It’s February, which means that immune system strength has dropped along with the temperature, paving the way for cold and flu season. Thankfully your favorite nutritional couple has their own health regimens to prevent sickness or, if you’ve already caught that bug, speed up the recovery process.

In their chat, Mandy and Taco lay out what remedies of worked best for them, suggest the best ways spouses can be (or not be) there for each other when one of them is ill, and discuss several tried and true tips for preventing even getting sick in the first place. Also, check out VIP page on Facebook to find out the meal Mandy whipped up for her and Taco for Valentine’s Day.

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Mandy popped by Mary Purdy’s Nutrition Show podcast to chat all things yoga and meditation. Give it a listen here! You can also expect to hear Mary and her husband Keith on our show in late March.

If you and yours are looking to get into meal planning and track your nutrition, be sure to grab your free Bride & Couples Starter Guide eBook on our site!

Mandy and Taco are on the lookout for couples who live happily and healthily together. If you have a story of your own, email us at [email protected].

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• How Mandy and Taco’s parents parents treated the usual illnesses in their households.
• The sickness tips and tricks they picked up after moving out on their own and transitioning into adulthood.
• What we can do to minimize spreading sickness throughout your home and, at the very least, keep it from following you out the door.
• Get the flu shot—even if the flu outpaces it, there’s no downside to getting one.
• WASH THOSE HANDS. And your forearms. Really scrub.
• Cell phones: the handy little disease carriers we never really think about.
• Take advantage of Teledoc and urgent care services.
• What you can do for your partner when they’re down and out.
• The Taco Preventive Regimen™.
• What supplements do and don’t work, and how the right food can boost your system when you most need it.
• Explaining why chicken soup, ginger ale and some other “sick food” staples are so good at fighting a cold.
• The Man Flu: is it real? (it kind of is)

Taco’s back from his fulfilling—and mildly chaotic—trip to India, and after catching us all up with the details of his trek he and Mandy tackle a subject that a lot of people are sensitive to at this time of year: dieting. Right around now, people start falling off the diet they resolved to stick to for New Year’s, but rather that being due to a lack of willpower it could be because the diet itself is not sustainable and conflicts with one’s eating disposition. This is why we’re advocating for intuitive eating, which grooves better with how each person eats and doesn’t get caught up in the statistical minutiae of other highly touted diets.

In our chat, we discuss the 10 core principles of intuitive eating, how we all have different eating personalities—as well as how those personalities affect dieting—and why couples need to be careful when one or both of them are on a diet.

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Congratulations to our previous guests, Stephen and Elise Compston, who just gave birth to a baby girl! Head over to our VIP Afterparty on Facebook to send them your well wishes!

If you and yours are looking to get into meal planning and track your nutrition, be sure to grab your free Bride & Couples Starter Guide eBook on our site!

Sign up with our Intuitive Eating Group Program in case you want support and to support others on the path to eating right.

Mandy and Taco are on the lookout for couples who live happily and healthily together. If you have a story of your own, email us at [email protected].

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Taco lays out the highlights and somewhat scarier moments of his India visit.
• How some diets look good purely based on numbers but aren’t very sustainable.
• Stepping off the diet “hamster wheel.”
• Breaking down the different kinds of “eating personalities” and how these dispositions affect dieting approaches.
• Defining exactly what intuitive eating is and why babies are the most intuitive eaters of all.
• How a diet can have a negative impact on a couple if both partners don’t adequately prepare or accommodate for one another.
• The 10 Principles of Intuitive Eating.
• TACO TERMINOLOGY: intuitive fitness!

Links referenced in show:

Intuitive Eating for Couples (NOTE

Mandy and Taco have made a reservation for a double date with registered dietitians and bloggers Stephen and Elise Compston, who discuss how healthy eating helped ignite their relationship, the key to keeping your kitchen tasks balanced, and how they keep each other on the right track.

EPISODE ANNOUNCEMENTS

If you and yours are looking to get into meal planning and track your nutrition, be sure to grab your free Bride & Couples Starter Guide eBook on our site!

Mandy and Taco are on the lookout for couples who live happily and healthily together. If you have a story of your own, email us at [email protected].

ABOUT STEPHEN & ELISE

Stephen Compston, RD, LD, CDE and Elise Compston, RD, LD are registered dietitians, partners in life and nutrition, and the Voices behind the blog Straight Outta Compston Kitchen. With their infant son Baby C—and another little one due very soon—they promote a varied and balanced diet that emphasizes good nutrition while still allowing for the occasional fun food.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• How food and nutrition brought Elise and Stephen together, why they clicked, and their whirlwind wedding.
• Moving in together and how honesty allowed them to avoid the little conflicts.
• Maintaining health at home through mutual encouragement and challenges.
• Why big eating and healthy eating can go hand-in-hand.
• How Straight Outta Compston Kitchen came to be and what Elise’s bucket list goal is.
• Balancing meal preferences and establishing a “leftover threshold” to keep everybody happy at the kitchen table.
• Elise and Stephen’s best tips for getting into meal planning.
• Working out shared cooking routines to keep both partners on an even keel.
• Why Stephen and Elise intend their blog to be for anybody.
• The challenges they’ve faced trying to maintain a healthy diet as young parents.

