It’s time to put your guard up as saturated fats threaten an attack and make their way back into your diet. How do you fight? First and foremost, knowledge is your best contender. Despite the recent entourage of new ‘reduced’ and ‘trans-fat-free’ products on the market, be warned that ‘fat-free’ may be anything but. TransRead the rest of this entry…
Stocking A Healthy Pantry
Welcome to
Nutrition Basics
Are you tired of being overwhelmed with complicated and often conflicting messages from the diet and health industry? This blog is about learning to let go of gimmicky eating and discovering how easy making healthy food choices can be!
About Angela Pifer
I'm a certified nutritionist, blogger, writer, and mom. My passion is teaching people how to live a healthy diet-free life. Most of us don't grow up with an education in nutrition. The food companies and the diet industry take advantage of this fact by marketing foods and products as healthy, when they're not. Eating healthy shouldn't and isn't a complicated process. I want to help people make sense of this information by transforming these conflicting messages into a simple straight forward plan of action towards better health.
Are Your Meals Nutritional Powerhouses?
June 14th, 2008 by Angela, NutritionistFruits, vegetables and whole grain foods should top your list when trying to make healthy food choices. Nutritionally packed foods, however, don’t always deliver the nutrition we think we’re getting. By making a few changes to our already good choices, we can maximize our nutritional intake. Food combinations, age and illness can affect the amountRead the rest of this entry…
You Need to Move to Lose!
June 14th, 2008 by Angela, NutritionistYou may have heard the statement that you will achieve 80% success by addressing your diet alone, but only 20% success by addressing exercise alone. It is important to note that by addressing both diet and exercise you will maintain your muscle mass as you lose fat and greatly improve your chances at keeping theRead the rest of this entry…
About Angela
June 10th, 2008 by Angela, NutritionistAngela Pifer, MSN, C.N. is a certified nutritionist in Washington State, owner and creator or Nutrition Northwest, Corp. (Formerly The Nourished Body), In-House Nutritionist to the International Ballet Theatre, and the Nutrition Advisor to the Nationally Syndicated Talk Show, The Dr. Pat Show. She works privately with children and adults out of her Carillon PointRead the rest of this entry…
Eat Your (Frozen) Vegetables!
June 8th, 2008 by Angela, NutritionistBest Intentions: grocery store customer loads up basket with fresh vegetables only to discard them after a week because they’ve gone bad waiting to be prepared. Sound familiar? This may not be the literal definition, yet most can relate. To the rescue: a wide variety of frozen vegetables are just an isle away. Yes, it’sRead the rest of this entry…
