by Cassie | Apr 23, 2017 | Balanced Meals, Balanced Snacks, Disease Prevention, Healthy Changes, Hot Topics, Weight Management, Whole Body Health
On one of my first days working as a hospital dietitian, I had a patient come in with a feeding tube. A feeding tube is a device used to provide nutrition to people who cannot eat orally. This patient was receiving all of his nutrition through the tube, which means I...
by Cassie | Feb 14, 2017 | Disease Prevention, Healthy Changes, Hot Topics, News, What Cassie Eats, Whole Body Health
Let’s talk about your heart. Since February is American Heart Month, it’s extra heavy on my heart just how many people I hear from who want to break up with cholesterol. When really…. we should be falling in love with cholesterol over and over again!...
by Cassie | Jan 12, 2017 | Healthy Changes, Start Here
I’ll admit—I used to think detoxing was a complete scam. Juice cleanses, restrictive fasts and sugar detoxes marketed to us from every angle? Scam. Scammy. Scam. How could they ever be healthy when they don’t provide lasting results? Besides, isn’t your liver already...
by Cassie | Dec 12, 2016 | Balanced Meals, Balanced Snacks, Healthy Changes, Holiday Eating, Uncategorized, Weight Management, What Cassie Eats
’Tis the time of year when we’re bombarded with sweets and sugary treats EVERYWHERE. Work parties, family gatherings, everywhere we look. Christmas cookies, candies and junk will be thrown in our faces. It’s socially acceptable to stuff our faces and binge on...
by Cassie | Dec 5, 2016 | Balanced Meals, Balanced Snacks, Dietitian Cassie, Holiday Eating, What Cassie Eats
Over the past few weeks I’ve been traveling abroad in London, Scotland, Sweden, Norway, Canada…whew! There’s nothing like coming home to my intelliBed and my kitchen. While it’s been a blast, you may be familiar with some of the all too familiar stresses of traveling:...