Eat Well Be Well Nutrition

11/18/2022

DID YOU KNOW?

Your GUT produces serotonin and other neurotransmitters. GUT friendly bacteria can help manage neurotransmitter activity which makes them a natural antidepressant and anti anxiety organisms.

So what disrupts GUT health?

So glad you asked 😁

Years of eating processed, nutrient poor and empty calorie foods can cause our bodies to become very inflamed.

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11/18/2022

11/17/2022

I can make all foods work for me.

I've told clients over and over again.
I have easy access to foods I used to crave, they don't have the power over me.

Why?

Bc I realize I can have them WHENEVER I want. I don't have to worry about never getting to have something again (the scarcity mindset).

There is a better way. You can live in harmony with foods you enjoy.

*exception of those foods which I currently

11/14/2022

During the transition to menopause and beyond, the hormone estrogen begins to decline, disrupting your normal cyclical patterns of estrogen and progesterone.

Declining estrogen levels negatively impact your metabolism, potentially leading to weight gain. These changes may also affect your cholesterol levels and how your body digests carbs.

Many women experience symptoms like hot flashes and difficulty sleeping during this transition period.

Additionally, hormone changes lead to declined bone density, which can increase your risk of fractures.

Fortunately, making changes in your diet may help relieve menopause symptom.

Need help navigating menopause?
Let’s talk.

11/12/2022

Obesity takes a toll on the blood vessels. It's estimated that every pound of fat requires about one extra mile of blood vessels, according to the Obesity Action Coalition – and that means more work for the heart.

Knowing this, it’s easy to see why obesity and heart disease often go together. Most of the new blood vessels are tiny capillaries, but also include small veins and arteries. This means if you are “only” 10 pounds overweight your heart has to pump blood through an extra 70 miles of blood vessels. The good news is that this also works in reverse. If you lose a pound of fat, your body will break down and reabsorb the no longer needed blood vessels. This is encouraging to dieters, as one pound does not seem like a lot to lose, but even that little bit of difference will result in a large benefit for your heart!

11/10/2022

We all engage in cognitive distortions some of the time. A cognitive distortion is an assumption we make based on minimal evidence, or without considering the evidence. There are numerous kinds of cognitive distortions, but all-or-nothing thinking is one of the most common. The more we rely on distortions like all-or-nothing thinking to make decisions or to interpret events, the worse we tend to feel. To feel better and develop a more grounded understanding of the world around us, it’s important to recognize all-or-nothing thinking and take steps to develop a more effective viewpoint.

All-or-nothing thinking refers to thinking in extremes. You are either a success or a failure. Your performance was totally good or totally bad. If you are not perfect, then you are a failure. This binary way of thinking does not account for shades of gray, and can be responsible for a great deal of negative evaluations of yourself and others.

Take for example a job interview. During the interview, you are caught off-guard by a question, and do not answer it as well as you would have liked. If you view this experience through the lens of all-or-nothing thinking, you are likely to discount your performance during the other 95% of the interview, and think that it was “horrible” and a “thorough waste of time,” triggering feelings of disappointment and shame. This cognitive distortion sets an unreasonable rule in which any outcome less than 100% equates to 0%. It is easy to see how that all-or-nothing thinking can lead to a lot of harsh negative judgments about yourself, lowering self-esteem in the process.

This cognitive distortion can disrupt attempts to change behavior, such as sticking to a diet. If you think about your diet in all-or-nothing terms, it is likely that one indiscretion will derail all of your effort. Remember, anything short of 100% might as well be 0%, so if you stick to your diet 90% of the time, all-or-nothing thinking will have you believe that you’ve totally failed, and that you might as well eat whatever you want.

11/09/2022

How many of you are pulling into Starbucks today 🤷‍♀️

Check the chart to see how you may be drinking your calories 😩