe they exist. Others (also including some medical professionals) are terrified of them. If you're a dietitian, you're more than likely seeing people who are concerned about food sensitivities. They deserve data-driven, evidence-based, balanced advice that takes their experience into account, doesn't gaslight them, but also doesn't incite fear and harm their relationship with food.

Check out my article, "Staying Informed on Food Sensitivities," in the most recent Today's Dietitian issue--I hope it helps you and your patients!

Today's Dietitian magazine, the leading news source for dietitians and nutritionists, covering topics such as diabetes management, long-term care, new products and technologies, career strategies, nutrition research updates, supplements, culinary arts, food allergies, fitness, sports medicine, and m...

06/06/2025

Curious how to make your rice safer for yourself and the little ones in your household?

06/03/2025

What you eat affects so much more than just your body - it impacts how you think, feel, and handle stress. These 4 common nutrition mistakes could be holding your mental health back without you even realizing it.
If you're ready to learn how to truly nourish your brain and body, check out my self-paced course designed for better moods, more energy, and real results.
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04/17/2025

For individuals dealing with disordered eating or a difficult relationship with food, food labels can be fraught, to say the least. Information overload about food becomes not just frustrating or confusing, but downright paralyzing.

If you struggle with anxiety about your food choices, my amazing mentee, a graduate student researcher studying ultra-processed foods and health outcomes, has some compassionate words for you. When labels are fraught, can we take a step back and focus more on mindful awareness of how the food makes us feel, gratitude for the enjoyment food can bring, and gentleness with ourselves when we sometimes make choices that don't feel good for our bodies?

https://www.nourishedmindnutrition.com/blog/beyond-the-label-a-compassionate-look-at-ultra-processed-foods-guest-post

03/27/2025

RDs: looking for an update on nutritional approaches to Crohn's disease to support your IBD patients? I'm giving a presentation for Dietitian Central on CD next month, 4/24, or you can catch it on-demand.

Webinar: A Primer on Crohn's Disease for Dietitians

03/19/2025

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By Deb Risden