Tag: sustainable
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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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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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A Call To Support Local Farmers and Sustainable Farming Practices
We’ve all heard the phrase “eat local.” But many of us don’t understand why exactly we should be doing so. As a nutrition student studying in Missouri, I have been fortunate enough to experience agriculture first-hand and to meet many different kinds of farmers. Growing up in Rhode Island, I didn’t have much experience with…
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How My Relationship With Food Has Changed After Studying Nutrition
Maybe this is just the nutrition weirdo in me, but I consider a person’s relationship with food to be extremely important. Not just for health reasons, but also because it defines how you perceive the innate human activity of eating, which is something we spend a lot of time doing. If we’re being honest, our…
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B.GOOD is a Budding East Coast Eatery You Shouldn’t Miss
I constantly hear people talk about how great it is to eat locally. But so few individuals are actually able to follow through with that statement and eat locally-sourced foods themselves. Luckily, for all of us East Coasters, there’s a budding place called B.good. The first time I stepped into one of these quirky little…
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28 Ways to Use Less Plastic
Hopefully by now we’ve all heard about the dangers of plastic pollution and the detrimental effects it has on our environment. But just to refresh your memory, here are some fast facts about plastic pollution (thanks National Geographic): About 18 billion pounds of plastic waste flow into the oceans each year. 40% of plastic waste…
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Is There a Certain Type of Honey You Should Be Buying?
We’ve all heard that honey has some amazing health benefits. It’s like liquid gold for the body. But what if the honey you’ve been buying actually isn’t good for you at all? Turns out, only a certain type of honey contains all of these amazing health benefits. And that’s raw honey. What is Raw Honey? And…
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What is a “Plant-Based” Diet & Why is it a Good Idea?
There is somewhat of a stigma around the phrase “plant-based.” Despite what many may think, a plant-based diet is not necessarily a vegetarian or vegan diet. Yes, vegans and vegetarians obviously eat a plant-based diet. But that doesn’t mean that meat-eaters can’t follow a plant-based diet as well. Essentially, the term “plant-based” means to eat…
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Welcome Fellow Foodies!
Hello and welcome to Georgia Haas Nutrition! Let me start by telling you a little bit about myself. I am a Registered Dietitian with my bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Nutrition and Dietetics from Saint Louis University. I am currently based in St. Louis, Missouri, where I live with my husband, Gabe. I am the…