Healthy for Life Nutrition Consulting, LLC

09/12/2022

https://www.bonappetit.com/story/merriam-webster-new-food-words-september-2022

The 'what new words made the dictionary' time of year! This year we have plant-based and pumpkin spice among some others. Are you surprised by any of them? Which ones did you already love without needing to see them officially in the dictionary?

Pumpkin spice, birria, and omakase have been added to the dictionary.

03/03/2021

If you have been looking for a an amazing vegan Alfredo sauce, look no further. This is so good! Much more healthy than regular Alfredo! Yummy 😋

This Vegan Alfredo Sauce is a creamy and divine dairy-free version of traditional Alfredo Sauce! The sauce is made easily in your blender!

12/28/2020

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025 are being released during a virtual meeting hosted by the USDA and HHS. Learn more about the "hot of the press" recommendations during the webinar! https://globalmeetwebinar.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1412388&tp_key=8d12046643

12/10/2019

"More protein" is not better. The recommendations made to encourage it are not science-based or evidence-based. They are meat-industry based - all the way back to the 70's and their control of the senate.

Eating more protein daily than what is recommended has little benefit unless a patient is actively losing weight by cutting calories or strength training t

03/10/2019

Very happy to provide resources to clear up bad nutrition information to protect the public.

http://www.bu.edu/today/2019/joan-salge-blakes-new-podcast-spot-on-helps-debunk-bad-advice/

03/05/2019

"Some people think plant-based diet, whole foods diet is extreme. Half a million people a year will have their chests opened up and a vein taken from their leg and sewn onto their coronary artery. Some people would call that extreme."
-Caldwell Esselstyn

02/23/2019

Action of the day: Down the page there is an "ACT" button! Makes it so easy to connect with policy makers! Consider adding your voice to the campaign... https://www.bread.org/2019-offering-letters-congress-better-nutrition-better-tomorrow

Bread for the World’s annual Offering of Letters campaign engages churches, campuses, and other faith communities in writing letters to Congress. Each year, for the focus of the campaign, we choose specific legislation or a legislative emphasis that can make a real difference to people struggling ...

02/21/2019

Plant-based diets are the way to maximize performance and long-term health! https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/1/130

Studies suggest that endurance athletes are at higher-than-average risk for atherosclerosis and myocardial damage. The ability of plant-based regimens to reduce risk and affect performance was reviewed. The effect of plant-based diets on cardiovascular risk factors, particularly plasma lipid concent...

02/13/2019

This is definitely a great thing! There are so many false claims that need to be reigned in.

The agency also announced a crackdown on several supplement makers for improperly selling products that promised to treat Alzheimer's and cancer.

01/28/2019

We must keep this on the level of hot topic! If you have not heard about this report, please take a look. This is the change that needs to be made.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)31788-4/fulltext?utm_campaign=tleat19&utm_source=hub_page

Food systems have the potential to nurture human health and support environmental sustainability; however, they are currently threatening both. Providing a growing global population with healthy diets from sustainable food systems is an immediate challenge. Although global food production of calorie...

01/14/2019

Food marketing claims have always stretched the truth. How many “miracle cures” or “superfoods” have been pitched to us over the years? But some recent trends are taking dishonest marketing tactics to a whole new level. Most people have heard of Genetically Modified Organisms, or GMOs. Altho...

01/01/2019

A word of caution: just because someone in on a podcast or television show sounds authoritative on a topic and has initials behind their name, it is best practice to gather facts on nutrition information. Anyone can call themselves an expert and distribute incorrect, and potentially harmful, information. Keep your inquisitive mind available to consider they may just be offering an opinion instead of information based in science and facts.

11/02/2018

New numbers are in for youth obesity rates - nationally 15.8% between the ages of 10-17 years old meet the criteria for obesity.

09/19/2018

The ideal should never be “as skinny as possible” but rather “as healthy as possible” and are your choices helping you reach your goal?

09/19/2018

We are inundated and surrounded by bad advice from people who are not educated in the science of nutrition, just as we are surrounded by easy cheap food that is killing us and our families.

This article is long but very informative - some quotes that are worth highlighting...

"For 60 years, doctors and researchers have known two things that could have improved, or even saved, millions of lives. The first is that diets do not work. Not just paleo or Atkins or Weight Watchers or Goop, but all diets... The second big lesson the medical establishment has learned and rejected over and over again is that weight and health are not perfect synonyms."

"...in medical school, where, according to a 2015 survey, students receive an average of just 19 hours of nutrition education over four years of instruction—five hours fewer than they got in 2006"

“If you looked at anything other than my weight,” Enneking says now, “I had an eating disorder. And my doctor was congratulating me.”

"Participants who got more than 12 sessions with a dietician saw significant reductions in their rates of prediabetes and cardiovascular risk."

"All of our biological systems for regulating energy, hunger and satiety get thrown off by eating foods that are high in sugar, low in fiber and injected with additives. And which now, shockingly, make up 60 percent of the calories we eat."

For decades, the medical community has ignored mountains of evidence to wage a cruel and futile war on fat people, poisoning public perception and ruining millions of lives. It's time for a new paradigm.

09/18/2018

‪I ❤️ and sharing yummy snacks with nutrition education! ‬

08/03/2018

Children who eat with their families are shown to eat more vegetables, more variety, and healthier overall.

Yes, it can be done. Dietitians share their tips.

07/19/2018

❤️ - great options and great choices! Can’t wait to share the latest! KIND Snacks