Hi, I'm Amanda! I help active women 40+ create a healthy relationship with food and their body through intuitive eating, mindfulness, and gentle nutrition. Learn to undiet your life with the latest Savor Food and Body Podcast episodes, blog posts, and free downloads at www.alpinenutrition.org
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"It's the chickeniest chicken you'll ever taste," Chef Shannon told her culinary students. Hey Reader, Have you been to a local Farmers' Market this season? Imagine walking through a bustling farmer's market. The vibrant colors and fresh scents of seasonal produce invite you to explore. This sensory experience is at the heart of intuitive eating and gentle nutrition. Visiting farmers' markets encourages you to listen to your body and make attuned food choices. When you eat with the seasons, you enhance your connection to food and nourish yourself more naturally. It also makes gentle nutrition ridiculously easy by simplifying the grocery shopping process and amplifying the flavor and satisfaction of your meals. Savor Food and Body podcast is back!In episode 105, Chef Shannon Cook, a passionate advocate for seasonal ingredients, shares her love for the fresh produce available at local markets. "When you savor what's in season, you celebrate it," she says. 🎧 Click to listen to the episode This celebration is not just about taste but also about supporting local farmers and communities. Seasonal eating allows you to enjoy food at its peak flavor and nutritional value. It also makes intuitive eating easier. As the weather warms, your body naturally craves lighter, fresher foods like crisp snap peas and juicy strawberries. Chef Shannon emphasizes the importance of listening to these cues, saying, "Our bodies know what they need, and seasonal foods often align with those needs." In other words, eating seasonally helps you lead with satisfaction when you make meals and snack choices. Simple Seasonal Recipes: Chef Shannon offers a quick pickle brine recipe for those who find themselves with an abundance of fresh produce. This easy method extends the life of your vegetables, allowing you to savor the flavors of the season for weeks to come. Speaking of gentle nutrition made easy...Enrollment is open for Gentle Nutrition Made Easy, my 4-week online course designed to work WITH your changing body in midlife, not against it. Use the 4 key strategies in the course to reclaim your energy, confidence, and health—without food rules or punishing workouts. Click here to learn more and enroll My favorite farmers' market find is fresh snap peas! What's your favorite food to get at farmers' markets? Hit reply! I always need fresh ideas of what to look for 😎 Have a great weekend, savoring food and your body! Amanda PS: Enrollment is open for Gentle Nutrition Made Easy, my 4-week online course designed to work WITH your changing body in midlife, not against it. Use the 4 key strategies in the course to reclaim your energy, confidence, and health—without food rules or punishing workouts. Click here to learn more and enroll PSS: Visiting farmers' markets encourages you to listen to your body and make attuned food choices. When you eat with the seasons, you enhance your connection to food and nourish yourself more naturally. In episode 105 of Savor Food and Body, Chef Shannon Cook, a passionate advocate for seasonal ingredients, shares her love for the fresh produce available at local markets. "When you savor what's in season, you celebrate it," she says. 🎧 Click to listen to the episode |
Alpine Nutrition
Hi, I'm Amanda! I help active women 40+ create a healthy relationship with food and their body through intuitive eating, mindfulness, and gentle nutrition. Learn to undiet your life with the latest Savor Food and Body Podcast episodes, blog posts, and free downloads at www.alpinenutrition.org
What do you WANT to eat Reader? Not what you think you should eat. What do you want to eat? What would be satisfying right now? "I can't believe it!" Sharon said in our session today. "My clothes fit looser for the first time in 3 years!" "What changed?" I asked "I stopped forcing myself to eat salads every night for dinner and ate the foods I wanted. I stopped eating so fast because I wasn't trying to just get through the meal that I didn't really like." She said "So, your clothes fit looser...
What do you think when you see a plate of pasta, pizza, fresh-baked bread, cookies, chips, or a bowl of ice cream, Reader? "Too many carbs" "Too much sugar" "Too much fat" "Processed/packaged food isn't healthy." "I'll get diabetes if I eat too much of this." "I'll get fat if I eat that" Yep. I had those thoughts too. Diet culture is a fantastic teacher. Unfortunately, most of the lessons it teaches aren't helpful. When you eat foods labeled as good, bad, healthy, or unhealthy, it's easy to...
"This is terrifying. I didn't think it was going to be like this." Jenn said as we peered over the edge of another cliff, we needed to down-climb in the middle of a nearly 4000-foot descent from a remote lake most hikers don’t venture to. Smart. It's true. We thought our route down would be smooth sailing through a gentle-ish valley. Instead, we followed 3 gym bros down a more direct route. This left us triggering rock slides, clinging to granite walls, and removing leg hairs by butt-sliding...