Are you someone who enjoys looking at data? How about crunching numbers or tracking trends? I get an immense amount of joy out it myself, which is partly why I became a dietitian. Food science and nutrition is all about numbers and I enjoy the orderly, informative nature of it.
Calories matter, even if we don’t want them to. Foods give us energy; some foods a little more, and some a little less. It may sound trite, but it adds up. It really does. Nutrition is a numbers game and you can bet your body is keeping track even if you aren’t. Despite all the diet …
My favorite bento lunch box has been getting a lot of use lately. Every day, in fact. You could call it a healthy habit, or a rut. I’ve nattered on about the benefits of this lunchtime strategy in previous posts (here, here and here), so I’ll spare you the soapbox this time. Today I simply …
Do you find other people’s lunches interesting? I do, especially when they’re a source of new ideas for portable picks to pack and eat in my own lunch box. I click on links from the 100 Days of Real Food blog whenever they come through my Facebook feed because she shares pictures of her daughter’s lunches. They’re not exclusively vegetarian, but …
Summertime and packing lunches are two things that just don’t naturally go together. Instead, I suppose we should be talking about summertime with popsicles, ice cream, and lemonade. Packing lunches seems more at home with the likes of back-to-school, busy mornings, and zippered plastic baggies.