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What I Mean When I Use the Word "Balance"

Paige Smathers

Sep 27, 2017

What I Mean When I Use the Word "Balance"

When you hear the recommendation to incorporate “balance” with food and nutrition what comes to mind? Maybe you picture a plate with some...

Paige Smathers

Sep 13, 2017

6 Tips to Make Grocery Shopping Easier

If you don't go grocery shopping each week (or at least on a regular basis), it's pretty tough to eat in a nutritious, well-balanced way....

80: Why Women with PCOS Don't Need to Torture Themselves with Diets

Paige Smathers

Sep 13, 2017

80: Why Women with PCOS Don't Need to Torture Themselves with Diets

PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) is a metabolic and hormonal disorder that, in many cases, wreaks havoc on the entire body. The cause...

What Does the Word Healthy Actually Mean?

Paige Smathers

Jul 28, 2017

What Does the Word Healthy Actually Mean?

The term "healthy" in the nutrition world has, in many cases, come to be a euphemism for morality with food. You're "good" if you eat...

Paige Smathers

Jul 26, 2017

74: Raising Intuitive Eaters Part II

Anna Lutz, MPH, RDN, LD, CEDRD specializes in eating disorders and pediatric/family nutrition. Anna received her Bachelor of Science...

Paige Smathers

Jul 20, 2017

73: "What the Health" Review

The newest documentary stirring up all kinds of controversy in the nutrition and health world is "What the Health". After getting...

Paige Smathers

Jul 19, 2017

The Problems with Elimination Diets

If you've lived long enough, you've seen the trends come and go in the dieting world. One minute fat is bad and the next it's carbs or...

72: Loving with Limits—A Conversation about Parent Feeding Styles

Paige Smathers

Jul 14, 2017

72: Loving with Limits—A Conversation about Parent Feeding Styles

In this episode, I talked with Jill Castle, MS, RDN who is a childhood nutrition expert, author and mother of four. We talk about the...

71: A Radically Respectful Approach to Nutrition & Health

Paige Smathers

Jul 5, 2017

71: A Radically Respectful Approach to Nutrition & Health

All too often, visits with health care providers leave you feeling like you're a total failure and it can be so discouraging to feel like...

Paige Smathers

Jun 28, 2017

When Emotional Eating is A-Okay

Emotional eating gets vilified a lot. We often spend so much time worrying about what goes into our mouths at the expense of worrying...

69: Busting Nutrition Myths—Exploring Weight Loss, Adrenal Fatigue and More

Paige Smathers

Jun 22, 2017

69: Busting Nutrition Myths—Exploring Weight Loss, Adrenal Fatigue and More

You know as well as anyone about the fact that there are differing and clashing recommendations about food and nutrition science in...

Paige Smathers

Jun 12, 2017

68: The Art of Mindfulness

There has been a lot of excitement around the idea of mindful eating (and mindfulness in general) over the last few years. With all the...

What Nutrition Experts Wished You Knew About Dieting

Paige Smathers

Jun 7, 2017

What Nutrition Experts Wished You Knew About Dieting

Dieting isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. For most people, strict rules about what to eat actually perpetuate the very issues they claim...

67: Food Freedom After Forty—It's Never Too Late

Paige Smathers

Jun 2, 2017

67: Food Freedom After Forty—It's Never Too Late

Rana Olk is extremely passionate about the work she does in helping women find food freedom. She is passionate about that work because...

How to Make Healthy Eating Realistic and Sustainable

Paige Smathers

May 10, 2017

How to Make Healthy Eating Realistic and Sustainable

In the pursuit of health, many people find themselves oscillating between extremes. One minute you’re eating salads and quinoa bowls and...

Paige Smathers

May 9, 2017

65: Raising Intuitive Eaters

The feedback about Nutrition Matters Podcast listeners' excitement for intuitive eating has been so much fun and so encouraging! Thank...

64: Healing from Trauma, PTSD, and Struggles with Food: #DontMissIt with Jenni Schaefer

Paige Smathers

May 2, 2017

64: Healing from Trauma, PTSD, and Struggles with Food: #DontMissIt with Jenni Schaefer

Happy Eating Recovery Day! May 2 is a day where we shed light on signs and symptoms of eating disorders to help increase awareness to...

Paige Smathers

Apr 26, 2017

Our Bodies Teach Us How to Treat Them

I remember the day I brought my daughter home from the hospital. I was ecstatic to be a mom but also scared out of my mind about the...

63: Living with Type I Diabetes and an Eating Disorder

Paige Smathers

Apr 24, 2017

63: Living with Type I Diabetes and an Eating Disorder

Quinn Nystrom has been a diabetes advocate for over 20 years. She is the author of the book "If I Kiss You, Will I Get Diabetes?" and is...

5 Important Eating Lessons We Can Learn from Kids

Paige Smathers

Apr 12, 2017

5 Important Eating Lessons We Can Learn from Kids

When I was a new mom, I gave my young daughter her very first chocolate chip cookie. These particular cookies are my absolute favorite...