Nutrition Blog
Welcome to my nutrition blog! I am a firm believer that when we choose foods based on how they make us feel and do our best to make each meal one step healthier, we will feel terrific for a long time. Food should be something that nourishes our body and soul, not overly complicated, and enjoyed with those we love. It is not about counting calories or grams of this or that. Rather, choosing to eat nutrient-dense delicious food that makes us feel energized and full of life. Ready to learn more? Here we go!
You Think It’s Your Weight. I Want to Talk About Your Gut.
If you told me you wanted to lose 20 pounds, you might expect us to start by talking about calories, portion sizes or exercise. I'd want to talk about your digestive [...]
Healthy Feels Different Here: The Little Upgrades That Changed My Relationship with Health
When I turned 49 this summer, I found myself reflecting on something I hadn't really thought about before. How did healthy living become one of my favourite parts of the [...]
Why Energy Isn’t Just About Sleep: 8 Hidden Reasons Women Over 40 Feel Exhausted
"I slept eight hours...so why am I still so tired?" I hear this all the time. If you're a woman over 40 and feel exhausted despite getting enough sleep, you're [...]
How to Make Healthy Habits Stick as a Busy Woman (Even When Life Feels Full)
If there’s one thing I’ve learned after working with hundreds of women, it’s this: Most women don’t need more information. They already know vegetables are good for them. They know [...]
Bone Health for Women 40+: What You Need to Know
In my last post, I shared the 10 nutrition habits that matter more after 50—the foundational pieces that support energy, digestion, hormones, and long-term health. One of those habits? Supporting [...]
10 Nutrition Habits That Matter More After 50 (And Why)
If you’ve hit your 40s or 50s and feel like what used to “work” no longer does—you’re not imagining it. Your body is changing. Energy shifts. Sleep can feel off. [...]
I’m 48 and Protective of My Brain — Here Is What I Do Every Day to Stay Sharp
At 48, I think about my brain differently than I did ten or even five years ago. Not in a fearful way. In a protective way. As a solo momma, [...]
Brain Fog, Hormones & Gut Health: The Missing Link for Women Over 40
There’s a moment many women reach in their 40s or early 50s when something just feels… off. You’re still doing many of the same things you’ve always done. You’re eating [...]
How Healthy Is Your Brain? A Brain Health Quiz for Women 45+
There is a lot of noise around health right now. What to eat. What to avoid. What you should be doing to feel better, think clearer, and age well. So [...]
Plant-Based Eating for Brain Health: How to Protect Your Memory, Mood & Energy as You Age
Over the holidays, while most people were curled up with festive movies, I was curled up with books on brain health. (Light reading, I know!) But I’ve been so drawn [...]
How to Beat Year-End Burnout and Feel Your Best in 2026
Every January, women make promises — to eat better, move more, sleep more, stress less. And yet, somewhere between work deadlines, family meals, and the constant mental checklist, those promises [...]
Slow Cooker Fall Soup: How One Slow Cooker Meal Can Simplify Your Week
Fall is the season of cozy meals, busier routines, and shorter evenings. And while ordering pizza after a hectic day might sound tempting, your body—and your hormones—will thank you for [...]
Supporting Anxious Kids with Food: Nutrients That Calm & Focus
Back-to-school season is exciting for many kids—new backpacks, fresh supplies, seeing friends again. But for some children, September brings more stress than joy. In fact, anxiety is one of the [...]
The Secret to Aging Well: How Protein Supports Healthy Aging
If you’re 45 or beyond, you’re probably starting to think a little more about how to keep your body strong and healthy as you age—and protein plays a huge role [...]
How to Get More Fruits and Veggies Into Your Day (And Why It’s So Important)
Eating more fruits and vegetables is one of the easiest ways to improve your health, boost your energy, and reduce inflammation. But it can be a challenge to fit more [...]
Creating Healthy Morning Routines: Advice to Start Your Day Right
The early morning wake-up movement has been around since the 80’s, but more recently the Tik-Tok trend has gone viral, coining the term “five-to-nine before the nine-to-five”. Business leaders, professional [...]
The Serotonin Connection: How Your Gut Shapes Your Mood and More
Most people think of serotonin as a brain chemical that makes you feel happy. But did you know that about 90% of your serotonin is actually made in your gut? [...]
Eating for Better Sleep and Emotional Resilience
Eating for Better Sleep and Emotional Resilience: A Guide for Women 40+ If you're over 40 and finding it harder to sleep through the night—or if your emotions feel more [...]
Stress, Anxiety, and Brain Fog: What to Eat for Mental Clarity (Especially for Women 40+)
Let’s be honest—if you’re a woman in your 40s or beyond, you’ve likely had days where you walk into a room and completely forget why. Or you feel like your [...]
The BEST Healthy Granola Bars
I had a snack epiphany this week. As I loaded my groceries into my reusable bags, I looked at my food choices in a different light this week. As a [...]
Top 10 Nutrient-Dense Foods for Health
We need to simplify how we think about food. Things are getting complicated. Every month there seems to be a new diet pill, shake or plan we need to follow. [...]
Healthy Holidays: How to Indulge without Overindulging
How to Stay Healthy Over the Holiday Season The average person gains approximately two pounds over the winter holiday season. While two pounds might not seem like a big deal, [...]
