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Exploring the Words We Use to Describe Food and Eating Choices

We so often use moral language when we talk about food and our eating choices (such as “good” or “bad”). Our dietitians dig into this idea.

Naturally Occurring vs. Added Sugar in Dairy Products

Understanding the difference between naturally occurring vs. added sugar in dairy products.

Intuitive Eating Principle 10: Honor Your Health with Gentle Nutrition

We’ve come to our final Intuitive Eating principle, and don’t worry, we didn’t forget about nutrition!

Change Up Your Easter Traditions!

To prevent your child from eating that whole chocolate bunny, then proceeding to throw it up, we’ve come up with a few non-food ideas!

Intuitive Eating Principle 9: Movement- Feel the Difference

As we get used to listening to our internal cues, we may find our body can tell us what it needs in other areas of living, such as movement.

Intuitive Eating Principle 8: Respect Your Body

When loving your body seems daunting, start instead with just respecting your body. This means taking care of it.

Read Across America Day

Today is National Read Across America Day and while there are SO many options to choose from when it comes to your next great read, we’ve...

Intuitive Eating Principle 7: Cope with Your Emotions with Kindness

Dealing with our emotions is hard! For many people, food is easy to turn to when we are bored, scared, upset, sad, or lonely. It offers...

Intuitive Eating Principle 6: Feel Your Fullness

Just as we learn to honor our body by feeding it when it is hungry, we need to honor our body by respecting the feeling of being full.

Intuitive Eating Principle 5: Discover the Satisfaction Factor

Eating is meant to be pleasurable! This is often forgotten when we're trying to diet. When eating intuitively, no foods are off limits.