Yasi Ansari

Yasi Ansari Yasi Ansari MS, RDN, CSSD is the owner of Yasi Ansari Nutrition, based in California. Yasi Ansari Nu

06/09/2026

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✨We love kale🥗but let’s give a shoutout to peppery friend arugula too! Arugula packs many of the same good‑for‑you nutrients as kale (vitamins A, C, K, folate, calcium, fiber, and dietary nitrates that help relax blood vessels and support healthy blood flow). Rotating a variety of leafy greens rather than sticking to one offers broader benefits for brain, bone, heart, liver, and gut health.

✨Two of our favorite underrated nutrients include Zn and Choline: Choline matters for brain and cognitive health (especially during pregnancy when it supports fetal brain development! Yes, we know zinc supports immune health but it also protects our hormones and is essentially involved in every single cell and support growth and wound healing. Deficiency can be a marker of malnutrition.
Meet your needs by enjoying choline‑rich foods like eggs, soybeans, and chicken, and zinc sources such as meat, nuts and pumpkin seeds. 🌰🍳🌾

✨We never hit the road empty‑handed! Our go-to travel‑friendly snacks are dried fruit (prunes, dried mango), fresh fruit (apple slices, grapes, clementines)🍏🍇🍌🥭, and trail mix with nuts, seeds and crunchy roasted chickpeas or edamame for a fiber + protein boost. And we always carry a refillable water bottle to sip on to support digestion.💦

✨Veggies that deserve more love include bok choy & cabbage! Bok choy is mild, crunchy, and packed with vitamins A, C, and K plus calcium- perfect for quick stir‑fries or cozy soups. Cabbage delivers vitamin C, K, fiber, and glucosinolates (sulfur‑containing antioxidants) and is endlessly versatile: sauté, roast, braise, or ferment into sauerkraut or kimchi for extra flavor and gut‑friendly probiotics.🥬🍲

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05/29/2026

✨As a dietitian who travels often and regularly appears in the media 🎥🗞️, I’ve learned how important consistency in nutrition and lifestyle habits is for helping me feel my best and supporting my gut health🦠

✨My gut has always been on the sensitive side, meaning that even excitement at times could lead to abdominal discomfort and other unwanted symptoms, especially before dance performances, exams, presentations, and TV segments.

✨What I’ve found most helpful is focusing on the basics: grounding practices🧘🏻‍♀️, moving in ways that I enjoy💃🏻, listening to how my body responds to different foods, nourishing meal combinations, getting creative with nutrition through snacks, staying hydrated 💦, and making sure I’m eating enough throughout the day.

✨Today is World Digestive Health Day (WDHD), and each year the World Gastroenterology Organisation highlights important digestive health topics through awareness campaigns. This year’s theme is “Chronic Diarrhea: Don’t Flush the Signs Away,” which helps raise awareness of symptoms that are often overlooked.

✨There are resources for people who may be struggling with a variety of digestive challenges, and the reality is that caring for your gut really requires a whole-body approach. This includes managing stress, avoiding restrictive eating patterns, my favorite; surrounding yourself with good company and, when appropriate, connecting with a specialist, dietitian specializing in GI health, and incorporating probiotics like Bio-K+ 💚 each day to support my immune health and digestive regularity. Digestive health is often supported by consistent, small daily habits that help you feel your best💚.

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