I saw a nutritionist/ dietician when I had gestational diabetes. The visit was mostly focused on diabetic needs but it was really informative. At the first visit she explained how the body breaks down foods and differentiated between whole and processed food. She talked about nutritionally dense foods. Then she had me record a food diary and then went through it and helped me tweak it for my needs at that time. It was really good and a lot of what I apply in my eating plan now stems from the information she gave me in the 10 weeks I had to see her. If I had the opportunity, I would go to another again.

Let me know how it goes! I am interested to see what they say :-)

Thank you I would like to do that one day.

Very cool! We eat lots of greens here. I discovered Kale last year and love it. We do a sweet potato and kale hash which is really good. I also have substituted it for spinach in a few recipes and have also made Kale chips. They were really tasty, but hard to eat since they were really brittle.

I went to the nutritionist again today so I will go through my handouts and post some info in the next couple of days. Grains, sweet veggies, and circle of life is the focus.


Oh and Dani I tried the kale steamed with coconut oil and a bit of garlic then sprinkled some red wine vinegar prior to serving. It was pretty good. Now if I can get my 8yr old to eat it. lol


Jo

oooh.. Sweet veggies, I am OBSESSED with sweet peppers.

That kale sounds phenomenal (and has made it on to my menu planning board for next week)

Great list! I love Quinoa. I tried it last year and became obsessed. We don't eat a ton of it because my husband isn't crazy about it but when I can sneak it onto the menu it is awesome. I recently switch us to brown rice and I don't think my husband even noticed. I also started eating polenta a few months back when we needed it for a recipe and have grown quite fond of it.