Eat This, Not That!

We are guessing that you are just as excited as we are to fire up the grill for the season. If so, Jon and Megan are here to help as they make sure you are armed and ready with the BEST picks for your weekend BBQ. In this episode, they’ll help you cut through some of the confusion on what to grill so you can focus on cooking it up and serving the best foods (sausages, hot dogs, hamburgers, etc…) to your family and friends. So, let’s get to our Grill This, Not That! Picks which have been carefully selected by the trusted team at Eat This, Not That!

Fire up the grill! Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Family Reunions or just a weekend gathering of friends and family are all great occasions to fire up the grill and deliver a tray of hot, juicy, delicious burgers. However, in our rush to deliver a delicious meal, and entertain, and keep taps on everything else we end up making critical mistakes that end up delivering dry, charred, tasteless burgers instead.

In this episode, Jon and Megan help you fix some of the most common burger mistakes to ensure that your burger is the one that your friends and family will be talking about all summer long. From patty prep to timing, technique and temperature, they have you covered and your burgers will never be the same (in a good way).

Believe it or not there has been a dramatic shift in the way we eat in the past couple of years.  Just a couple of years ago - for the first time ever - Americans spent more money per year eating out than they did at the grocery store. We are eating out kore than ever before and for many of us that means Fast Food!

In this episode, Jon and Megan round up some of the most surprising -- and even shocking -- facts about fast food that will hopefully stick with you the next time you find yourself pulling up to that lit up menu and “order hear” box.

There is good news though: Protecting your waistline and wallet doesn’t require ditching the burgers, sandwiches, and fries you hate to love. Once you’ve learned some of these fast food industry trade secrets, it’ll be easy to place healthier orders, lose weight, and save your hard-earned dollars. 

I think we all know by now that Mom was right. And while many of us are trying to get more veggies into our daily meals, many of us are making common cooking mistakes that are destroying the very nutrients we want to get from a healthy dose of produce. Don’t worry, the fix to all of them are super simple!

In this episode, Jon and Megan uncover some of the most common cooking mistakes we make and provide easy solutions so you can keep packing in the veggies - and all of the valuable nutrition they deliver - while making Mom happy.

Looking for a simple solution to many of the health issues plaguing is today? The solution might be a bit “fishy”

Whether you love it or hate it (kind like it maybe?), there is no denying the myriad health benefits of adding more fish to your diet.

In this episode, Jon and Megan take you through all of the reasons you should add more fish to your diet including a decreased risk of disease, better brain health,

 and a faster metabolism. 

Salads should be a refreshing, crisp, light, nutrient-packed meal that provides you what you need to cut calories and improve your health. Unfortunately, many of the most popular “salads” on menus today have more calories and fat that a Burger!

One popular restaurant is now serving up a salad that has more than 2,000 calories and 100 grams of fat!!

In this episode, Jon and Megan uncover some of these salad bombs and help you navigate the menu at your favorite restaurant by helping you know what to order instead - some swaps can even save you 1,300 calories!  

We’ve all been there, dry, tough, tasteless chicken dinners. In this episode, Jon and Megan help you fix your chicken dinner to go from ho-hum dinner standby to tender, juicy, tasty crowd pleaser by helping you fix some common mistakes that will double down on your kitchen skills — chicken will never be the same after this episode.

An eye-popping recent study, looking at the eating habits of people from 195 countries, recently brought to light the dramatic impact that bad diets are having on our overall mortality rates. The shocking findings? 11 million people die each year around the world because of, at least in part, of certain foods or lack of nutritious foods.

Bad diets are responsible for more deaths around the world than any other risk factor.

In this episode, Jon and Megan explore some of the key findings of the study and discuss ways to assess your own diet with easy tips to fix your eating habits and make a bad diet much better.

After the dark days of winter, or maybe just a rough weekend, many of us look for “Detox” solutions to set our bodies right so we can get back to seizing the day.

However, you don’t need to turn to drastic, or sketchy, detox methods that border on extreme and probably are more likely to make a bad situation worse.

Instead, Jon and Megan share the eight best foods to stock up on to truly cleanse your body the right way. So put down the vinegar and cayenne and give yourself a lift, torture free. 

Whole 30 has been around for about a decade now and its popularity parallels the growing interest in “clean eating.” It was started by Melissa Hartwig, a Certified Sports Nutritionist and co-creator of the original Whole30 program, which has now grown into a true franchise with four New York Times bestselling books. 

In this episode of Diet Decoded, Jon and Megan break down everything you need to know before considering if the restrictive 30-day “reset” plan is for you. You may have to give up a lot in 30 days (bye-bye grains, legumes, added sugars and alcohol), but are the short-term and long-term rewards worth it? Listen in to see for yourself.