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Chili With Bacon

AMY GARDNER / January 28, 2019

Cold temps call for hot food!  Chili is one of our family favorites.  Not only does it make a great dinner but we always have leftovers for lunches the following day or two.  Lately, we’ve been adding bacon which gives...

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Harvest Salad Recipe

AMY GARDNER / October 7, 2018

We had a blast at Harvest Fest today at Chesnut Hill Farm in Southborough!  The weather was ideal and the Trustees did a wonderful job organizing the event.  The music, food, hayrides, sack races, apple cider press, donut eating contest and many...

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Eating on Campus 101

KATE GILES / August 30, 2018

Wondering how to tackle eating at college or boarding school? Many students say it’s hard to maintain healthy habits when away at school. The overwhelming number of food choices, buffet-style dining, odd class schedules, and late nights studying and socializing...

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Food For Thought: The Power of the Language We Use Around Food

AMY GARDNER / August 23, 2018

Parents have a powerful role in shaping a child’s relationship to food. Generally, a kid’s first impression of food and mealtime is based on what they see and hear from their parents. By using positive language versus negative, a parent...

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6 Easy Ways to Stay Hydrated

AMY GARDNER / August 21, 2018

During the summer, do you spend plenty of hours in the sun and try to stay as active as possible outside? Due to the high temperatures, this could also mean an increased risk of dehydration for individuals of all ages....

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Nutrition and Your Body at Midlife – Why Does It Feel Different?

JENNIFER DROHAN / June 5, 2018

Go out to dinner or have coffee with women in their 40’s and you will inevitably hear “No matter what I do, I put on weight!”  As a woman in my 40’s (albeit my last year) and as a dietitian that sees...

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Intuitive Eating Groups Starting Soon!

AMY GARDNER / June 5, 2018

Are you consumed by thoughts about food? Have you spent a good portion of your life focused on your weight and diet? Has your weight yo-yo’d up and down? If so, you’re not alone. Most women spend a significant amount...

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What is Integrative Functional Nutrition?

STEPHEN AMELIA / May 24, 2018

IFN is an approach to nutrition counseling and therapy that is centered around a holistic, personalized approach to health and healing. Think of it as an East meets West practice, where alternative and conventional practices are combined to create a...

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2 “Healthy” Foods That Are Underrated

AMY GARDNER / January 31, 2018

Two of our registered dietitians were recently asked to contribute to an article geared towards diabetics on “healthy” foods that are underrated. First, let’s clarify that “healthy” is defined as the (1) the absence of disease or (2) promoting good...

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How Do You Nourish Yourself?

AMY GARDNER / August 23, 2017

What nourishes you?  What crucial ingredients make up the recipe for your wellbeing?  Food, while certainly important, isn’t the only way we nourish ourselves.  I was talking with some colleagues recently about how we recharge.  It was interesting (and not...

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