Category: Nutrition
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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…
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You don’t need more willpower to lose weight
Dietitian Lucy Carey explains how healing your relationship with food may be the ultimate weight loss hack. Imagine a time when food was simply a part of life. What you ate said nothing about you as a person. It was not a moral choice. Eating was simply guided by hunger and availability. Guilt wasn’t an…
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Mind over meals
Did you know that how you feel about what you eat can change your body’s response to it? Dietitian Lucy Carey dives into this phenomenon with strategies to guide clients from yoyo dieting to intuitive eating. Join the free masterclass for more insights! “It’s just so frustrating because I feel like I’m doing everything right…
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You’re not addicted to food
Dietitian Lucy Carey explains why binge eating isn’t food addiction, but rather a response to emotional stress and restrictive dieting. “What brings you to see me today?” You ask your patient. “I think I’m addicted to food,” they say. “I try so hard to be good, but I must have some kind of problem because…
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A good cry
Is crying cathartic? Dietitian Lucy Carey explores the role of emotional crying in health, and how it can help with disordered eating. “It’s grief for me,” he said, voice trembling slightly. “It’s the grief that stops me sleeping. I lost my wife, and now I’ve lost my dog, too.” He was an elderly gentleman, skinny…
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The optimal diet for diabetes
Health professionals always want to know what the best diet is for type 2 diabetes, but dietitian Lucy Carey says they are asking the wrong question. No matter who I talk to — whether it’s a doctor, nurse or health coach — there seems to be one burning question they all ask… What’s the optimal…
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Breaking free from food guilt
Tune in to a podcast episode that will change your relationship with food forever. Dietitian Lucy Carey speaks all about finding food freedom. Something a little different for you this week! I was interviewed by the lovely Abigail Gagnon on the Beyoutiful Legacy Podcast a few days ago. We spoke about all things food freedom,…
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We don’t need junk food… Except we do
It’s usually not feasible to eliminate junk food entirely from our lives, so it’s important that we learn HOW to eat it. “Something weird happened at school today.” My 5-year-old didn’t look upset, he just had the usual pensive expression he wore as he mulled over all the new things he was encountering since starting…
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Stop saying “listen to your body”
When we’ve spent years ignoring our bodies, intuitive eating doesn’t come quite so intuitively… But there’s a way to get past this. The mouse clicked in a steady rhythm as I flicked through a presentation I’d given to a group of nurses years earlier. It wasn’t very pretty and the images definitely needed updating, but…