Color My Food, Nutritional Therapy

12/30/2025

Reset your cells, hormones and energy …

Protein consistent meals, and nervous system support create balance…

12/30/2025

🧠 Brain Wins Matter More Than Resolutions 💪

Forget rigid resolutions. Look at what you accomplished instead.

✨ A habit you kept
✨ A boundary you honored
✨ A calmer response
✨ A meal you improved
✨ A moment you chose rest

These small wins build resilience, focus, and energy for the year ahead.

Which brain win are you proud of today?

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12/30/2025

Before the year ends…

Pause and Reflect: Celebrate Your Wins

Take a moment to notice your wins this December — big or small.

Comment below 👇

Your win may inspire someone else today.

Tag a friend and celebrate each other’s progress!

12/30/2025

Clear the Fog: Support Your Liver Naturally

Your liver quietly works around the clock to:
🧠 Clear toxins → support brain clarity
💛 Balance hormones → stabilize mood
⚡ Improve energy → reduce fatigue

After the holidays, it may need a little extra love.

My updated blog post shows gentle, practical ways to support liver function — without stress or extreme cleanses:
🥦 Cruciferous veggies
🍋 Lemon water
🌿 Herbs and spices
🫒 Healthy fats
🌈 Colorful vegetables

✨ Action: Pick one liver-loving habit to add today — your brain, mood, and energy will thank you.

Which liver-supporting food is already on your plate today? Comment below 👇

🔗 Read the full blog post here: Clear the Fog: Support Your Liver
https://www.colormyfood.com/2025/03/clear-the-fog-support-your-liver/

12/29/2025

An easy way to increase nutrient density (more nutrients per calorie) is to add onion and/or garlic to your daily meal routine — in breakfast casseroles, frittatas, dinners, green onions in salads

Immune boosting, brain nourishing, flavor enhancing !

Onions do more than add flavor, they nourish your brain. 🧠🧅
Rich in B6, vitamin C, and key minerals that support brain and overall health, they’re an easy upgrade to almost any meal.
Save this post and add onions to your next meal!

12/29/2025

Support Your Liver, Support Your Brain

Did you know your liver is one of the most underrated organs for energy, mood, and clarity?

Support it naturally today with:

🥦 Cruciferous vegetables
🍋 Lemon
🌿 Herbs
🫒 Olive oil
🌈 Colorful veggies

A nourished liver = balanced hormones = clearer thinking = better mood.

Which liver-supporting food will you add to your meals today?

12/29/2025

Back to basics ❤️

Protein + carbs from plants

12/29/2025

Back to Basics: Protein + Plants After the Holidays

No extremes. No guilt. No complicated resets.

Your simple foundation:
🍳 Protein + 🌈 plants at every meal

Supports:
• Steadier energy
• Better mood
• Long-term brain and hormone health

What’s your favorite go-to meal after the holidays?

12/28/2025

Back to Basics: Protein + Plants After the Holidays

No extremes. No guilt. No complicated resets.

Your simple foundation:
🍳 Protein + 🌈 plants at every meal

Supports:
• Steadier energy
• Better mood
• Long-term brain and hormone health

What’s your favorite go-to meal after the holidays?

12/28/2025

After rich holiday meals, your body loves gentle, nourishing foods.

Soups are perfect: warm, soothing, and full of anti-inflammatory ingredients that support digestion, immunity, and brain clarity.

I just updated my 5 Anti-Inflammatory Soups blog post, packed with recipes that are:

🥦 Gut-friendly
🌈 Colorful & nutrient-dense
🍗 Protein-supported
💛 Simple to make

✨ Action: Pick one soup to make tonight or tomorrow and notice how your body feels.

Which soup ingredient do you love most — leafy greens, creamy cauliflower, or warming spices?

🔗Link to the blogpost in the comments

12/27/2025

What does your body want most today?

🔥 Warmth
😴 Rest
💧 Hydration
🌬 Fresh air

No fixing. Just listening.

Comment with one word or emoji 👇

Being noticed is nourishment too.

12/26/2025

🎄Hello day after Christmas...✨

Today isn’t about “detoxing.

It’s about gently supporting what your body already knows how to do.

Choose one that feels supportive today:

💧 Drink a little more water
🌈 Add color from plants
🍳 Include protein
🌬 Take a few slow breaths
😴 Rest when you can

Your liver, gut, and brain respond beautifully to consistency and kindness.

Which one feels easiest for you today?

12/24/2025

Gentle Support After Holiday Meals

After rich holiday foods, your body appreciates a little balance.

Bitter plants are one of nature’s simplest digestive supports.

Foods like:
🥬 Arugula
🥦 Brussels sprouts & cabbage
🌱 Kale
🍋 Lemon
🌶 Radishes

Naturally help:
• stimulate digestion
• support liver detox pathways
• reduce bloating
• strengthen gut–brain communication

👉 Tiny action: Add just one bitter plant to a meal today or tomorrow.

Your liver — and your brain — will notice.
Better digestion.
Better energy.
Steadier mood.

Which bitter food do you already enjoy — or want to try?

Jot it in the comments -- I'll send you a recipe

12/23/2025

If Christmas morning feels rushed, chaotic, or emotionally charged — food can either add stress… or quietly support everyone’s mood.

One of my favorite holiday tools is a make-ahead delicious holiday breakfast casserole:
• nourishing
• festive
• one pan
• ready when you are

Starting the day with a protein-rich breakfast supports:
🧠 steadier mood
⚡ more stable energy
💛 calmer blood sugar
😌 fewer cravings later in the day

This isn’t just nutrition — it’s stress support for the whole family.

A nourished brain handles the day with more ease. 💖

Would a make-ahead breakfast make your Christmas morning feel calmer?

