Nutrition Unmeasured

Today's self care episode is all about alcohol. Can it play a role in self care? Sumner Brooks join us to talk about her experience with alcohol, and how quitting has changed her life for the better. Patreon | Love what you're hearing? Help fund ongoing episodes through donations as little as $1/month. Learn more here! Leave a review | When you leave a five star iTunes review, it helps others with...

Jennifer Anderson, a registered dietitian, joins Gina and Nicole on today's episode to talk on the topic of choosy eaters and how to appropriate rear and nudge littles into being more accepting eaters. Jennifer has a masters of science in public health from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. In 2019, she founded Kids Eat in Color, a resource that helps families feed their children from their f...

Continuing our once monthly series on self-care, this episode all on digital wellness. Also known as Digital Health, it is the pursuit of an intentional and healthy relationship with technology, both in the workplace and in personal life. With the reliance on the internet and digital devices, the goal of Digital Wellness is to promote and develop healthy use habits and assist users in maintaining...

On today's show, Nicole chats with the ever-popular and inspirational Colleen Christensen, RDN all on the topic of "healthy" ingredient swaps and intuitive cooking. Where does the rubber meat the road with being mindful of health while preparing meals that align with intuitive eating? Colleen helps break it down! Patreon | Love what you're hearing? Help fund ongoing episodes through donations as l...

We're slaying our reading goals, involved in book clubs, and listen to audiobooks, too! We've got lots of recommendations to spice up your summer reading list including recommendations from many genres of books: fiction, non-fiction, mystery/thriller, memoir/autobiography, self-help/self-care, and BRAD (beach read after dark, AKA romance or smut!!). Learn more about what books we loved and grow yo...

When we think about being nurturing, we tend to focus on ways we can nurture others, but self-nurturance is just as important (if not more so!).  Today we dish about how we nurture ourselves, as an important part of our self-care practices. Patreon | Love what you're hearing? Help fund ongoing episodes through donations as little as $1/month. Learn more here! Leave a review | When you leave a five...

Finding time to prepare healthier meals for our families can sometimes (or always) be overwhelming, especially during the busy work week! Find out some of Nicole and Gina's favorite go-to nutrient dense meals and snacks for the whole family; grab your pen and paper (just kidding, you can scroll and find all the links ;)! Enjoy! Patreon | Love what you're hearing? Help fund ongoing episodes through...

Raising an Intuitive Eater just got a bit easier, with the new book How to Raise An Intuitive Eater, by Sumner Brooks and Amee Severson, both Registered Dietitians and moms. Today Gina interviews Sumner about a range of topics, including whether it's possible to raise an Intuitive Eater when you're still struggling yourself, and how to pull back the reins of control when it comes to your kids food...

Nourishment is an important part of self care.  Giving your body food and water, in adequate amounts, especially during stressful times, will keep you healthy and thriving.  It can be hard to nourish your body when you aren't feeling your best, but it's also hard to feel your best when you aren't nourishing your body!  Today we discuss our best ways we like to stay nourished, even when we are sick...

Sally Kuzenchak is a Columbus, Ohio dietitian you may have heard of as the author of the very successful blog; Real Mom Nutrition.  Sally is passionate about helping parents with choosey eaters (and that means all parents!) and also shedding light on the fear mongering out there in the media, with regards to food.  Sally is a great resource for recipes, simple nutrition tips, and realistic nutriti...

Neither of us are vegetarian, but we both love a good meatless recipe. Recently we each made a couple of our favorite meatless (or completely plant based) recipes, then swapped recipes with each other. Tune in to hear our favorites and what we did to modify them to perfection. For this American Heart Month, consider adding these to your vegetarian recipe collection!  Patreon | Love what you're hea...

Body acceptance is something we have discuss on the podcast, but not in depth. Today we have the privilege of having Certified Body Trust prodiver, Kristina Bruce, on our podcast. We dish about the difference between body acceptance and "loving your body", whether it's healthy to accept your body at any weight, and whether you can have body acceptance but also do things like Botox and fillers. We...

