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Digestive Health
This is Jocelyne Gross with a bit of data on digestion.
If you have indigestion or heartburn, or a disease frequently associated with low...
Water and hydration
How much water should you be drinking? This is a question that will vary depending on who you ask. There are a few guidelines that I use to help my...
What to Eat
This is Jocelyne Gross with a bit of data on food and the often-asked questions of what is good to eat. Today we have a lot of choices when it comes...
Diet and Cellular Health
At Better Body Clinical Nutrition we focus on improving overall health with a focus on prevention of disease. In the medical world the focus is on curing...
Diet Vs. Exercise
As a nutritionist I often hear people say, “I will do some extra cardio so I can have some ice cream.” I advise against this practice because our health...
How to minimize the hormone effect of plastics
Plastics as a health concern is great to be aware of! This article discusses the effect of microplastics that we get from consuming both plants and animals...
Healing foods
Let food be thy medicine is a popular saying, so here are some foods for some common health challenges:
This article goes into more detail for you...
The best and worst foods for your liver
The liver is such an important organ and helps with everything from skin health to digestion and even helps deal with chemicles we come into contact...
Nutrition and Memory / Brain Health
I want to introduce you to a great resource named eat this not that. Many years ago it started with a book and then a podcast and blog. There is really...
Benefits of Having Less Sugar
Sugar is extremely popular. According to the American Heart Assoiation, Americans consume an average of 77 grams of added sugar a day. This is triple...
Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet and what foods to focus on
The Mediterranean Diet was been getting a lot of attention recently and for really good reasons. Recent research has linked this popular way of eating...
Healthy eating lowers risk for many illnesses
Harvard medical school has a website that recently published an article titled Scoring highly on Alternative Healthy Eating Index lowers risk for many...
Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Fats
In this post I wanted to link this article titled What are Macronutrients? All you need to know by Lizzie Streit. Sometimes I find that when I say carbohydrates...
Immune Boosting Foods
This is a great article titled How to Boost Your Immunity with Food by Toby Amidor, MS, RD, CDN. He describes the immune system as, “...a network...
Steps for Longevity
This article is a good summary of several points made by the blue zones research. If like me you don’t exactly know what the blue zone research is,...
Teen Mental Health
This article covers the topic of Nutritional Support for teen Mental Health. It focuses on six areas for improvment, including, digestion, Fat balance,...
How to eat healthy with less money while this supply chain gets sorted out.
Hello there well my focus is on nutrition and unfortunatly this pandemic is having an effect on the cost of food. I won't bore you with the details...
Nutrition for post Surgery recovery
This is a great article that highlights how important Nutrition is with recovery from surgery. Remember the old saying, you are what you eat, well when...
"Good" vs. "Bad" Carbohydrates
The word “carbohydrate” is a classification of food that groups together various types of sugar-containing components present in foods.
Carbohydrates...
Is it the Gluten? What is wrong with wheat?
A lot of patients ask me if they are allergic to gluten. So for this reason I wanted to give that question some perspective. First I want to give the...
Genes, Nutrition, and Health Outcomes 1
I want to introduce you to an amazing organization called the price - pottenger organization. This article comes from there and highlights the effect...
Sriracha
This is a great article about Sriracha that highlights the benefits as well as how to know if it is affecting your digestion. As for what it is if you...
Diet-related conditions
This article from the Washington Post makes a lot of good points about the state of health in our nation. It points out an interesting observation about...
Benefits of Bone Broth
Bone broth is such an amazing nutritional tool for wellness. It is great when recovering from illness as well as unlocking peak performance. It is...
What foods to avoid during pregnancy for both mother and child
In yesterday’s post I highlighted the nutritional support needs for both mother and her child. Today I wanted to highlight the foods to avoid during...
Nutritional support during pregnancy for both mother and child
In today’s post I wanted to cover an extremely important topic on what to eat for both mother and child during pregnancy. I am referencing this article...
Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a day centered around good food, time spent with loved ones, or just a day off for some. It's typically a day to reflect on things you...
Covid and its toxic relationship with obesity, diabetes, hypertension and heart failure.
This article from Politico has some very interesting and relevant statistics related to a persons current helath and their relative risk of hospitalization...
More action needed to improve Nutrition in the U.S. as it is creating medical problems
This is a great article that talks about how modern medicine is struggling with issues that are at their core a failure of Nutrition. Sen. Cory Booker...
My go to Thanksgiving Turkey recipe
Hello there and happy Thanksgiving! Here is my go to Turkey recipe. It uses the instant pot and takes very little hands on time to cook. It comes...
Nutrition has an effect on brain health, mood, emotional balance, and even cognative function
Here is a video of a Dr. explaining how nutrition and daily movement habits, including the foods we eat or don’t eat have an effect on brain health,...
How much food do I need, what is the right portion size for me
Here is an article about the Nutritional tool called portion size. Even though it is a simple concept this can be one of the hardest things to figure...
What is a healthy diet
Here is a great article that dives into what eating a healthy diet consists of. One quote that really makes a great point is, "Perhaps the conversation...
New study shows that Nutrition is better than drugs for healthy aging
As many of my patients know, I never stop studying Nutrition and luckily for me it is always being studied. Here (https://www.technologynetworks.com/proteomics/news/nutrition-trumps-drugs-when-it-comes-to-healthy-aging-355872)...
Sprouting nuts and seeds
Sprouted nuts are raw nuts that have been soaked in water until they get to the first stage of plant growth, called germanation. Sprouting certain grains,...
Sea Salt vs Table Salt and the new FDA guidance
Happy monday or whatever day you are reading this. I wanted to give an answer to which type of salt is the best, Sea salt or table salt? I have included...
Helping children foster a love for healthy food choices
Hey there! I wanted to create a post that showcases how much fun our family has had in getting our kids involved in our nutrition. It often starts...
Nutritional Coaching at Better Body Clinical Nutrition
As many of those that work with me to improve overall health know, diet is a crucial part of helping improve overall health. This article from medical...
Salmon Farm raised vs Wild Caught
Happy Veterans day to all, and a big thank you to those past and presently in the Military working to keep our freedoms. Now on a seperate note here...
The key to health is 80% Nutrition and 20% Exercise
This is a great article about how important nutrition is in relation to exercise. According to the article, "When you increase the amount you exercise,...
You can now order Standard Process directly from our website
I am excited to announce that you can now order Standard Process supplements via the Better Body Clinical Nutrition website (https://www.nutritionausitn.com)....
Introduction
I know that I already said hello and welcome, but I wanted to introduce myself as the lead Nutritionist at Better Body Clinical Nutrition. I started...
Hello and Welcome
Welcome to the blog for Better Body Clinical Nutrition! I will be adding content, recommendations and links in upcoming blog posts. Feel free to share...