👉 Comment YES / ABSOLUTELY
I will send you a the link to one of my favorite holiday recipes: pesto, pinenuts and sun-dried tomatoes, oh yum! 😋

12/23/2025

✨Christmas week is meant to be a time of bring peace and love

Does it feel like stress is taking over? 😥

Here’s a gentle reset you can do anywhere:

🕯 Light a candle (or imagine one)
🌬 Take 3 slow breaths
🖐 Place a hand on your heart

Even something simple can restore calm

Your nervous system loves rhythm and familiarity.

👉 If this feels helpful, share it with someone who could use a moment of calm today.

(Sharing posts like this is how they reach the people who need them most)

12/22/2025

Gentle reminder to walk whenever you can

- while chatting on the phone
- at the end of the parking lot rather than store entrance
- take the stairs for a flight or two rather than the elevator
- 10 minutes after dinner

How else can you add in some steps today?

12/22/2025

This week Christmas week -- whether celebrating or not -- gift yourself with simple, consistent choices

💧 Water
🍳 Protein
🌈 Carbs from plants
⏰ Gentle rhythm

This is where:
• digestion improves
• clarity returns
• the nervous system feels safe

Practice is not perfection, it’s built through presence and a few supportive habits, practiced again and again.

Whatever your choose to eat gently, remind yourself, this is how brain health is built.

Every choice supports:
🧠 cognition
⚡ energy
🧬 longevity
💛 hormone balance

Mindful eating sends a powerful message:

“I’m nourished.”
“I’m supported.”
“I can relax.”

And yes, food can be more than nutrients and calories (hello gingerbread cookies 😊).

Which feels most supportive for you this week — hydration, protein, or slowing down?

12/22/2025

Feeling stressed?

Start your day with 5 mindful breaths and a detox morning tea.

Tiny morning rituals keep your mind sharp, body calm, mood steady — even in holiday stress

🌟🌟Action: What is ONE thing you DAILY for the next week to calm your body and steady your mood ?

Share in the comments -- sharing helps accountability + benefits of community support.

12/20/2025

Your mood is deeply connected to what you eat.

Different colors nourish different brain pathways:

🔴 Red/Purple → anthocyanins → neurotransmitter support
🟢 Green → polyphenols → brain protection
🟡 Yellow/Orange → beta-carotene → nervous system support

More color = better mood regulation.

👉 Which color do you eat the least right now?

12/19/2025

Feeling stretched thin… but still pushing through?

That’s your nervous system asking for support.

In my private practice, and group coaching I always used to start with nutrition first - but I've seen over and over again that the best nutrition choices can't help if we are in a state of chronic stress

Try this 60-second reset right now:

✔ Sit
✔ Exhale slowly (longer than you inhale)
✔ Drop your shoulders
✔ Unclench your jaw

Deep, slow exhales tell your brain it’s safe — shifting you out of fight-or-flight and into rest, digestion, and repair.

🧘‍♀️ Quick check-in:

After trying this, do you feel even 5% calmer?

Reply YES or A LITTLE below.

12/19/2025

If you’re in perimenopause, menopause, or feeding a busy family — snacks matter more than we realize.

The right snacks stabilize blood sugar, protect your brain, and prevent the late-day crash.

It sounds so obvious as to be useless 😅

But this I've learned ---

Keeping chopped veggies + hummus/guac/greek yogurt in your kitchen can make all the difference between
energy or crashing
focus or brain fog
irritability or happier inside and out

Especially this time of the year

🧠 My go-to brain boost snacks = Protein + Carbs from plants:

🥑 Guacamole + cucumbers/veggies
🫘 Hummus + broccoli/veggies
🍏 Apple + cheese or nuts
🥜 Nuts/nut butter + green apple/celery
🐟 Sardines on rice cakes

Protein steadies energy.

Plants support gut–brain health.

Together? A calmer body, clearer brain, better mood

👉 Question: Which one would you have in your kitchen eat this week for quick snacks?

Comment with the emoji 👇 (or save this for later)

12/19/2025

It’s never too late to learn a new language - or dust off a forgotten one 😅

One way to protect your brain to step into each new year with a sharper mind, happier inside and out

Aging rarely rewires the brain overnight. Instead, it shows up gradually—in slower recall, divided attention, and small cognitive slips. The real question is whether anything can slow it down. While most strategies for improving short-term cognition and memory suggest leaning on odd brain teasers or cryptic crossword puzzles, new research hints that one of the best ways is to broaden your linguistic abilities by speaking multiple languages.

Find out how it works and how to get started: https://on.natgeo.com/3XNvcGf

12/19/2025

Detox: Morning Flush

Start your day with my favorite gentle detox ritual:

Warm lemon water + a 5–10 sun salutations

Supports:
✨ liver detox
✨ lymph flow
✨ digestion
✨ brain clarity
✨ stable energy

Small, steady habits = more sustainable than seasonal extremes.

Pro Tip: Squeeze a bunch of lemons into a jar and keep in the fridge.

12/19/2025

Your brain thrives when your nervous system feels safe.

In the midst of holiday rush rush added to stress stress

Try this simple reset:

Hand on heart → slow exhale → relax your jaw

Feel how your whole system softens.

12/19/2025

Eat your cookies …with love

When you slow down enough to really enjoy a holiday treat — the warmth of the spices, the sweetness, the moment itself — your body relaxes.

Nibble slowly

Savor each and every bite

When the nervous system feels safe and present, satisfaction increases — and overdoing it decreases.

🎁 Kitchen Ally Tip:
Keep holiday cookies in a tin or out of sight.
Your environment strongly influences behavior.
No amount of willpower can compete with constant temptation — and it doesn’t have to.

This is how tradition, joy, and brain health coexist.

What are your favorite Christmas cookies? 💛