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Hello and welcome to Volume 5 of Nutritiongal’s Newsletter and we’re here to PUMP YOU UP! Swimsuit season may be coming to an end for many of you who don’t reside in the tropics but that’s no excuse to put away the sneakers and gym shorts. You don’t need any fancy equipment, a lot of [...]

Welcome to Volume 4 of Nutritiongal’s newsletter! One of the most disputed subjects in the food industry is protein – how much you need, what kind, vegetarian or animal protein, organic, free range or conventionally raised?  There are so many questions and too many answers. Self proclaimed gurus tell you it’s their way or the [...]

Hello! Welcome to Volume 1 of Nutritiongal’s Bimonthly Newsletter! Did you know that cacao, the highest antioxidant rich food on the planet, can only be grown in “in-tact” rainforests?  No trees can be cut down if the cocao plant is to be cultivated. Therefore eating chocolate saves the rainforests, and therefore, saves the planet!!!! Who [...]

Anything that is too good to be true usually is…unless you’re talking about dark, rich and handsome chocolate! Time to hit the pause button on the biggest loser in the diet industry and we’re NOT talking about that reality show.  ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS.  Yikes! they are not your friend.  That nagging feeling in the back of your mind when you [...]

What is this Green “shizzle” you see when you walk into the produce aisle of the grocery store?  Some of it looks like the hanging plants in an office.  Others have similar sounding names to the weeds one would pull out of a garden. The crisp yet tasteless iceberg lettuce of your salads hardly seems nourishing next to a steak.  We’re told we need to eat more green [...]