Category: Lifestyle Medicine
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Perfect is out, good enough is in
If you eat like an influencer, exercise like a pro athlete and have a 20-step skin care routine, you’re making a big mistake. Here’s why. Any decent fitness professional will tell you that holding back their over-eager clientele is essential for the client’s own success. If you rock up to the gym (full of enthusiasm…
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Before you call it anxiety, try this first
Why your morning coffee might be to blame for your anxiety symptoms, and how a simple language shift can change everything. She laughed during our consultation, but more out of nerves than anything else. Anyone with half a brain could tell she was on edge. She told me that her anxiety was worsening, her chest…
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3 questions that make your clients question their weight loss goals
Weight loss goals usually aren’t helpful at all. But how can you make your clients realize that? These 3 questions are your new best friend. It happens every day. Your client walks into their initial consultation with you and they say, “I just want to lose weight.” Often it’s a goal they’ve been taught to…
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BMI is broken – and it’s hurting people
BMI is a flawed proxy health measure, but its frequent use can feel out of your control. What can you do to mitigate the harms of BMI? Once upon a time, a woman in her 30s nervously shuffled into her doctor’s office. Her obsession with her weight was at an all-time high and she knew…
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Screen-free eating, step by step
Screens have become a frequent meal-time companion. But how we break the habit of eating with our phones and move toward mindful eating? Meals as a family are a treasure-trove of health benefits and building connections – a ritual I adore. But there’s one thing that can ruin it for me, and that’s my phone.…
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Do your clients need a dopamine detox?
Quick dopamine fixes of ultra-processed food, social media, and binge watching TV shows can leave clients feeling ‘addicted’. How do we break the cycle? “There’s something wrong with me,” she said, her eyes pleading with me to help her. “I think I must be addicted to food.” She went on to describe eating while working,…
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The role of joy in a balanced diet
Ditch diet culture guilt and embrace joyful eating these holidays. You’ll be surprised how eating with joy can benefit both body and spirit. The lights of the Christmas tree twinkle merrily as the smoky aroma of the barbeque (manned by a full battalion of dads), mixes with the sweet tang of fruit mince pies on…
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Dealing with almond moms this Christmas
The dreaded Almond Mom is on the warpath at Christmas. Dietitian Lucy Carey has strategies to protect yourself from diet culture this season. It’s Christmas Day and the table is laden with delicious food. As you reach for another fruit mince pie, your mother cocks one eyebrow at you. Guilt rises rapidly and you hastily…
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5 food trends that should never make a comeback
Some food trends are better left in the past. Dietitian Lucy Carey explains why these fads that didn’t live up to the hype! I like lemon. Truly, I do. Lemon meringue pie, lemon cheesecake, old fashioned lemonade… But the Lemon Detox Diet had me questioning everything. How the hell was I going to stomach this…
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Happiness isn’t waiting at your “goal weight”
Discover why happiness isn’t a destination on the scale. Dietitian Lucy Carey explores the science behind weight loss and happiness. Have you ever felt that if you could reach your goal weight, everything else in your life would just fall into place? It’s a sentiment I see on the daily with my nutrition clients. They…