Seattle PI article that ran today! By BOB CONDOR SPECIAL TO THE P-I, CONTRIBUTING NUTRITIONIST ANGELA PIFER Let's put this product idea squarely in the you-decide category: This fall, Nestle U.S.A. debuted its first "nutricosmetics" beauty drink, Glowelle. It is sold at Bergdorf Goodman and 45 Neiman Marcus stores. "We're Nestle but we're also aRead the rest of this entry…
Stocking A Healthy Pantry
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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.
Living Well: Beauty drinks? You’re better off eating and sleeping well
December 22nd, 2008 by Angela, NutritionistHealing Eczema
December 15th, 2008 by Angela, NutritionistClickeats.com is a locally owned website offering a quick and convenient way to search for local cuisine and view the restaurant’s menus, all in one easy location. The advanced search option allows people with food sensitivities to narrow their search results to restaurants who offer sensitivity specific cuisine. The owner, Julia May, contacted me toRead the rest of this entry…
Eating with Purpose
October 29th, 2008 by Angela, NutritionistEating while multitasking seems to have become an American pastime. A working lunch (eaten at your desk while focusing on work) or watching TV while eating dinner, often leads us to eat more. Adults in the United States devote an average of 1 hour and 12 minutes per day to eating, yet spend between 2½Read the rest of this entry…
Supplement Your Health
October 25th, 2008 by Angela, NutritionistSupplementing your diet is more important today than ever before. In today’s world, we are faced with foods that contain less nutrients than they did 100 years ago, increased stress and hectic schedules and constant access to convenient ‘non-food’ products. Many people suffer from digestive conditions that interfere with digestion and absorption of nutrients. AllRead the rest of this entry…
Why Detox?
October 1st, 2008 by Angela, NutritionistThis very second, your physical body is functioning internally exactly the way human bodies functioned 10,000 years ago. Because our bodies today are the same as in the past, it is critical to eat, drink, and live the same as in years past – centuries past. But modern societies are adopting one of the mostRead the rest of this entry…
You Are What You Eat! Or, is it, You Are What You Absorb?
August 24th, 2008 by Angela, NutritionistThink of your body as a finely tuned engine, and food as its fuel. If you are not completely digesting the foods you are eating and absorbing their nutrients, you’re not adequately fuelling your body. The lack of adequate fuel, or the inability to use it properly, can lead to a variety of health problems.Read the rest of this entry…
Sunlight is D-liscious!
July 20th, 2008 by Angela, NutritionistThe warning that should appear on sunscreen containers is, "Warning — you’re not getting enough sun." Sunlight is just like a food nutrient that your body needs in order to function in a healthful way. Exposure to sunlight, for example, creates Vitamin D in your body. Vitamin D, as recent studies have shown, is preventativeRead the rest of this entry…
