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Ask a dietitian anything

Start here — Q&A from readers I started writing on Medium in 2019 as a student, and I’ve been amazed with the support and curiosity readers have for food, science and nutrition. Now fast-forward to 2021, I am a registered dietitian-nutritionist and have expanded my knowledge working freelance for inspiring nutrition & food start-up companies & even dipping my toes into the world of private practice nutrition counselling!

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Ask a dietitian anything
Ask a dietitian anything

Published in Not Kale Salad

·May 6, 2021

Your dietitian from Not Kale Salad

This week’s nutrition highlights & Q&A Why is Gen-Z obsessed with liquid chlorophyll? What do we know about gut health?

Nutrition

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Your dietitian from Not Kale Salad
Your dietitian from Not Kale Salad

Published in Not Kale Salad

·Apr 17, 2021

Why Gen Z is Obsessed with Liquid Chlorophyll

Should you hop on the latest Tik Tok nutrition trend? “It makes my cells so stoked” says one creator on Tik Tok, enthusiastically showcasing her morning routine of putting 6 drops of a dark, green liquid into a tall glass of water. Another creator reports that “this stuff is great…

Health

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Why Gen Z is Obsessed with Liquid Chlorophyll
Why Gen Z is Obsessed with Liquid Chlorophyll

Published in Not Kale Salad

·Apr 15, 2021

What do we really know about gut health?

The first consultation I ever had with a patient in the gastrointestinal surgery ward was for flare-up of crohn’s disease, a severe type of irritable bowel disease that resulted in surgery. He was a few days post-op after a small bowel resection, a type of surgery that removes inflamed parts…

Nutrition

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What do we really know about gut health?
What do we really know about gut health?

Published in Not Kale Salad

·Apr 14, 2021

Your dietitian from Not Kale Salad

Have a nutrition question? Ask a dietitian here! — This week’s nutrition highlights Is there a best time to eat each day? There has been a lot discussed in the nutrition space about our biological clock when it comes to food and nutrition. Read the article here to learn when you should, and shouldn’t eat. Are food sensitivity tests help or hype?

Nutrition

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Your dietitian from Not Kale Salad
Your dietitian from Not Kale Salad

Your dietitian from Not Kale Salad

Have a nutrition question? Ask a dietitian here!

This week’s nutrition highlights

Is there a best time to eat each day?

Photo by Asnim Ansari on Unsplash

There has been a lot discussed in the nutrition space about our biological clock when it comes to food and nutrition. Read the article here to learn when you should, and shouldn’t eat.

Are food sensitivity tests help or hype?

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Published in In Fitness And In Health

·Apr 13, 2021

These 3 nutrients can help you build the perfect snack

To keep you full, satisfied and powered-up throughout the day — “Wait, isn’t snacking bad”? This is a question I often get as a registered dietitian. But the truth is that healthy snacks can, and should be part of a healthy and normal diet. Snacks get a bad rap from the ultra-processed “snack foods” found in convenience stores and grocery shelves…

Food

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The mini-guide to a perfect snack
The mini-guide to a perfect snack

Published in Not Kale Salad

·Apr 9, 2021

Food sensitivity tests: the good, the bad, and the ugly

Everyone wants to know what foods to eliminate, but at what cost? The search phrase “food sensitivity tests” returns over 235 million results on Google. These results are heavily populated with advertisements for different at-home food sensitivity testing kits, desperately trying to sell a solution to the searcher’s query. While…

Health

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Food sensitivity tests: the good, the bad, and the ugly
Food sensitivity tests: the good, the bad, and the ugly

Published in Not Kale Salad

·Mar 11, 2021

The perfect time to eat each day, explained by science.

What nutrition science — and real life — has to say about our biological clock and it’s relation to human health There is a saying that “what doesn’t get tracked doesn’t get managed”. Usually referring to how we schedule our work day, exercise routines or spending, tracking metrics can help…

Nutrition

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The perfect time to eat each day, explained by science.
The perfect time to eat each day, explained by science.

Published in Not Kale Salad

·Nov 19, 2020

The Scientific Genius behind Banana Flour

Gluten-free, a prebiotic and sustainable? Count me in. The world of alternative flours appears to be expanding each week. From rice, coconut, buckwheat, sorghum to everything in between, there is definitely no shortage of different flours to choose from. Whether it’s for an individual living with celiac disease who is…

Nutrition

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The Scientific Genius behind Banana Flour
The Scientific Genius behind Banana Flour

Published in Not Kale Salad

·Apr 28, 2020

5 Myths about Plant-Based Diets, Your Gut Microbiome & More

Hey, It’s Kristen from Not Kale Salad — editor of Mediums’ only evidence-based nutrition publication. In case you missed it, here are the highlights from this months nutrition articles so far. A Bite Sized Look into our Gut Microbiome Did you know that our gut houses over 100-trillion microbes, and outnumber our human cells 10:1? Scientists often consider…

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5 Myths about Plant-Based Diets, Your Gut Microbiome & More
5 Myths about Plant-Based Diets, Your Gut Microbiome & More
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