As it's been a few months since the last round up of social media food trends, as well as the first one of this series posted on the blog, it felt like a good time for another post about recent food trends that are going viral with an evaluation by a Registered Dietitian (RD). 1. Zucchini Crumble No, this is not a new yummy vegetable side dish. These videos encourage making an apple crumble with zucchini instead with the claim that this rendition tastes and cooks fairly simi

While it may seem to completely go against what diet culture wants you to believe, especially this time of year and entering the holiday season, you totally can and should think about “ghosting” your diet. Dieting is all tricks and no treats and it’s about time to think about “ghosting” diets and diet culture altogether. Chronic dieting can cause a myriad of negative physical and emotional side effects. Physical symptoms can include blunted metabolism, excessive cravings for

After many years of dieting or disordered eating, the idea of simply “listening to your body” can seem challenging or even impossible. The hunger and fullness scale is an objective tool that can be helpful as you work on building awareness and more attunement with your hunger and fullness signals again. This is also a major component of Intuitive Eating, and comes from Principle #2, Honor Your Hunger (full blog post on this principle linked if you’d like to read more). Please

Depending on where you're located, you may be starting to feel the first signs of Autumn on the horizon. Stores are completely stocked with pumpkin everything! From decorations for the home, to coffee, pancake mix, salsa and so much more! Leaning into seasonal flavors can be a really fun way to have some variety added into your day to day food intake. Thinking about this and seeing all of the pumpkin palooza in stores got me thinking of doing a round-up of how you could poten

If you’re finding yourself adjusting to college life and how that includes living in a dormitory or apartment-like setting, then this post is for you! First of all, acknowledging that this can be a tough transition is normal. Navigating a dining hall can be challenging, especially for those who are working on their relationship to food. So if you don’t feel like you’ve totally gotten the hang of everything yet, that’s okay. Some ways to help prepare yourself for tackling the

Whether you are returning back to work if you work on a school campus of any kind, are a parent of a child going back to school or even transitioning from a work from home life to more time back in the office, you may find it beneficial to have some easy to pack lunch ideas! Sometimes children (and adults too!) may prefer having a lunch more composed of snack-like items. If this is a route you would like to take, either for yourself or your child, it's important to ensure th

If you’re obsessed with peaches this time of year, you have to try this relatively easy peach dessert. All together it’s sweet, warm,...

Back to school season can be a stressful time for both parents and children/adolescents. A very stressful aspect can be back to school clothes shopping, especially if your child's body has recently had any changes, whether these be due to natural growth and development or being in recovery from an eating disorder. Here are some tips to hopefully help both parents and young adults with this experience: The most important tip or recommendation is to never encourage your child t

We are almost a month into summer now (phew, it is flying by!), so it seems like a good time for another installment of a seasonal produce lineup! Previous posts have touched on seasonal produce available in the spring and autumn months so if you are interested in reviewing these, please use the links provided. As mentioned in these posts, there are numerous positive reasons to buy and cook with what's in season including: items being more affordable, potential increased nutr

Most individuals are familiar with physical restriction and what this looks like. Not allowing yourself to eat certain foods or food groups for any reason (barring a true medical necessity) seems simple enough to conceptualize. However, mental restriction can be just as likely as physical restriction to keep us stuck in a precarious cycle with our relationship to food, but can also be more challenging to wrap our heads around. So what is mental restriction? Mental restrictio