Know Your Front Groups, Food Politics Aficionados!

It’s time to put on our thinking caps as Andy Bellatti, MS, RD is back with more on food politics.  This series was started as a way to open up honest communication about injustice, food politics, and the food we decide to put in our grocery carts.  Today he is educating us on front groups. If there is one thing the food industry pays an exorbitant amount of attention to, it’s public…

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Weekend Photo Shoot – Mini Sessions

I have a photography website and a photography Facebook page, but I haven’t had time to set up a photography blog yet.  So that means y’all get to look at my weekend photo shoot here.  I shot 6 mini sessions over the weekend on a beautiful property with a bright yellow tree (rare around here) and a citrus grove.  I had so much fun capturing the families that I just…

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My Favorite Christmas Recipes

I’ve been coughing so much this week that my ribs are bruised (though hopefully not cracked).  My head is swimming in a fog of cold medicine, and you really don’t want to see what I look like right now. But I desperately want to get into the holiday cheer mode, so I thought I would put together a list of my favorite Christmas things from blog posts past. Caprese Skewers…

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Eat well to heal your diastasis recti – How good nutrition can help your body to close ‘The Gap’

It’s the first of the month, so Wendy Powell is back!  This time she is sharing nutrition tips that can help us close the gap of diastasis recti.   Healthy, real food has a powerful, positive effect on your body and your mind. Good nutrition blasts fat, reveals muscle. It makes hair shine, skin glow and joints feel supple. It creates energy, lifts spirits and keeps your mood even. A…

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Raw Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake

Now that Thanksgiving is over, it’s time to decide what to make for the rest of your holiday gatherings.  Here is contributor McKel Hill, MS, RD, LDN with a healthy twist on pumpkin pie!   Hi everyone, McKel here again! I’m glad to hear so many of you enjoyed the previous recipe I shared here on InspiredRD, which was the Baked Eggs with Garlic Kale and Sun-Dried Tomatoes. Today I’d love to share…

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Getting stronger from the inside out

My son was a little over a year old, and we had just returned home from running errands. As I pulled him out of the car, his foot became caught in the carseat. My body twisted and his body pulled back. Suddenly, pain shot up my back and I cried out. I hobbled into the house and spent the next two weeks on the couch. Why did my back give…

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