Salad With a Side of Fries Nutrition, Wellness & Weight Loss

Nutrition Nugget! Bite-size, bonus episodes offering tips, tricks, and approachable science. This week, Jenn's talking about Cabbage. Although it’s not the sexiest vegetable around, Cabbage has some great benefits. It is a cruciferous vegetable with some fantastic healing properties. Loaded with anti-cancer activity and fiber, it can improve liver and gut health and regulate blood sugar. Cabbage c...

The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast is hosted by Jenn Trepeck, discussing wellness and weight loss for real life, clearing up the myths, misinformation, bad science & marketing surrounding our nutrition knowledge and the food industry. Let’s dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store.  Jenn has noticed a big theme th...

Nutrition Nugget! Bite-size, bonus episodes offering tips, tricks, and approachable science. This week, Jenn's talking about AntiFragile, which is when something is improved from shock. Thinking of this from an individual standpoint shows that challenges allow us to learn and navigate situations, likely to create long-term payoffs. Learning from our mistakes allows us to experience a setback, lear...

The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast is hosted by Jenn Trepeck, discussing wellness and weight loss for real life, clearing up the myths, misinformation, bad science & marketing surrounding our nutrition knowledge and the food industry. Let’s dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store.  The New Year often leads to us...

Nutrition Nugget! Bite-size, bonus episodes offering tips, tricks, and approachable science. This week, Jenn's talking about glutathione, the body’s master antioxidant. Glutathione is critical in gathering up the free radicals in the body, acting as a garbage man. Signs that someone is deficient in glutathione are anemia, build-up of acid, frequent infections, and higher body fat levels. Some thin...

The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast is hosted by Jenn Trepeck, discussing wellness and weight loss for real life, clearing up the myths, misinformation, bad science & marketing surrounding our nutrition knowledge and the food industry. Let’s dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store.  Today we are joined by personal...

Nutrition Nugget! Bite-size, bonus episodes offering tips, tricks, and approachable science. This week, Jenn's talking about hemp. Hemp has incredible health benefits and is a great option for a superfood. With high protein and fiber content, hemp is an excellent way to incorporate these macronutrients into a plant-based diet. Studies have shown hemp seeds may benefit heart health, skincare, PMS,...

The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast is hosted by Jenn Trepeck, discussing wellness and weight loss for real life, clearing up the myths, misinformation, bad science & marketing surrounding our nutrition knowledge and the food industry. Let’s dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store.  Today we are joined by Ted Krit...

Nutrition Nugget! Bite-size, bonus episodes offering tips, tricks, and approachable science. Jenn discusses chia seeds. Chia seeds pack a nutritional punch, which is why we think of them as a superfood! Through studies, it’s been shown that chia seeds can help to lower the risk of heart disease, triglycerides, inflammation, and blood pressure and may support weight loss. Add two tablespoons of chi...

The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast is hosted by Jenn Trepeck, discussing wellness and weight loss for real life, clearing up the myths, misinformation, bad science & marketing surrounding our nutrition knowledge and the food industry. Let’s dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store.  Today we are joined by fitness...

Nutrition Nugget! Bite-size, bonus episodes offering tips, tricks, and approachable science. This week, Jenn’s walking us through her paper plate exercise. It’s one of her clients’ favorite tools to be prepared for a gathering, such as Thanksgiving. Jenn suggests finding a paper plate or piece of paper. Write all the food options you know on the back, circle your must-haves, underline the things y...

The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast is hosted by Jenn Trepeck, discussing wellness and weight loss for real life, clearing up the myths, misinformation, bad science & marketing surrounding our nutrition knowledge and the food industry. Let’s dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store.  Today we are discussing the bes...

Nutrition Nugget! Bite-size, bonus episodes offering tips, tricks, and approachable science. In today’s episode, Jenn talks about Black Cohosh. This type of shrub found in nature has been turned into a supplement that women can use to support gynecological and mental health. It may have a similar effect to estrogen and can support hormonal balance. Studies show Black Cohosh may help with menopausa...

The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast is hosted by Jenn Trepeck, discussing wellness and weight loss for real life, clearing up the myths, misinformation, bad science & marketing surrounding our nutrition knowledge and the food industry. Let’s dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store.  Today we are joined by Body-Pea...

Nutrition Nugget! Bite-size, bonus episodes offering tips, tricks, and approachable science. This week, Jenn's talking about Ozempic. We see celebrities and other wealthy people get a prescription for Ozempic, a medication for type 2 diabetes, to use as a weight loss tool. Jenn talks about how it is risky to take a medication like this for its non-intended use. Instead, focus on fiber, quality fat...

The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast is hosted by Jenn Trepeck, discussing wellness and weight loss for real life, clearing up the myths, misinformation, and bad science & marketing surrounding our nutrition knowledge and the food industry. Let’s dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store.  In today’s episode, Jenn di...

Nutrition Nugget! Bite-size, bonus episodes offering tips, tricks, and approachable science. This week, Jenn's talking about pumpkins. Not the kind you carve, but pie pumpkins or canned pumpkin. She discusses all the macro and micronutrients they are loaded with and the health benefits they offer. Listen to some great ways to add pumpkin to your everyday diet! Like what you're hearing? Be sure to...

The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast is hosted by Jenn Trepeck, discussing wellness and weight loss for real life, clearing up the myths, misinformation, and bad science & marketing surrounding our nutrition knowledge and the food industry. Let’s dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store.  In today’s episode, Jenn is...

Nutrition Nugget! Bite-size, bonus episodes offering tips, tricks, and approachable science. This week, Jenn's talking about how to stop starting over. Think of everything as just continuing. When we think of it as starting over, it implies that we failed. We are living a life that includes variation! Just keep going, allow for the holidays and vacations, and then keep moving forward with your lif...

The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast is hosted by Jenn Trepeck, discussing wellness and weight loss for real life, clearing up the myths, misinformation, and bad science & marketing surrounding our nutrition knowledge and the food industry. Let’s dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store.  In today’s episode, Jenn di...

Nutrition Nugget! Bite-size, bonus episodes offering tips, tricks, and approachable science. This week, Jenn's talking about Chromium, an essential trace mineral that helps regulate insulin and blood sugar in our bodies. Although chromium is naturally found in most foods, it is a small amount. If we do not consume enough whole foods such as fruit, vegetables, and minimally processed foods, then a...

The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast is hosted by Jenn Trepeck, discussing wellness and weight loss for real life, clearing up the myths, misinformation, bad science & marketing surrounding our nutrition knowledge and the food industry. Let’s dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store.  In today’s episode, we are join...

Nutrition Nugget! Bite-size, bonus episodes offering tips, tricks, and approachable science. This week, Jenn's talking about spicy foods and capsaicin. There are many claims about how spicy foods improve your metabolism and help you eat less. Jenn discusses the different studies and tests that have been done on capsaicin (a form of spice), which may slow the growth of and destroy cancer cells, inc...

The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast is hosted by Jenn Trepeck, discussing wellness and weight loss for real life, clearing up the myths, misinformation, bad science & marketing surrounding our nutrition knowledge and the food industry. Let’s dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store.  In today’s episode, Jenn discus...

Nutrition Nugget! Bite-size, bonus episodes offering tips, tricks, and approachable science. This week, Jenn's talking about Failing Forward Fast. We learn more from what doesn’t go as planned than from the perfect day; our failures hold the actual lessons. Failures allow us to reevaluate every situation and experiment with what works for each of us individually. So let those mistakes happen! They...