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9 Essential Foods To Boost Your Brain Power

When it comes to health and fitness, the food that you eat every day has a lot to do with how your body functions. Not just your physical health but your mental health also gets affected by what you eat. Nutrition plays a very significant role in brain and body health and can shield you […]

6 Ways Nutrition Consultants Can Grow Their Business Through Networking

Eat healthy. Get your fruits and veggies. Drink plenty of water. Skip the drive-thru for healthier options. It’s probably a no-brainer for you at this point. But the reality is that many people don’t eat this way. You have lots of different opportunities to help people change their eating habits, be healthier, and reduce their […]

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6 Quick Tips for Busy Professionals to Gain Energy Without Caffeine

For the busy folks who are nodding off at the desk, there’s hope for you yet!With so much work to do, social/family obligations and trying to maintain some sort of sanity, you need a good jolt of energy to get through the day. But you don’t want that jolt to come from caffeine and/or sugar. […]

A Healthy Outlook: What’s Driving the Growing Demand for Nutritionists?

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the job outlook for nutrition professionals is expected to grow 16 percent from 2014 to 2024, which is much faster than average and ahead of numerous other health careers. Why the boom? There are a number of factors that come into play, and because these are long-term changes, […]

10 Easy Ways to Start Exercising and Stick to It In 2017

Working out is not easy for many people. Keeping yourself motivated to stick to your exercise regimen is even harder. Working out has many great benefits such as weight management, improving your energy, reducing stress and anxiety, and other health advantages.

4 Newsworthy Topics That Nutrition Professionals Can Discuss with Clients

Nutrition professionals are tasked with covering a wide variety of topics, from the effects of sleep deprivation on food choices to the role of exercise in creating a balanced lifestyle. One thing that’s worth putting in the rotation of discussion topics is what’s making the news these days. Being able to put newsworthy stories into […]

7 Daily Habits to Gain Self-Confidence and Better Health

Many people are impressed by self-confident people.  They wonder how and where they derive their unrelenting guts.  What exactly is self-confidence?  Simply, it is the ability and the power to believe in oneself. When one believes he or she can, nothing and no one can convince him otherwise.

Gluten Free is Getting Out Of Hand

 Have you jumped on the gluten free bandwagon?  Does your cupboard and fridge contain numerous “gluten free” items?  Did you know that those “apparently healthy” gluten free items could still be causing your weight gain, low energy, brain fog, anxiety, depression, digestive issues and contributing to other health issues? 

A Career in Nutrition: Nutrition Consulting Statistics and Facts

What’s your reason for pursuing a career in nutrition? If you’re totally honest, there’s probably more than one. Maybe your own experience with nutrition, food choices, and your health led you down this career path. Or maybe you naturally gravitated to nutrition consulting because you know what a difference a healthy diet can make. And […]