Tag: diet
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8 Ways to Reduce Food Waste Without Overeating
Something I hear a lot from clients and others is that they tend to overeat because they don’t want to waste food. It’s already so difficult to know when to stop eating, but having the looming guilt of food waste over you during a meal can just further complicate matters. We all know preventing food […]
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Canola Oil: Friend or Foe?
Canola oil has been receiving a lot of flack lately. Maybe you’ve heard the chatter about how this oil is inflammatory, toxic, bad for heart health, used as an industrial lubricant, or rancid. So, are the dangers of canola oil just now being exposed, or is canola oil being senselessly demonized? Let’s talk about it. […]
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The Truth Behind Superfoods: Super or Sensationalized?
A recently popularized term that we’ve all become familiar with is “superfood.” We hear this buzzword thrown about on a daily basis. But have you ever stopped to think, “What exactly is a superfood?” Most of us haven’t. We simply hear a word that sounds legitimate, and is (let’s be honest) being used by a […]
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5 Easy Steps to Master Meal Prepping
When most of us hear the phrase “meal prepping,” our minds automatically jump to images of countless rows of Tupperware containers filled with chicken, rice, and broccoli. The concept of meal prepping has been built up quite a bit over the years and the phrase alone is enough to intimidate most of us. But I’m […]
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The Surprising Repercussions of the “Clean Plate Club”
The “Clean Plate Club” is well known across the US, used on a daily basis by parents and caregivers alike. However, this previously widely adopted strategy is now being discouraged due to the negative effects seen in adults who were raised with it. In this post, I’ll be talking about what the clean plate is, […]
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Hello 2022!
Well hello again! It has been almost an entire year since I’ve published a GHN blog post! The year 2021 was a year dedicated to getting my business, Georgia Haas Nutrition LLC, off the ground. So the blog definitely took the back burner for a while there. But I’m back! Now that my business is […]
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Why Severely Restricting Calories Won’t Help You Lose Weight
While we would all like to think that the key to weight loss is simply “calories in vs. calories out,” in reality, it’s much more complicated than that. Restrictive fad diets and modalities would like us to believe otherwise with their overly simplistic, black-and-white rules. But the truth is, successful weight loss cannot be done […]
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Warning Signs of a Fad Diet
Oh fad diets… The bane of every dietitian‘s existence. These diets are usually the ones making ridiculous and unrealistic claims. Yet many people are still drawn to them, which is what they are designed to do. One of the main reasons I started blogging as a nutrition student was to dispel false diet advice. And […]
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9 Foods That Will Help Improve Your Eye Health
Everyone wants to have healthy eyes. And being the generation with screens constantly in front of us, it is extremely important for us to consider ways to improve our eye health. Studies show that excessive screen time leads to eye strain, which results in eye dryness, irritation, fatigue, and blurred vision. So since we’re basically set up […]
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What’s This Dukan Diet That Everyone Seems to Love?
Anyone who knows me knows that I love anything French. The language, the food, the beautiful landscapes of the French countryside. So when I heard about the Dukan Diet, created by a French doctor and supposedly mimicking the diet of the French locals, I just had to take a look. Not to mention Kate Middleton follows this […]