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We rented an apartment on Home Away for our Charleston vacation, which was the cutest apartment ever. Doing this also saved us money in more ways than one: not only was it cheaper than a hotel, but because it had a full kitchen, I made us a healthy breakfast every morning. We went to the local Harris Teeter where I got: organic eggs Kerrygold butter organic black beans white rice (also organic!) organic shredded cheese organic tomatoes Suja juice (the green one with the lowest amount of sugar) And had us a bit of a Mexi style breakfast. After that, we walked all over the city. In total, we walked around 25 miles from Saturday to Wednesday. Charleston is the perfect city to get out and explore. We woke up bright and early, which we actually always do, and headed to the waterfront park. It was cool, uncrowded and absolutely…

So, you think by buying a Beyond Meat Burger, you’re doing yourself and the environment a favor? Think twice. I took a look at the ingredients and here’s my honest review! You may have heard about that new Beyond Meat Burger. This new plant-based burger that tastes and even bleeds like a real burger. If that isn’t enough to weird you out, I don’t know what is. Weird as it seems to me, I’m much more concerned with the actual ingredients of this beyond meat burger. Especially when the product touts itself as not just healthy, but sustainable. Is Beyond Meat actually healthy? Is it actually sustainable? After taking a look at the ingredients, the answer is hell no. Not even close. Let’s examine. The original Beyond Meat burger: The Beast Burger: Grilled Chicken Strips: Beefy Crumble: There are many ingredients in these products that are both unhealthy and unsustainable. Soy…

Breastfeeding is serious business. Another tiny human is depending completely on you for their vitamins, minerals and overall nourishment. If you’re not eating well – then the baby isn’t eating well. If you’re not getting enough vitamin A, the baby isn’t getting enough vitamin A. And yes, of course, it’s best to get your vitamins and minerals from food and that should absolutely be the top priority when it comes to healthy breastmilk, but let’s face it. Eating the number of vitamins and minerals necessary to obtain an optimal amount for you AND baby is freakin’ tough. It’s really hard. I am a nutritionist and it’s even hard for me. In light of that, it’s still important to eat well and supplement. You cannot out-supplement a bad diet. A bad diet is just that and no amount of vitamins is going to change that. Eating well is the foundation, mamas.…

After my water unexpectedly broke at 23 weeks and I had my son at 24 weeks (he’s now 40 weeks!), I’ve been exclusively pumping for the last 16 weeks. I’ve got a second freezer full of breastmilk and at this point, I consider myself a pro at pumping. I always thought I’d just breastfeed, and I still plan to when my son is out of the NICU, but the reality is that the best-laid plans often go awry. Shit happens, our kids won’t latch, they’re born early, they have a tongue tie, who knows. And then you have to pump. And that’s okay! In fact, that’s amazing. Because pumping is hard. It’s a process. It’s not just putting your kid on the boob – it’s assembling parts and being tethered to an actual pump, it’s cleaning and steaming those parts, it’s a lot of freaking work. And it’s not the…

A typical breakfast in my first trimester, when I was craving a bit more carbs. I had two eggs fried in butter with bacon on the side, hashbrowns and gluten-free sourdough from Bread Srsly – with more butter. Butter is great for building a healthy baby so I make sure to eat a lot of it (which let’s face it – isn’t hard).  Majority of my meals are simple and quick. Here is an easy dinner I tossed together. I used leftover pork, topped with tomatoes, avocados, jalapeno and romaine with a side of kraut for probiotics. The tortillas are completely paleo and from Seite Foods. Another perfect example of a healthy breakfast. Pastured eggs and bacon, hashbrowns and shredded Brussels sprouts. So good and so nutrient dense! This is from Greek Easter, when my husband, mother in law and I went to our favorite Greek restaurant. They roasted a…

People ask me this (in one form or another) all the time. What’s your food philosophy? What did our ancestors eat? What IS ancestral eating? How do we eat like our ancestors? They were hunter-gatherers. FIRST, LET’S CLEAR UP WHAT ANCESTRAL EATING IS NOT. The motivation behind eating ancestrally isn’t to mimic exactly what our ancestors ate. It’s to eat what they would’ve had reasonable access to. It’s about avoiding modern, processed, industrialized food. Eating ancestrally is more about what you don’t eat than what you do; let me explain. Ancestral eating is not a strict set of rules that need to be adhered to. It is not one size “diet” fits all. It is not necessarily black and white – eat this and avoid that. Ancestral eating varies. Some followers of an ancestral diet eat corn, rice and/or dairy – foods that were not widely available prior to ten thousand…

The holidays are inevitably a stressful time of year. But we don’t need to make it any more stressful on ourselves by freaking out about food choices. I can’t tell you how much bad advice I’ve seen circulating the internet on how to stay healthy this holiday season. They include: eating tiny portions at Thanksgiving and not going back for seconds going on a sugar detox amping up your gym schedule avoiding specific “fattening” foods saying no to dessert I know that when this advice is given, it’s good intentioned (at least I think it is). But it causes more stress and promotes the idea that the holidays and dinners, parties and the food during the holidays is somehow something that needs to be dealt with. It’s food. Not your creepy uncle from Kansas (no offense to Kansas). Food is not something that should induce stress. It shouldn’t make you uncomfortable.…