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Learn the connection between what you eat and how you feel. Join us each week as licensed nutritionists and dietitians from Nutritional Weight & Wellness share practical, real-life solutions for healthier living through balanced nutrition. For over 25 years, we’ve helped thousands of clients and listeners discover how real food – animal protein, healthy fat, nutrient-dense carbohydrates – can increase energy, stabilize moods, jumpstart metabolism, eliminate cravings, restore digestion, balance hormones and so much more! For recipes, articles and more, visit us at weightandwellness.com
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Tuesday Mar 16, 2010
Nutrition for a Healthy Pregnancy
Tuesday Mar 16, 2010
Tuesday Mar 16, 2010
This week Cassie Weness, RD and Anna Derhak, LN talk about the role nutrition plays in a healthy pregnancy. Learn which foods to avoid and which foods support baby and mom.

Monday Mar 08, 2010
The Rise in Autoimmune Problems
Monday Mar 08, 2010
Monday Mar 08, 2010
Do you know someone with an autoimmune disease such as rheumatoid arthritis, Graves Disease, Hashimoto’s Disease, Type I Diabetes, Lupus or Colitis? This week Darlene Kvist, LN and Kara Carper, MA discuss the prevalence and rise of these disorders and the role food sensitivities play.

Monday Mar 01, 2010
Comfort Foods for the Brain
Monday Mar 01, 2010
Monday Mar 01, 2010
Have you ever thought about what you eat impacts your brain? Darlene Kvist, LN and Kara Carper, MA are joined by special guest Pilar Gerasimo, editor of Experienced Life magazine, to discuss how soda, candy, muffins and even bread, pasta and cereal effects your ability to think, your mood and even the likelihood of brain diseases.

Monday Feb 22, 2010
Understanding Your Cholesterol Numbers: What's Normal and What's Not?
Monday Feb 22, 2010
Monday Feb 22, 2010
This week’s show is on understanding your cholesterol numbers: what’s normal and what’s not. More important, how you can take charge of your eating to change unhealthy numbers into great cholesterol numbers. Darlene Kvist, LN and Anna Derhak, LN with special guest Greg Peterson share the latest research on good and bad cholesterol and where it really comes from.

Tuesday Feb 16, 2010
Feed Your Child's Brain
Tuesday Feb 16, 2010
Tuesday Feb 16, 2010
This week the focus is all about brain foods for kids. Cassie Weness, R.D and Tamara Brown, R.D. are joined by Mary Hauge to discuss which foods promote focus and well-being and which foods create poor attention and behavior. What should your little ones be eating to have the best functioning brain? Tune in to find out!

Monday Feb 08, 2010
Fibroid Tumors, Endometriosis and the Effects of High Estrogen
Monday Feb 08, 2010
Monday Feb 08, 2010
Darlene Kvist, Licensed Nutritionist and Wendy Cates-Dancer, R.N. have a serious discussion about the effects of high estrogen such fibroid tumors and endometriosis. They explain how cutting out processed foods and adding in key vegetables and healthy fats will reduce inflammation and help your body detox high levels of estrogen.

Monday Feb 01, 2010
Nutrition for ADD and ADHD
Monday Feb 01, 2010
Monday Feb 01, 2010
Darlene Kvist, Licensed Nutritionist, Wendy Cates-Dancer, R.N. and Tamara Brown, Registered Dietitian discuss the role food plays in ADD and ADHD. They talk about how processed foods containing transfats, damaged oils and high fructose corn syrup may contribute to poor focus and bad behavior while real foods and healthy fats help the brain function better.

Monday Jan 25, 2010
Smart Nutrition for a Better Immune System
Monday Jan 25, 2010
Monday Jan 25, 2010
Today’s show is all about the immune system and which foods supercharge your health and which foods suppress it. Licensed Nutritionists Darlene Kvist and Anna Derhak discuss how your serotonin and zinc levels affect both your immune system and eating habits. Also, Dar and Anna talk about the importance of vitamin D to your health and happiness!

Monday Jan 18, 2010
One Cookie, Two Cookie, Three Cookie..More
Monday Jan 18, 2010
Monday Jan 18, 2010
Licensed Nutritionists Darlene Kvist and Anna Derhak discuss how one cookie, two cookie, three cookie, more will lead to diabetes, high cholesterol and more. Special guest Deb Reeves joins Dar and Anna and shares her families incredible story.

Wednesday Jan 13, 2010
Over-the-Rainbow Expectations
Wednesday Jan 13, 2010
Wednesday Jan 13, 2010
Licensed Nutritionist Darlene Kvist and Lesley discuss over-the-rainbow expectations to losing weight. There is no such thing as a miracle weight loss solution. Setting appropriate expectations and implementing an eating plan that you can live with is the true long term solution.