RECIPES TO CHECK OUT FROM STEPHEN AND ELISE’S BLOG, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPSTON KITCHEN

GROWN UP GRANOLA BARS

SUN DRIED TOMATO ‘CREAM’ SAUCE

BUTTERNUT SQUASH LASAGNA

Happy New Year! Resolutions are flying high this time of year. Taco and Mandy discuss why you should NOT make resolutions and instead set goals to work on as a couple. Learn 10 goals you can set as a couple this year and how to make them successful. 

• Why New Year’s “diets” and resolutions don’t work
• Why you need to set goals vs resolutions – and why they don’t have to be set on Jan 1
• Biggest times of the year when people are focused on change
• We reveal douchiest shirt Taco owns
• We break down 10 goals couples can focus on this year

Check out the full show notes and resources at www.nutritionnuptials.com/podcast-episode-11-new-year-couples-goals

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The holiday season has arrived. And while it’s supposed to be a joyous time of the year, the holiday season can put some unwanted stress on couples. Taco and Mandy provide some holiday stress relief to help take the edge off of some of the most challenging parts of navigating the holiday season. 

Join the Nutrition Nuptials Podcast VIP Afterparty on Facebook for FREE from now till end of the year! This benefits has previously only been made available to our Patreon supporters, but in the spirit of the holidays, we want to keep the party going all season long. Join now to be part of Mandy’s next “Ask A Dietitian” Facebook Live event at 8pm EST on Wednesday, December 5. 

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WHAT WE LEARN:

• The “F’s” of the holidays: Family, Food, Fun, Fitness
• How Mandy’s Italian roots have shaped the holidays for Taco & Mandy
• How many Thanksgivings & Christmases couples can celebrate in a single holiday season as their relationship deepens 
• Is a Friendsgiving Feast too much right before Thanksgiving?
• Mandy’s hatred of potluck meals

HOLIDAY STRESS RELIEF FOR COUPLES:

• Dealing with Awkward Questions from family members about your relations & lifestyle status
• Meeting your S.O.’s family for the first time and putting the pieces together about where your sweetie really came from 
• Splitting or Combining Time among family for the holidays
• Hosting & Food Prep Responsibilities
• The type & amount of food being served at holiday meals – including are allergies & food preferences of guests being taken in account 
• Reconnect with friends

HEALTH & THE HOLIDAYS:

• How to care for yourself over the holidays physically, nutritionally, and with stress management
• Don’t treat Thanksgiving (or any big holiday meal) any differently than other days of the year
• Lose the “indulge now, lose it later” attitude
• Don’t wait till Jan 2 to join a gym – find an activity to start now that you’ll enjoy doing
• It’s not selfish to take some time for selfcare 

Meet Your Hosts, Taco & Mandy:

Mandy Enright, MS, RDN, RYT is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and fitness instructor. She is the creator of the blog, Nutrition Nuptials, where she has been helping couples learn how to merge their lifestyles together and served as the inspiration for this podcast. Mandy is dedicated to helping teach people how to fit the foods they love into their lifestyle with an “all foods fit” philosophy. She is joined every episode by her co-host and husband, Taco. Taco and Mandy are active beach bums who live at the Jersey Shore and are always exploring restaurants, breweries, wineries, and p

Taco and Mandy have a Double Date with registered dietitian and blogger, Kaleigh McMordie, and her husband, Evan, to discuss adjusting to living with another person, metal health in relationships, the trials of being married to a food blogger, and preparing for life as first-time parents. 

Kaleigh McMordie is a registered dietitian and author of the blog Lively Table, where she specializes in recipe development and nutrition communications. Her husband, Evan, recently completed his master’s in personal financial planning. Kaleigh and Evan have been married for 3 years, currently live in Lubbock, TX, and welcomed their first child this past June (read on for more info on their baby girl).

For more drool-worthy photos and recipes from Kaleigh, check out her blog, Lively Table, and follow her on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. 

Fitness isn’t just about having a “rocking bod” to hook your Significant Other or looking your best on your wedding day. Fitness has health benefits that promote long term health, well-being, and even can have benefits on your relationship and love life. Taco and Mandy discuss the benefits of finding fitness as a couple and for yourself, and how to motivate each other to integrate fitness as part of a healthy lifestyle. 

Ready to take meal planning to the next level? Get started with a FREE 3-Day Meal Plan e-book featuring mix & match breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack recipes. 

If you need additional assistance with meal planning for your week or month, get started today with a free meal plan trial. Patreon supporters at the $10 level will get their first month plan for free.  

In the past year and a half, Taco has done some serious worldwide travels for work. Episode 7 of the Nutrition Nuptials Podcast discusses where in the world Taco has been, how to stay healthy while traveling for business, and what the other person may be doing back at home for meals while their significant other is traveling. 

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If you need some assistance with meal planning for your week or month, get started today with a free meal plan trial. Patreon supporters at the $10 level will get their first month plan for free.  

