Setting Yourself Up for Success

Jennifer Adler M.S., C.N.

Tip # 5

Have a well stocked pantry.

To reiterate planning is paramount for preparing quick healthy meals, particularly dinner. It is difficult to make nutritious foods without a well-stocked pantry, refrigerator, and freezer. Knowing the contents of your kitchen helps to streamlines meal preparation. A well-stocked kitchen doesn’t …

Setting Yourself Up for Success

Jennifer Adler M.S., C.N.

Tip # 4

Fill your freezer.

Think of things that freeze well such as casseroles, stews, soups and beans. Side dishes also freeze well, particularly grains and breads. “Freezing has revolutionized my eating. There are evenings when I get home and don’t even want to think of dinner much …

Setting Yourself Up for Success

Jennifer Adler M.S., C.N.

Tip # 3

Cook once and eat twice.

Disguise last night’s leftovers. For example, if you have chicken one night, use the leftovers to make chicken enchiladas or chicken Caesar salad the next. Similarly, if you make grilled steak one night, try steak fajitas the next. When making …

Setting Yourself Up for Success

Jennifer Adler M.S., C.N.

Tip # 2

What’s for dinner?

Do you know what you are having for dinner tonight? Fewer than 30 percent of Americans know by 4 p.m. Yet planning ahead doesn’t take that long and it can relieve stress during a busy work week. Here’s one example of how it …

Setting Yourself Up for Success

Jennifer Adler M.S., C.N.

Kimberly is a nurses assistant with two children ages 8 and 10. She puts in a number of hours of work in her home before heading to her job. The 33-year-old describes her home as “organized chaos.” She usually doesn’t have a lot of time for meal …

Tip #5

By Jennifer Adler M.S., C.N.

As with any nutritional deficiencies looking at your digestive function is essential. You could be having the best diet on the planet but if you are not digesting well you may not be adequately absorbing the nutrients from food. Another issue is that if your digestive system is impaired symptoms …

Tip #4

By Jennifer Adler M.S., C.N

Not only palm readers can get insight about you from your hands. You can observe a lot about your nutritional status as well as your future.  Do you have hang nails, inflamed cuticles or cracking at the tips of your fingers? This could be a sign of needing more zinc, …

Tip #3

By Jennifer Adler M.S., C.N.

Got a poker face? Even the best poker face can provide information about your nutrition. There is a lot of money spent on topical skin care products.  Working on skin from the inside out often provides effective long term results. For example acne which torments many is often a sign …

Tip # 2 Skin

By Jennifer Adler M.S., C.N.

Do you feel like an alligator? Dry skin can indicate a deficiency of EFA’s, vitamin A, E or biotin. Eczema can be a sign of a zinc or EFA deficiency. If your skin is parchment-like meaning that when it is pinched it forms a tent that is slow …

You Eat What You Are

Jennifer Adler M.S., C.N.

Step # 4 Culinary snapshot

The way we eat is often an accurate indicator of how we are living our lives, reflecting what we value. It is the cadence in which we move through life. This has been eye opening for many of my more rigid clients who realized …

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