Three of My Favorite Salads
If you grew up in the '80s and '90s like I did, salads were often a snooze fest. Iceberg lettuce, carrots, tomatoes, and a grocery store Italian dressing were the [...]
Healthy Habits Ahead
Vacation mindset, high calorie refreshing drinks (alcoholic or otherwise), festivals, patios, backyard BBQ’s, and eating later can all play a part in our health goals getting off track in the [...]
My Healthy Breakfast Guide
Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day? Yes! And here’s why. When we start our day with a healthy, nutrient-dense meal, we set our day up for [...]
How to Save Money at the Grocery Store
The cost of food continues to rise across the country, and almost half of Canadians are prioritizing the cost of their groceries instead of nutrition. But it doesn’t have to [...]
How Our Food Choices Can Help Combat Seasonal Affective Disorder
'Blue Monday' falls on the third Monday of January (January 15, 2024) every year and is deemed the most depressing day of the year. The combination of cold weather, stretched [...]
How the Number 8 Can Transform Your Health
In my nutrition practice, there are three steadfast rules that I work with almost every client on to help them on their health and wellness journey. If you use the [...]
Six Signs Your Digestive System Needs Some TLC
Best You Nutrition is a no judgement zone. You ate a pizza to yourself last night? Tell me. You drink pop every day? Let’s talk. You haven’t had a vegetable [...]
What I Wish Everyone Knew Who Wants to Lose Weight
We have a problem. In fact…it’s a really REALLY big problem. Seventy percent of North Americans are overweight or obese. Worldwide, over 1 BILLION people are OBESE alone. That number [...]
How to Listen to Your Body
A recent worldwide study has found that 50% of the global population will develop a mental health disorder by the age of 75. FIFTY PERCENT. A few findings from the [...]
Can the Food We Eat Affect Our Mood?
I’m a firm believer that one important marker of our health is feeling really good—body and mind. So, as a Certified Integrative Nutritionist, an integral part of my practice is [...]
Three Things I Do EVERY Day to Keep My Health on Track
You do not decide your future. You decide your habits, and your habits decide your future. This quote from Jack Canfield, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul, resonates deeply [...]
5 Key Habits for Living Your Best Life with FOOD
I want you to ask yourself a question. How long do you want to live ? This might not be something you have given much thought to. I remember my [...]
Top 5 Nutrition Questions Answered
I recently held an online Workshop dedicated to the Anti-Inflammatory Diet, and what we can all do with our nutrition and lifestyle choices to reduce our inflammation. Our body has [...]
Medical Gaslighting
Have you heard of the term 'medical gaslighting'? It refers to “when healthcare professionals inappropriately disregard or downplay a patient’s symptoms or blame them on psychological factors,” according to licensed [...]
Top 6 Nutrition Tips for Hormone Health
Growing up, talking about hormones, menstrual health and sexual health were not topics discussed in our household. I honestly don't think my parents knew about these subjects enough to chat [...]
Help for Moms with Picky Eaters
Parents…I totally get it. One day she loves blueberries, the next day, hard pass. Or one week the lunches you pack are being gobbled down, the next week nothing is [...]
Eat the Rainbow Challenge
I am currently taking a course for professional development from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition (IIN) called ‘Detoxing Your Life’. The course covers various ways that we can lower our [...]
Digestive Health: The Key to Healthy Living
I am a firm believer that the two keys to a long healthy life are a clean digestive system and a strong immune system. When I am working with nutrition [...]
Eating for Energy
How’s your sleep? It’s a question I ask every client when we first start working on their nutrition goals. It’s a funny one to ask because almost everyone answers it [...]
What Does Healthy Mean to You?
When I start a nutrition coaching plan with new clients, the first step is to fill out a ‘Health History Questionnaire’. It consists of a couple of pages about your [...]
Best You Nutrition Reset 2022
Without our health, what do we really have? It's a question I have been pondering a lot lately. I recently spoke to a group of national team managers for a [...]
#MomBod
I have always found part of my identity in my physical fitness and in turn, having an athletic body. It is something I have worked on consistently in the gym [...]
Liver Health & You!
Your liver. You need it to live…but do you know why? The main purpose of your liver is to clean your blood, digest your food and rid your body of toxic [...]
Three Key Tips to a Healthy YOU
Nutrition is perhaps the only science that can have conflicting information about the same topic from source to source. It is constantly evolving and changing. One year everyone is swearing [...]
Eating Nutrient Dense Food – What It Really Means
A few years ago, I made a significant shift in my thinking as it relates to my health. When we think about health long term and making sustainable decisions that [...]
How to Live Your Happiest Life
Something I have always had a huge fascination with is centenarians and longevity. What can we all do in our day to day living to live a longer, healthier, and [...]
Binge Eating Disorder
Eating disorders are a near and dear subject to my heart. As a woman who is always doing my best to cheer women on, how could it not be something [...]
5 Steps to Improve Your Digestive System and Strengthen Your Immunity
I must admit, as an Integrative Nutrition Coach, two things that I am a smidge obsessed with are digestive health and immunity health. The greatest part is that they [...]