Nutrition Nuptials promotes heart health through nutrition and fitness. Sometimes we need a little extra help with getting our nutrients. Dietitian Mandy is partnering up with CardioTabs to help share their line of heart healthy products.  A few of Mandy’s top picks:

• Omega-3 Lemon Minis + Vitamin D3
• Mutlivitamin
• CardioWhey Protein in Chocolate and Vanilla (perfect for post-workouts!)

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WHERE IN THE WORLD HAS TACO BEEN?

Taco shares his impressive list of travel in 2017-2018 including:

• South Africa
• Argentina
• United Kingdom
• Brazil
• Australia
• China
• Russia
• Mexico
• Dubai (Mandy got to join in on this one!)
• Japan
• France
• Switzerland

COMING SOON! PATREON-ONLY EPISODE: TACO & MANDY DO DUBAI

WHAT WE LEARN:

• Hear about some of Taco’s experiences traveling the globe 
• Taco’s most memorable meals including the best, worst, and weirdest
• How to stay fit while traveling for work 
• How Mandy manages meals alone at home while Taco is traveling 
• What to do while on your own while your Significant Other is away 

HOW TO AVOID “BUSINESS TRAVEL TRAPS”

Consider if traveling occasionally versus frequently:

• Aim for balance – if going out to a big dinner with co-workers, have a lighter breakfast and/or lunch
• Plan out meals and what to order in advance, including while in the airports and on the plane
• Pace yourself - if a frequent traveler, not every meal has to be epic

FITTING FITNESS INTO BUSINESS TRAVEL

Avoid the rut of sitting and eating in meetings all day long:

• Use the hotel gym
• Wake up early to add in a workout since days and evenings can be packed agendas
• Do an efficient 30 Minute Workout (get some

Taco and Mandy have a Double Date with registered dietitian and podcast host, Liz Weiss, and her husband, Tim, to discuss their chance encounter meeting, what happens when a bachelor starts living with a cookbook author dietitian, raising healthy eaters, and adjusting to an empty nest.

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Looking for assistance with meal planning for your week or month? Get started today with a free meal plan trial. 

ABOUT LIZ AND TIM

Liz Weiss is a registered dietitian and host of the Liz’s Healthy Table podcast and blog. She joins today’s podcast with her husband, Tim Carruthers. Tim is a VP of engineering at a computer company near Boston. Liz and Time live in Lexington, MA. 

Learn more about Liz’s work and passion for family mealtimes at lizshealthytable.com and connect with her on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and YouTube. You can also listen to Liz on her podcast, Liz’s Healthy Table and join her free Podcast Posse on Facebook.

Are you ready for some football??? Taco and Mandy discuss the upcoming NFL season when it comes to having a sports fanatic significant other, how sports can impact relationships, and how to enjoy food and eat healthy whether you’re at the game or watching from home or the local sports bar. 

 EPISODE ANNOUNCEMENTS

Join Mandy for her first “Ask a Dietitian” Facebook Live episode in the private Nutrition Nuptials VIP Afterparty Facebook Group on Wednesday September 5 at 8pm EST. Want access to the VIP Afterparty? Head over to Patreon to get your all-access ticket.  

With summer coming to an end, football season is upon us. Is this a time of year you look forward to, dread, or could care less about? Does football season mean more time spent with your Significant Other or yourself? Taco and Mandy share how to manage football fantatics, football rivalries, and eating when watching the games. 

WHAT WE LEARN:

• How relationships create their own seasons 
• How sports can have an impact on a relationship 
• How Taco became such a football fanatic – and why your Significant Other may also be a fan
• Tips for tailgating and eating healthy when going to a game 
• Hosting your own “Homegating” event 
• How to eat healthy when at the bar

TURNING A RIVALRY INTO A TRADITION

If you and your Significant Other don’t agree on the same teams, like Eagles-fantatic Taco and Giants-loving Mandy, you have a few options:

• Watch your game at your own Neutral Territory
• Create your own tradition, like the Taco & Mandy Stadium Tour

TIPS FOR GAME-WINNING TAILGATES

Taco and Mandy discuss top stadiums for tailgating and how to host your own crash-worthy tailgate. 

• Get a group together
• Pick a theme
• Coordinate with your group 
• Invest in tailgating equipment 

HOW TO EAT HEALTHY AT THE STADIUM 

Taco and Mandy discuss some of the top foods picks from stadiums and how to keep it healthy even when unhealthy options are surrounding you. 

• Limit fried foods in favor of grilled or fresh options
• Stay hydrated (especially between alcoholic beverages)
• Check stadium guidelines about bringing in outside food and beverages to pack your own snacks and water bottles 

EATING HEALTHY AT SPORTS BARS

It’s not just about pizza and wings when it comes to football season! 

• Same rules apply as eating at the stadium
• Sharing is caring! 
• Have a meal before heading to the bar, and grab a small snack to share with your Significant Other 

Links referenced in show:

• BLOG POST: A Eulogy to the Football Widows