Dishing Up Nutrition

In the past 10 years, there has been a 20% increase in breast cancer. What could be increasing your risk of cancer? As dietitians and nutritionists, we believe it is what you eat and other factors in our environment. Today we will focus on how artificial estrogens increase your breast cancer risk.

More than 60% of women experience sleep problems during perimenopause and menopause. Listen in to find out how what food you eat and supplements you take can help you get a better night’s sleep.

Listen in as we hear the personal story of someone who has put stage 4 cancer into remission for over 30 years with just the help of a real food diet, key supplements, meditation and a variety of lifestyle changes. If you or someone you know has cancer, this is a rare opportunity that you don’t want to miss!

Can what you eat actually affect your happiness and your mental health? We know from personal experience that it absolutely can. Listen in to learn what you should eat to be happy and have a sense of well-being.

Are your kids going through that “picky eating phase?” They don’t want to try new foods; they might even refuse to eat foods that they once loved; and they tend to drive you crazy each and every time they refuse to eat whatever is put in front of them. Listen in as we give you strategies to deal with your picky eater and help them broaden their eating horizons.

In today’s Dishing Up Nutrition, we are interviewing Nutritional Weight & Wellness dietitian Melanie who has struggled with chronic back pain since early 2000 due to an injury. Many people might not realize that us dietitians have also experienced various health challenges and have found our way into nutrition because of the help we gained from eating the Weight & Wellness Way. That is exactly what Melanie is going to share today.

Today’s Dishing Up Nutrition is all about neuropathy; which is essentially nerve damage that often causes a prickly or tingling sensation, numbness or muscle weakness in hands and feet. We’ll be answering some common questions like: What causes neuropathy? What are some treatments for neuropathy? And what are some foods and supplements that may help relieve some of the symptoms? Dr. Robert Silverman will be joining us today to provide further insight into possible ways to restore and heal damage to peripheral nerves.

Have you ever considered the fact that what you eat day in and day out affects how well you age? Listen in to today’s Dishing Up Nutrition as we discuss what you should do to keep healthy, strong muscles, along with great ideas for what to eat throughout the day.

Recent research from the National Institute of Health found that when subjects ate ultra-processed foods they gained 1-2 pounds a week – which could really add up over a full year. While these findings confirm what we at Nutritional Weight & Wellness have been sharing with clients, but is still news to many Americans. Listen in as we share how to navigate the aisles of processed foods and all the healthier, and tastier, real food options that can have profound benefits on your health.