Breakfast, why it is an important way to start your day

 #WellnessWednesday with Registered Dietitian Christine (MS, RDN, CSSD)

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Breakfast is a great way to start your day because it provides you energy to stay focused and avoid feeling sluggish as you work through the morning and keep up with your school work. It does not need to be a large meal and something to eat is better than having nothing to eat to start off your day!

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Plant Based Eating: Wellness Tips

Plant based recipes can be delicious and because they are made from vegetables, fruits, grains, beans, nuts and lentils:

• they provide plenty of fiber, vitamins, and minerals
• they are great for your health and the environment

Whether you are vegan, vegetarian or just incorporate plant based meals sometimes -it is beneficial for your health and the environment to eat more plants.

There is no shortage of flavor in plant based foods and plant based diets often provide high quality foods with more vitamins and minerals while minimizing animal products and processed items

Adopting a whole-foods, plant-based diet is not only healthy, but can also lower your risk for chronic diseases

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What healthy eating means and what it doesn’t

 #WellnessWednesday with Registered Dietitian Christine (MS, RDN, CSSD)

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Healthy eating can be different depending on how you grew up, food preferences and food choices that work for you. It’s about creating a balance with a variety of foods from all the different food groups (grains, proteins, fruits, veggies, dairy or non-dairy substitutes as well as desserts- yes they can also be included in the balance). Healthy eating also means choosing foods that you like and enjoy!

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Paying attention to hunger and fullness cues

 #WellnessWednesday with Registered Dietitian Christine (MS, RDN, CSSD)

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Hunger and fullness is a great way to be in tune with what your body needs. However, sometimes you get busy and ignore these hunger signals and/or we get distracted scrolling on our phone and not pay attention to when we are comfortably full. Think about being in tune with these signals, honoring fullness and decreasing distractions to be more in tune with fullness.

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Mental Health and Nutrition

 #WellnessWednesday with Registered Dietitian Christine (MS, RDN, CSSD)

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Nutrition can play a role when it comes to mental health. The way that nutrition plays a role is when you skip meals – because you are busy, stressed, or have a decreased appetite – most often you feel hungry and this can impact your mood, increase irritability, decrease concentration and focus. By fueling your body throughout the day with meals and snacks, it can help mood, decrease irritability, maintain concentration and focus. If you take medication for your mental health and the medication decreases your appetite, consider eating a meal before you take your medicine and setting reminders to continue to eat throughout the day.

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Eating consistently during the day

#WellnessWednesday with Registered Dietitian Christine (MS, RDN, CSSD)
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Eating consistently during the day is important to help to maintain your energy level and to help you stay focused throughout the day. Consider keeping snacks (granola bars, piece of fruit, pretzels, dry cereal etc.) handy when you know you are busy and may have a long period of time between meals. Paying attention to hunger signals during the day, this is your built in reminder that you need to eat!

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Mindful Eating vs. Distracted Eating

 #WellnessWednesday with Registered Dietitian Christine (MS, RDN, CSSD)
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Consider practicing mindful eating versus distracted eating by putting away your devices during a meal. You may find that you enjoy the meal more because you are paying attention to the smell, taste and texture as well as being in tune with your feelings of fullness!

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