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Mental Health Awareness Month: A Bit of My Own Story
In light of May being Mental Health Awareness Month, I am choosing to share some of my own journey, in hopes that someone will be...
Caroline Young


4 Ways to Welcome the New Year with Greater Calm & Less Anxiety (hint: dieting is not one of them)
During the last two Januarys, my dear friend and colleague Amanda Marks and I led New Year’s retreats in the mountains of north Georgia....
Caroline Young


Intuitive Eating & Blood Sugars: How to Manage Diabetes Through a Non-Diet Lens
Hello blog readers! Thank you for being here. Today, I am co-writing with my longtime friend and fellow dietitian (AND yoga teacher!)...
Caroline Young


Why Nutrition is Crucial in Helping Prevent or Manage Anxiety
Hello, Happy June, and thanks for reading. Today’s blog topic is one that has been on my mind for quite some time – even well before this...
Caroline Young


10 Truths About Eating Disorders
Hello, hello! In the spirit of National Eating Disorder Awareness week, I want to highlight some of the major factors about eating...
Caroline Young


Why You Don’t Need a Post-Vacation Detox or Diet
I feel very fortunate to share that I just got back from a freakin’ awesome vacation last week – spent two weeks in Europe. Ate all the...
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Gentle Nutrition or Diet Mentality: What is your Fruit and Vegetable Perception?
I am pleased to announce that this is another guest blog post by my lovely and talented intern: Lauren Tinkey s about to graduate from...
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Why It’s Healthy to Eat “Unhealthy” Foods Often
First, I have to say that the quotation marks around “Unhealthy” in the title of this post are not to be taken lightly. We live in a...
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Why We Should Eat Bread (and other grains)
Hands-down, the number one macronutrient (carbs, fats, protein) that I hear people say they’re avoiding are carbohydrates. From my...
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Free Self-Care Tools for the Holiday Season
This is a time of year when I feel like it is really easy to disconnect from our bodies. Whether it’s trying to tie up lose ends at work,...
Caroline Young


4 Benefits of Eating Well That Have Nothing to do with Your Weight
Take a moment to ask yourself: What motivates me to eat well? If your key motivators behind eating a healthy diet are weight control...
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5 Reasons You Shouldn’t Go on a Diet
Did you know that one in three U.S. consumers are following a specific diet? According to the 2018 International Food Information Council...
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Here’s why calories are good
Hello there people. This is just a super quick post to celebrate calories. One of the many things that I think our culture gets wrong is...
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Here’s the Dirt on Clean Eating
The term literally makes me cringe. Search the hashtag “cleaneating” on Instagram and you will find images of super-lean women taking...
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Why You Don’t Need to Fear Sugar
You’ve heard it all: Sugar is bad. Sugar is toxic. Sugar will destroy your health. Fear-mongering messages around sugar abound. They are...
Caroline Young


How to Meal-Plan Without Rigidity
Do you hear the phrase “meal planning,” and think “stressful” or “time-consuming”? I did too. As a RD and a person who values eating...
Caroline Young
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