Not too long ago, during a movie night with friends, I was watching Mean Girls and baking chocolate chip cookies when I heard the scene where Regina George asks, “ is butter a carb?” Do you recall this scene from Mean Girls? If you are also wondering the same thing or if you have never seen Mean Girls but also ask yourself the same question; it’s okay. It is a common misconception when you are new to the nutrition world because both macronutrients are found in foods that have

When I tell people that I am a nutritionist the most common response I receive is “so you tell people what and what not to eat”. Many of you might perceive a nutritionist as the “food police” and hesitate to see one because you do not want to be lectured or told that you cannot eat your favorite foods. There are some nutritionist like that, but I do not want to be a ‘food police” nutritionist. Instead, I want to help you figure out how to reach your goals by inspiring and sup

I can recall many times being at a birthday party staring at a delicious rich chocolate cake while telling myself that I cannot have any because it is a “bad” food. How many of you can relate to this situation? What if I were to tell you that you can have your piece of cake and lose weight too! A healthy relationship with food does not eliminate all the foods we love to eat. When we label food as “good” or “bad” it internalizes a message that we are not good enough when we ov