As a registered dietitian and self-proclaimed foodie, I thoroughly enjoy and look forward to the time I get to spend in the kitchen each week. In fact, I love preparing meals with nutrient dense ingredients to nourish my body. From searching for recipes to selecting ingredients at the market, to the time spent over the stove, I take pleasure...
To be honest, I've only been using one meal delivery company for the past 3 years. Therefore, I was really excited to branch out and try something new for this review. In this article, I’ll provide you with an honest review of HelloFresh that includes pros and cons, key features, nutritional highlights, and my personal experience.
What is HelloFresh?
HelloFresh is the...
If you read food labels, odds are you’ve stumbled across the ingredient natural flavors It is, after all, the fourth most common ingredient following salt, water, and sugar. Kind of crazy, right? I mean, salt, water, and sugar are basic, recognizable ingredients. Natural flavors, on the other hand, is a different story.
This stirred up my pot of curiosity...
The protein bar industry is booming as the desire for healthy convenience continues to rise! Many grab-and-go “nutrition” products contain a hodge-podge of strange ingredients - foreign to everyone except a chemist or food scientist. This brings about the question: what’s healthy and what’s not? Enter RXBAR - the protein bar for minimalists.
Owned by Kellogg, the company shamelessly...
My friends and clients have asked me for years about my professional opinion of food delivery services. Since I've been using Blue Apron for almost 3 years, and have become very familiar with their food delivery service, I didn’t have to go far to bring you this review. In this article, I'll provide you with a complete review of...
Recently, my family and I tried Home Chef on a recommendation from a co-worker. I was a bit hesitant because I have become accustomed to doing my own grocery shopping and thinking up dinner on my way home from work. Choosing what to have for dinner a week in advance, and having the ingredients show up at my door,...
You may have noticed a new brand of milk while doing your grocery shopping called a2 Milk. If you are wondering how this product is different than other milk products on the shelf, look no further!
In this review, I will discuss what makes a2 Milk unique, who may benefit from this product, and other important things to consider.
How is a2 Milk...
Did your doctor recently prescribed you Warfarin (Coumadin)? Are you interested in learning more about how this drug interacts with the foods you eat? In this video I will talk about how your diet affects Warfarin and what you can do to ensure your medication is working properly.
https://youtu.be/VXRrUvMQAu4
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When searching for non-dairy milk, there are the usual suspects: soy, rice, almond, and coconut or a blend. A relatively new product is giving shoppers a vegan, nut, gluten, and soy-free, dairy alternative: pea milk. Green peas are legumes that contain protein, fat, carbohydrates, fiber, vitamins, and minerals. A nutrition-packed food, to say the least. When made into milk,...
Sometimes I feel like there is candy, cookies, and cake around every corner. In fact, school birthdays, family parties, team snack bags, and all the holidays seem to drown our children in sweets. Eating excess amounts of added sugar not only contributes to the obesity epidemic but also can damage your heart. So, this Halloween, instead of grabbing a...