Nutrition Education and Meal Planning
Diet is a pillar of your Wellness Lifestyle and completely under your control! Making changes to your diet is hard even when you already know what and how to do to improve your wellness.
No dietary plan suits the human body in all of our glorious stages of life. We all find that there are times in life when we need a dietary shift or a boost towards eating better for our bodies and minds. “Better” is an ever evolving concept when it comes to diet. That’s where I come in!
Zoa’s Nutrition Philosophy
Most of us have heard the adage “You Are What You Eat”. I prefer to think that we can change ourselves through what we choose to eat. We can eat and supplement ourselves to a better state of well-being both mentally and physically.
Food is information for your body. There are so many delicious, good-for-us foods out there in the world! Buyer beware – there are so many more cheap, easy to grab foods that do not support optimal health.
Food is a basic human need, yet many struggle to figure out what to eat in order to properly feed both body and mind. Reading or talking to others about food too often feels like war or an unfriendly religious debate. We experience cravings. We get tired and busy. Our minds must decide what to eat. How do you know which foods work well for your particular body and mind right now? How do you know which changes to make in order to feel better not older?
Each body is a unique organism whose survival and ability to thrive must be discovered through experimentation and knowledge acquisition. There are basic food concepts that are honored around the world by those who live long, healthy, and fulfilling lives, but the devil is in the details for right here, right now.
What is the best way to make changes to our diet and lifestyle when everything around us seems to add challenge? Baby steps that are sustainable! You are in the right place. I am ready to serve as a guide for your nutritional journey to better health, increased vitality, and a joyful life!
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~ Lao Tzu
Personalized Meal Planning Service
One of the best ways to learn about and guide dietary changes is through meal plans and shared recipes that meet your new goals.
Meal planning can make big differences in:
- increasing the nutrition content of your food
- keeping food costs low
- saving preparation time
- decreasing food relate stress
I will plan for you so you can smoothly shift your diet. I will select recipes that suit both your taste preferences and your nutritional goals. I will incorporate seasonal foods so you can source the ingredients from local farms.
Related Nutrition Services
Your hair is the window to understanding the healthy of your cells, whether your cellular function is good or struggling, and disease prevention. As part of a Hair Mineral Analysis, we analyze the nutritional content of your diet and discuss changes that would improve your wellness.
The best supplements are ones that are bioavailable to your unique body, compliment your diet to give you a balanced nutrient intake, don’t break your piggy bank, and make you feel better when you take them. When you get a 3 month supplement subscription from me, we will use muscle testing to choose yours and to confirm that each requested supplement makes you feel stronger not weaker. You choose your supplements from my curated selection including: minerals, vitamins, omega-3 fatty acids, medicinal mushroom extracts, and algae.
It takes a lot of legwork to obtain healthy and organic food from local farmers that you know and trust. It is easier to just go to the big box store and get “something”. I want to make it easier for you. Hippocrates said “Let Food By Thy Medicine” and it is still true today. At Zen and Vitality, you can pick up such wonderful choices: organic veges, fruits, grains, beans, cold pressed juices, and kombucha.
Is your diet “healthy” enough to support your wellness goals? Can you efficiently make use of both fats and carbs to fuel your body and feel great? How can you do better? Let’s look at your food intake, supplement choices, eating patterns, mineral status of your cells, digestion indicators, exercise patterns, sleep quality and more. Metabolic flexibility is key to avoiding chronic lifestyle diseases like diabetes!
Every time you eat or drink, you are either feeding disease or fighting it. ~ Heather Morgan
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