Debunk This!
This component found in eggs is what gives them a bad rap when it comes to heart health.
What is cholesterol?
This macronutrient is your body's main energy source.
What are carbohydrates?
This mineral is a part of hemoglobin and helps your blood carry oxygen to your body's tissues and muscles.
What is iron?
This organ system synthesizes and secretes the majority of serotonin!
What is the gut (aka gastrointestinal tract, aka digestive system)?
This principle of intuitive eating involves keeping your body biologically fed with adequate energy and learning to honor your biological signals of hunger.
What is Honor Your Hunger?
This fad diet consists of low-carb and high-fat intake.
What is the keto diet?
Inadequate intake of this macronutrient can lead to decreased mental function, hair loss, poor wound healing, and fatigue.
What is fat?
This vitamin is needed for good vision (especially night vision), healthy skin, and immunity.
What is vitamin A?
Live bacteria that offer gut health benefits, also known as "good" bacteria.
What are probiotics?
This principle of intuitive eating involves letting go of food rules.
What is Make Peace with Food?
Frozen and canned foods are sometimes believed to be more nutrient-dense than fresh produce for this reason.
What is preservation at peak ripeness?
This macronutrient acts as a building block for muscle, DNA, blood cells, and more.
What is protein?
This vitamin is found in leafy green vegetables and vegetables in the cabbage family. It is also produced by beneficial bacteria in the large intestine.
What is vitamin K?
These bacteria feed the "good" bacteria (probiotics) in your gut. They work as a team to help the good bacteria thrive and are known as synbiotics.
What are prebiotics?
This principle of intuitive eating teaches you to monitor and reframe unreasonable rules that dieting has created.
What is Challenge the Food Police?
There is a misconception that gluten causes this.
Dietary fats allow the absorption of these vitamins.
What are vitamins A, D, E, and K?
Meat, poultry, fish, seafood, eggs, and milk all provide this vitamin. (Hint: it is a B vitamin!)
What is vitamin B12?
The gut and the brain are physically connected through this nerve.
What is the vagus nerve?
This principle of intuitive eating encourages you to make food choices that honor your well-being, taste buds, and culture.
What is Honor Your Health—Gentle Nutrition?
Low-carbohydrate diets can cause these physical consequences.
What is muscle breakdown, low blood sugar, and ketone buildup in the blood
These molecules are the "building blocks" of proteins.
These three minerals are each involved in bone maintenance, working together to build and repair the skeleton.
What are calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium?
These food items provide a good source of probiotics (live, beneficial bacteria).
What are yogurt, sauerkraut, kefir, kombucha, kimchi, and tempeh?
This principle of intuitive eating teaches you to accept your genetic blueprint and let go of unrealistic or overly critical body standards.
What is Respect Your Body?