Thyroid: Is it purely genetic, or does diet play a role?
Your thyroid is the butterfly shaped metabolic organ at the base of your neck. It’s primary function is to secrete hormones responsible...
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Lucy Luong, MPH, Dietitian
- Aug 26, 2022
- 10 min
Plant-Based Diets for Treating Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
Hello Ladies, many of you may be new to my blog, so I just wanted to introduce myself. I'm Lucy, a registered dietitian with a Master's...
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Lucy Luong, MPH, Dietitian
- Jun 24, 2022
- 3 min
Best Vegan Chick'n Salad
Summer means that soup is no longer a go-to lunch in our household. In place, I make vegan sandwich mixes like my Tofu Egg Salad and this...
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Lucy Luong, MPH, Dietitian
- Mar 30, 2022
- 2 min
The Surprising Truth About Weight Loss
Can you believe we are already on our way to Spring? We have a lot to look forward to in the next few months, a few of those being a trip...
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Lucy Luong, MPH, Dietitian
- Feb 9, 2022
- 8 min
5 Must Have Kitchen Tools for a Plant-Based Diet
Are you considering going plant-based? The reality is that you can make it work with your standard kitchen tools, but if you want to...
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Lucy Luong, MPH, Dietitian
- Aug 19, 2021
- 7 min
3 Steps to Begin Reversing Insulin Resistance
Hello, many of you may be new to my blog, so I just wanted to introduce myself. I'm Lucy, a registered dietitian with a Master's in...
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Lucy Luong, MPH, Dietitian
- Jun 14, 2021
- 5 min
Postbiotics: The Newest Buzz Word is Worth the Buzz
I bet all of you have heard of probiotics. I bet that some of you have heard of pre-biotics. But I bet that rarely any of you have heard...
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Lucy Luong, MPH, Dietitian
- Jun 7, 2021
- 5 min
Beans 10 Ways
Know that eating beans is good for you, but don't know how to incorporate them more into your life? Remember when I talked about the Blue...
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Lucy Luong, MPH, Dietitian
- May 10, 2021
- 5 min
DHA, EPA, ALA, What's in a Name?
Have you heard the buzz about "healthy" fats, "essential" fats, fish oil, olive oil, and on and on? In this article, I'm going to break...
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Lucy Luong, MPH, Dietitian
- May 7, 2021
- 5 min
Is Chocolate Healthy?
The question we all want to be answered is this: is my chocolate obsession good, or bad? This article is for me as much as you, because I...
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Lucy Luong, MPH, Dietitian
- Apr 29, 2021
- 7 min
Plant-Based Family? Is a Plant-Based Diet Best for Everyone in Your Family?
Let me cut to the chase here. The answer is YES. Plant-based diets are not only the best diet option for grown adults, but for children,...
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Lucy Luong, MPH, Dietitian
- Apr 23, 2021
- 7 min
Haywire Hormones? What Foods Might Be Causing A Wide Variety of Hormonal Conditions.
What types of conditions are caused by out-of-balance hormones? Diabetes (insulin is a hormone) Female-specific conditions like PCOS,...
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Lucy Luong, MPH, Dietitian
- Apr 15, 2021
- 3 min
Simply Seedy: Two Seeds You Need to Eat Regularly
See these seeds? Do you know what they are? If not, YOU NEED TO. These are chia and flax seeds, two incredibly healthy seeds that I and...
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Lucy Luong, MPH, Dietitian
- Apr 8, 2021
- 8 min
Losing Weight on a Plant-Based Diet: It Just Makes Sense!
One of the reasons people will begin looking into nutrition is that they want to lose weight, and they appropriately recognize that diet...
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Lucy Luong, MPH, Dietitian
- Mar 31, 2021
- 6 min
"Plantiful" Pantry Staples (Part 2)
Last week we discussed 5 pantry staples that I use to build my plant-forward meals each week. I gave you a ton of examples of how I use...
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Lucy Luong, MPH, Dietitian
- Mar 25, 2021
- 6 min
"Plantiful" Pantry Staples (Part 1)
I had the pleasure of giving a webinar Thursday on "Must-Haves in Your Plantiful Pantry". I talked about some essential pantry items that...
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Lucy Luong, MPH, Dietitian
- Mar 12, 2021
- 7 min
Killing You Softly, But Not With Love: How Heart Disease is Killing 12 Canadians Every Hour
I'm back with more provocative statistics. It's actually surprisingly hard to get a handle on just how many deaths happen due to heart...
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Lucy Luong, MPH, Dietitian
- Feb 26, 2021
- 6 min
100 Trillion Microbes: Explaining the Microbiome
According to Harvard Health, about 100 trillion bacteria live in our gastrointestinal tracts. Each of us has a different combination, not...
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Lucy Luong, MPH, Dietitian
- Feb 19, 2021
- 5 min
Making Your Diet Plantiful: Advice on How to Eat More Plants
I thought it was time I shared something a little less philosophical and a little more practical with you all. So this week, I'm giving...
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Lucy Luong, MPH, Dietitian
- Jan 25, 2021
- 6 min
The Obesity-Covid Link
I mentioned in a previous blog that the research is indicating that those with excess weight are experiencing worse infections with...
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