Tag: nutrition

“I don’t have time to eat breakfast.” This is what I hear from the majority of my middle school and high school patients, and I always have the following conversation with them: “Breakfast is called breakfast because you are BREAKing the FAST from sleeping all…

Picky eating is extremely common during childhood and a common source of parental frustration. While parents may react to picky eating in many different ways, I recommend adopting what I refer to as a “picky-free parenting” approach. With this approach, a parent sets the stage…

Soon to be gone are the lazy, relaxed days of summer.  With summer coming to an end, it’s time to get back to some structure and routine and the best way to start the school year off right is with healthy habits… Sleep    If…

The mommy blogger event is fast approaching. I am in the midst of preparing a talk on picky eating and thought I would share a few tidbits along with this week’s recipe. Check back after the event on 4/29/15 for my full post. Model healthy…

Later this month I will be hosting an event just for “mommy bloggers” to talk all things nutrition.  Starting your kids off with healthy food not only helps them grow big and strong but teaches them about the right things to eat.  One way to…

Once I heard a story about a couple who wanted to experiment with food and decided that each day of the week they would eat single colored foods representing each color of the rainbow. The experiment went well the first four days with red, orange,…