by lisarutledge | Jul 27, 2017 | Healthy Living, Relationship with Food
Could Going Without Do More for Your Health? Co-written with Holly McGarr, BSc Nutritional Sciences, MScPH (candidate) Fasting has been used for health and religious reasons for hundreds of years and due to an explosion of new interest from the media,...
by lisarutledge | Mar 20, 2017 | Body Image, Relationship with Food
Does it ever feel like traditional nutrition advice is a little old school? That the recommendation of drink more water, eat more vegetables and cut down on fat is just not speaking to you anymore? Could body acceptance and healthy eating go hand-in-hand more than...
by lisarutledge | Feb 20, 2016 | Cravings, Emotional Eating, Healthy Eating, Healthy Living, Mindful Eating, Relationship with Food
Mindful Eating can be helpful in so many different aspects of healthy eating: it can help naturally reduce portion sizes (if you tend to over eat due to emotions or mindlessness), it can help reduce emotions that can lead to eating when not hungry and improve...
by Lisa Rutledge | Sep 30, 2015 | Healthy Eating, Relationship with Food
I believe that it is normal to eat candy any time of the year. It is also normal to eat a little more after collecting the spoils of Halloween. However, not everyone would agree with me. Therein lies the candy conundrum. Sure, it contains no vitamins or...
by Lisa Rutledge | Jul 26, 2015 | Healthy Eating, Mindful Eating, Relationship with Food
Have you ever reach for a glass of wine after a long day? Or a bag of chips? Do you find that you feel just as tired or stressed after eating? Although food can sometimes be a comfort, it rarely decreases stress or fatigue (unless of course you are hungry...
by Lisa Rutledge | Jul 6, 2015 | Healthy Eating, Mindful Eating, Relationship with Food
There is an expression in French: “trop, c’est comme pas assez”. Roughly translated, it means “too much is like not enough” or more eloquently put “less is more”. In the nutrition world, this can mean trying to follow lots of...
