Here’s what you need to know about blood sugar monitoring. Blood sugar monitoring (for people without diabetes) seems to be the latest diet trend. But do we really need to focus on foods that keep blood sugars stable? Here’s what you need to know about blood sugar “spikes” and whether you should monitor your blood sugar levels.   What are blood sugar spikes? In those without diabetes, our blood sugars will naturally increase after eating. Our body responds by releasing more insulin (a hormone) into our bloodstream. Insulin is like a key that allows the sugar to enter into our cells where ..read more

Here’s what you can do to stop overeating and feel good around food Overeating just means to eat more than your body needs or more than feels comfortable. However the term overeating is often used to imply there is a correct amount to eat and eating more than this is… well bad or glutinous. But eating is not so black and white. Here’s how to know if you are overeating and what you can do to feel good around food.   What is overeating? When I work one-on-one with clients, I hear different perspectives on what overeating feels like. For many, the constant worry of eating too much has trigge ..read more

Emotional eating and obsessive food thoughts can result from poor mind-body connection in eating. As we understand more about the benefits of mediation, yoga and other practices that support mind-body connection, we are typically taught to distrust our body when it comes to eating. Food rules and body ideals are still more trusted than our own body’s wisdom to eat intuitively. But mind-body connection is also a powerful tool in being able to peacefully nourish our bodies without stressing over food. If you experience obsessive food thoughts, cravings, emotional eating or a stressful relat ..read more

And how to have healthier food thoughts so you can stop feeling out-of-control around food Do you ever feel in a fight between your body and your mind? Maybe your mind is telling you to eat the good food but your body wants the bad food. As a registered dietitian I know a lot about the importance of nutrition for our health. I also know a lot about the importance of food pleasure for our health. When it comes to healthy eating, there’s no such thing as good and bad. Here’s why foods are not good and bad and how you can have healthier food thoughts to fuel healthier eating.   Food provides ..read more

These healthy eating phrases can fuel an unhealthy relationship with food Food language is powerful because it tells us how a food should make us feel. It tells us how we will be judged. And it tells us if we are a good or bad person for eating this food. The problem is that food doesn't just give us nutrients, it serves us socially, emotionally and culturally. When we use language that moralises food, it can hurt us socially, emotionally and culturally. Have you ever: Had a craving for a food you know is bad so then eating it makes you feel crippled with guilt? Not had the energy to cook who ..read more

And how to find long lasting food freedom As a dietitian I’ve seen first hand how most people know what to do when it comes to nutrition, but when it comes to how to eat, they feel stuck. They crave the foods they know to be unhealthy They struggle to stick to the portion sizes they know to be right They struggle to separate food from their emotional and social needs But struggling to follow these food rules is not the real problem. An unhealthy relationship with food is the problem. All the rules and advice you are trying to follow, is not meant for you.   Let’s imagine for a moment, I ..read more

Do you experience obsessive food thoughts? Here’s how to quieten the food noise. Do you think about food all the time? It’s human to think about food periodically through the day, such as before a meal or when you are starting to get hungry. But, it’s not normal to be constantly thinking about food.  Sometimes referred to as “food noise”, constant food thoughts are exhausting and stressful. This is how you can learn to quieten the noise and have more headspace for life.  What is food noise? Here's some examples of what food noise may feel like: Constant worrying about what you hav ..read more

6 signs intuitive eating may be your answer to finding food freedom. Are you always looking up the latest food trends? Do you struggle to consistently follow your latest diet? Perhaps you experience emotional or out of control eating? Or you have spent many years trying to lose weight only to gain it all back? If you relate to any of this, your answer to feeling good around food may be less about what you should eat and more about connecting with your own body's needs. This is how to tell if you need a diet plan or intuitive eating to finally feel good around food.   Intuitive eating vs a ..read more

And 6 common lies diet culture tells us about health.   You want to stop obsessing over food and finally stop hating your body. But you also know that your body is not healthy and needs to be changed. You live in a diet culture, we all do. A world which makes us second guess our own bodies and food choices so we spend unnecessary money on health and weight loss. Our diet culture will always try to convince us we are not enough and that we need diet foods and services instead. Keep reading to learn how diet culture can make you second guess what you really need to be healthy and what you c ..read more

From a registered dietitian, this is why weight loss dieting for your health can be just as harmful as dieting for body image. You don’t want to diet, but you’ve been told you need to lose weight for your health. Even when the focus is health, weight loss diets usually end in failure and, even worse, damage our body image and relationship with food. Dieting is not the answer to making health changes although there are many ways we can support our health goals without stressful diet rules. Here we explore if dieting can improve our health, why we hear this advice all the time and what ..read more