Beyond what society generally associates with weight loss (improved health and appearance, wrong or not!), there may be potential benefits to maintaining or achieving a weight that supports living your best life. The question then becomes, is the pursuit of weight loss a form of self-care, or perhaps not so much when the focus is on eating intuitively and working towards body acceptance? Tune in t...

Big, messy topic. Why not tease the episode with a quote, "In a culture that places so much emphasis on physical appearance, and weight in particular, it’s no surprise that many people have a love-hate relationship with the size of their bodies...but what happens when a dietitian’s weight issues aren’t a thing of the past? Can dietitians who have been trained in diet and nutrition be effective nut...

Not long ago our only option was the microwave or oven, but now the options are endless as far as how to cook your favorite meals and recipes.  Today we dish about our air fryers and pressure cookers. We discuss pros, cons, and go over our favorite recipes using both of these household must-haves. Patreon | Love what you're hearing? Help fund ongoing episodes through donations as little as $1/mont...

With so many images shoved in our faces of women postpartum who seem to "bounce back" and have it all, it's no wonder we become obsessed with doing the same.  The truth is, every woman's body changes after having a baby, and it continues to change with subsequent pregnancies, and as the years go by.  It's time to embrace that change!  Join us as we interview intuitive eating and body positive diet...

The holiday season is upon us and with it comes stress and anxiety for those struggling with body acceptance and intuitive eating. How can you survive the holiday season with the challenge of diet culture? Tune in for our top 5 tips! Patreon | Love what you're hearing? Help fund ongoing episodes through donations as little as $1/month. Learn more here! Leave a review | When you leave a five star i...

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On today's show, Nicole is joined by Kimmie Singh, a fat-positive dietitian working to help people improve their relationship with food and their bodies. Her work is rooted in the intimate understanding of fat stigma and oppression. We discuss weight as it relates to work in dietetics as well as thin privilege and fat phobia. Join for a candid conversation on a very sensitive subject. About Kimmie...

Raising kids is something you can never understand...until you're doing it yourself. Judgement is everywhere and judgement around parenting and child-rearing related topics is rampant. That said, we're looking back at some of the things we said we'd "never" do as parents and whether that's still the case. Judgement-free zone, let's go! Patreon | Love what you're hearing? Help fund ongoing episodes...

The last principle of Intuitive Eating is "Honor Your Health with Gentle Nutrition".  Today we chat with Intuitive Eating co-founder, Elyse Resch, all about gentle nutrition and what it looks like in the context of intuitive eating.  Why is it the last principle? How can one achieve a balanced diet while having unconditional permission to eat?  You won't want to miss this interview! Patreon | Love...

Our most basic needs are things that we may go day to day without giving much thought or consideration to. And yet, a bit of time and attention to meeting these most basic needs may, in fact, improve our overall well-being and be a form of self-care. Everything from our living and working space, hydration, nutrition, sleep, physical touch, and mental health and social interaction are most certainl...

Dinner time with no stove or oven required! These summer-ready meals use either the microwave, toaster oven, or grill...and some use none of the above! Dinner does not have to be a fuss in order to be delicious and nutritious! And because 2021 is more than halfway over (!), we're doing a little update on our 2021 goals! Nothing like a little accountability for all aspects of health and wellness! ...

Today's show is the 1st in a Self-Care Series. Once a month, we'll be focusing on a new area of self-care. Life gets overwhelming for all of us and the sense of getting lost in a sea of to-do's, worry, and anxiety seems inevitable. Self care can be described as the active process of making your body and mind a pleasant place to inhabit, by filling your own cup up first which ensures you have enoug...

Smoothies have been around for what feels like forever. Their image has ebbed and flowed through the decades, but much of that was centered around diet culture's opinion that "you shouldn't drink your calories".  Now people have realized that while the jumbo large smoothies made with juice and a little whole fruit may not be the best thing for us, they can certainly fit into a healthy diet.  Most...