Nutrition Unmeasured Blog/Podcast
Intuitive Eating and Wellness Tips, by Gina Forster
Pumpkin Bread Is Always a Good Idea
Recently it was really snowy outside, and I felt like making pumpkin bread. Pumpkin bread isn't just a fall and winter staple in our house, it's an all year, any time favorite. I have a recipe I've used for a while, that is simple and delicious (find the recipe...
How Intuitive Eating May Help with IBS
Years ago I avoided FODMAPs because of my Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). I had some form of mild IBS as a child, but it worsened in direct correlation to my diminished relationship with food. At a certain point my IBS was so bad that I decided to find a diet to...
Mini Course: Introduction to Five Principles
It's finally here, my second mini course of my mini course "series"! This one is an introduction to Intuitive Eating. This course would be great for anyone who is intrigued by Intuitive Eating but wants to learn more, or anyone who has no knowledge of Intuitive...
“Yum, Yum, Breakfast Burritos!”….
My kids have this song they listen to on our Alexa, which goes a little something like, "Yum, yum, breakfast burritos! Yum, yum, breakfast burrrrritttos!". It's catchy, albeit weird. My kids genuinely love a good breakfast burrito. They are so easy to make for just...
Can I Use Marijuana and Eat Intuitively?
Back in my early twenties I used pot to give me an appetite when I was "healing" from my eating disorder. I told myself I was smoking to help me heal, but the truth is I was smoking to numb my feelings and pain. The marijuana helped me to eat, but did not help me to...
Making Peace With Food
The process of making peace with food may arguably be the scariest part of intuitive eating, even scarier than the process of letting go of dieting all together. Fear of making peace is normal, and expected. You may have a lot of voices in your head telling you this...
Should I Wait 15 Minutes to Feel Full?
Back when I was a DIETitian, and put people on diets, I liked to suggest slowing down when eating, and making sure you wait 15 or so minutes to see if your fullness sets in. Back then this advise was really given with the wrong intentions (you can probably deduce...
Am I Thirsty, or Hungry?
Years ago when, I first became a dietitian, I often told people, "When you think you are hungry, it may actually be thirst, so see if a drink of water helps first". That was a perfect example of my biased and diet-focused education hard at work. This advice is...
Granola Bites (how to use the leftover crumbs!)
You know the inevitable crumbs at the end of any bag of granola?? You've all experience this, right? I feel like the crumbles at the end of a granola bag always go to waste! You could certainly sprinkle them on some yogurt, or grab a banana and roll it in the...
Flourless Chocolate Muffins
It's not like we don't eat flour, we do! I just really love these muffins, and so do my kids (bonus!) I love a simple recipe that the whole family can enjoy. These would be great to bring to a gathering where someone has Celiac Disease, because they are gluten free,...