Over the next few weeks I will be exploring topics related to pregnancy, fertility and prenatal to postpartum care; including nutrition, fitness, supplementation and other lifestyle changes that will benefit your pregnancy. I will also start a series on how to feed infants to reduce the risk of food sensitivities and how to plan theirRead 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.
Reading Food Labels – Trans Fats
April 25th, 2009 by Angela, NutritionistBellevue Nutritionist Angela Pifer writes: While some trans fatty acids (trans fats) occur naturally, most trans fats are the result of hydrogenation, a process that occurs during the production of commercial foods. Once upon a time, only true diet detectives knew whether a particular food contained trans fat, a phantom fat added to thousands ofRead the rest of this entry…
Danskin Triathlon – Food is Fuel – Training Diet
April 7th, 2009 by Angela, NutritionistSeattle Nutritionist Angela Pifer writes: Participating in a Danskin Triathlon is an experience like you have never imagined. Thousands of women coming together to warm heartedly compete and cheer each other on. For registered participants, training plans are offered on the site. But how should you eat? Food is fuel and training for the DanskinRead the rest of this entry…
Sip this energy
March 13th, 2009 by Angela, Nutritionist"Nutrition Expert Contribution to an article posted on www.SheKnows.com" Relying on extra-large coffees to make it through your day? Despite the instant energy boost, consuming copious amounts of caffeine can ultimately sap you to exhaustion. Perhaps a better approach to soaring through the afternoon is to nourish yourself with a healthy, refreshing, energy-boosting smoothie.Read the rest of this entry…
Feeling Pumped: Without Caffeine
March 9th, 2009 by Angela, Nutritionist"Nutrition Expert Contribution to an article posted on www. SheKnows.com" By the time 3 PM rolls around, do you find yourself craving a midday refill for your extra-large coffee mug? Before you drink another cup, stop and think about what your body is actually telling you. While one or two cups of coffee areRead the rest of this entry…
Portion Sizes vs. Serving Sizes: Confused? Read on…
March 9th, 2009 by Angela, NutritionistSeattle Nutritionist Angela Pifer writes: It’s a fact: most people tend to underestimate the amount of food they eat and tend to overestimate the recommended serving sizes for many foods. In a land of super-sized meals it is easy to understand why. Most consumers believe that a serving size is 1.5 to 2 times largerRead the rest of this entry…
Irritable Bowel Sydrome
March 5th, 2009 by Angela, NutritionistIrritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a functional disorder of the large intestine with no evidence of accompanying infection or structural defect. Though the causes for IBS are not completely clear, physiological, psychological and dietary factors have all been linked to this condition, including excessive numbers of bacteria in the intestines. Dietary Treatment Considerations The goalsRead the rest of this entry…
