Brain/Body/Food Connection

I am reading an incredible book right now that discusses how the brain forms neural networks and ultimately how we develop our habits. Habits are something that most of us form subconsciously. It is an act that we have repeated enough times to the point that it has become our regular pattern. You may be wondering right now what the heck this has to do with nutrition. Everything. Every time we repeat something it makes this neural connection stronger and we seek to repeat it more. It doesn’t matter if these habits help or hurt us. The brain cannot distinguish

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What is the perfect diet for me?

This is the most common question I get when people find out that I am a Dietitian. The answer is more complicated and contains more information than most people really want to digest.

Food is complicated and all around confusing for most people. In one sense it is easy to say as long as you eat a mostly unrefined,natural diet you will be healthy. As Michael Pollin says,“Eat food,not too much,mostly plants”. Yet,if you are in a mental/emotional state of deprivation because you feel an underlying resistance to the way that you are eating it

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