In today’s show, we want to help you understand how you can use food and nutrition to beat your holiday depression and winter blues. We will share how your food choices affect how well you handle the extra stress the holiday season brings, along with why your brain needs adequate levels of vitamin D to avoid the winter blues.
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What To Stop Eating and Start Supplementing for Achy Joints
Could your daily food choices be making your joint pain worse? In this episode of Ask a Nutritionist, Brandy Buro explains how sugar, processed foods, refined oils, and alcohol can fuel inflammation and contribute to stiff, achy joints. She also shares practical nutrition strateg ... Show More
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May 11
What Foods Affect Dopamine?
In this episode of Dishing Up Nutrition, registered dietitians Melanie Beasley and Britni Vincent unpack the truth about dopamine, the brain’s reward and motivation neurotransmitter, and how modern life is hijacking it. From ultra-processed foods and sugar to caffeine, social med ... Show More
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May 7
Tips for Natural Cortisol Reduction - Ask a Nutritionist
Feeling tired but wired, struggling with sleep, or constantly craving sugar and caffeine? In this Ask a Nutritionist episode of Dishing Up Nutrition, learn how cortisol, the body’s primary stress hormone, affects energy, mood, blood sugar, weight, and sleep. Discover practical, n ... Show More
13m 29s
Dec 2022
60. Seasonal depression and the ‘winter blues’
With many of us entering the colder, winter months, understanding what seasonal depression is and how it impacts our mood, energy levels, appetite and mental well-being is crucial. This week we break down the science and psychology behind seasonal affective disorder and how we ca ... Show More
34m 2s
Nov 2023
Do You Feel Like You Must Always Be Productive? How to Stop the Madness and Identify Your Season of Empowered Eating.
<p>We're getting ready to celebrate Thanksgiving over here in America, and it's a big food holiday. Some of you might be totally stoked about the upcoming holidays, and some of you might be totally stressed. Wherever you are on this spectrum, I'm so glad you're here with me today ... Show More
19m 26s
Oct 2023
The Trick to Not Overeat During the Holidays (And One Mantra That Will Keep You Focused)
<p>To eat the Halloween candy, or not eat the Halloween candy.. that is the question. </p>
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<p>Halloween kicks off what I call 'the food holiday season'! From today, until Valentine's Day, there will be food EVERYWHERE. This can bring up so many thoughts like..</p>
<p>How ... Show More
20m 23s
Dec 2022
seasonal depression (bonus episode) ep.21
HAPPY HOLIDAYS kids! Unfortunately, what comes with the holiday season can be seasonal depression. Seasonal affective disorder can be triggered from the cold, cloudy weather, shorter days and lack of sunshine. I talk about how it has affected me and how we can do our best to try ... Show More
34m 8s
