Nourish, Nutrition and Diabetes Counseling

01/08/2026

The new 2026 Dietary Guidelines offer a lot of health promoting benefits.
🍎Eat real/whole food, less processed foods
🍗More animal and plant based protein
🥦More fruits and vegetables - 5 servings daily
🥔2-4 servings of whole grains daily
🍓 High fiber foods to promote a healthy gut microbiome
🥗 Limit saturated fats to 10% of daily calories
🍺 Limit alcohol
🍉 Daily Movement
Sounds like a great start to a healthier lifestyle and reducing chronic diseases.

12/10/2025

Sad story!
A child dies and 3 kids hospitalized from following their parent’s strict alkaline diet. The parent’s thought the child’s rapid weight loss was from their body detoxing. Be cautious where you receive your nutrition information and make sure it’s a credible source.

Phoenix police found a 5-month old boy dead after his mother called 911. Prosecutors blame parents for the death and for illnesses of other children.

11/10/2025

High Triglycerides?
A natural approach to lowering triglycerides is adding more Omega 3 Fatty Acids to your diet. Foods high in Omega-3s include:
🐠 Salmon, Mackerel, Herring, Sardines, Tuna
🌱Flaxseeds and Chia Seeds
🥜 Walnuts
🥚 Pasture Raised Eggs
🌱 Brussels Sprouts and Spinach
These foods can provide numerous health benefits to improve your heart health.

10/10/2025

Have you been diagnosed with prediabetes?
✅A1C - 5.7-6.4%
✅Fasting blood sugar of 100-125 mg/dl
If you pursue lifestyle changes when diagnosed with prediabetes you can reduce the onset of Type 2 Diabetes by 60%.

Working with a Registered Dietitian can improve your health and blood sugar control.

Love getting positive reviews from my patients.

06/16/2025

Considering a Carnivore diet? Check out this video.
I see this frequently in patients following a Carnivore diet. A high saturated fat/ low fiber intake often contributes to high cholesterol/ triglycerides long term.
A balanced diet approach with minimally processed foods is ideal for long term success.
Check out Dr. Idz’s page for more evidence based nutrition information.

05/29/2025

Need a new dinner idea?

Salmon is an excellent source of protein and omega 3 fatty acids. Omega 3’s reduce inflammation, improve brain health and reduce triglycerides.

05/22/2025

Need a new idea for breakfast? Try this simple, nutrient packed smoothie.
✅ Protein
✅ Potassium
✅ Fiber
✅ Healthy Monounsaturated Fats
✅Calcium
✅ Vitamin D
✅Omega 3 Fatty Acids
✅ Antioxidants
Try to live in the mindset of addition not restriction when making food choices. What foods can nourish my body the best?

05/20/2025

I help kids get healthier too!

This mom discovered her 11 year old had high cholesterol and triglycerides at his annual doctor’s visit. She scheduled an appointment and we worked together to make healthier choices, eliminate high sugar beverages and increase his physical activity. Focusing on realistic, consistent health habits is essential to improve the health of our kids. Avoid putting kids on diets, skipping meals, fasting and eliminating entire food groups. Children and teenagers that “diet” have a high risk of disordered eating and eating disorders.

05/07/2025

If diets actually worked we wouldn’t need a new one promoted every year. Diets are usually ineffective and some are just dangerous.

The sleepy beauty diet included taking sedatives to induce sleep so you would sleep more and eat less.

The cigarette diet was prescribed by medical doctors in the 1920’s to suppress the appetite and contribute to weight loss. We now know that smoking contributes to lung cancer.

Don’t get caught up in the latest diet trends. Diets do not offer long term solutions, but usually a lot of food rules/ restrictions to temporarily create a calorie deficit. If diets actually worked, there would not be a billion dollar diet industry.

I offer a different approach - intuitive eating. Listening to your bodies natural hunger/fullness cues to guide your food choices.
No counting or tracking calories, macros, points, carbohydrates or fats. If you want to escape the next diet trend and learn more about intuitive eating, message me for more details.

05/06/2025

Diabetes class tomorrow at 1 pm.

Are you or a loved one living with diabetes? Knowledge is power! Join us on Wednesday, May 7 from 1-3 p.m. at the Farmington Public Library for our free Diabetes Education Class.

This free class will provide education on blood sugar monitoring, meal planning, medications management, and lifestyle changes to help people control their diabetes effectively. For questions and to register, please call 573-760-8394.

05/01/2025

Thanks to Amped Lifestyle Gym and Michelle Smith for the opportunity to speak to your workout groups about healthy living this week.

Need a speaker at your next event to discuss diabetes or healthy living? Message me to discuss details.

04/30/2025

Diabetes is often referred to as a silent disease because you don’t usually feel bad unless blood sugars are extremely high or low. However, elevated blood sugar can increase your risk of diabetes complications.

If you have diabetes blood sugar goals are-
80-130 mg/dl before meals
< 180 mg/dl two hours after a meal
A1C < 7%

Need help reaching your blood sugar goals or want to learn how to eat to improve your blood sugar? Message me to schedule an appointment with one of the only diabetes educators in the area.