Pure Roots Nutrition

09/11/2026

Most of us don’t have a personal chef. And most of us can’t wing it if we want to see positive changes in our health.

Meal planning real, whole food, CONSISTENTLY (not perfectly) is a must for feeling and looking our best. It rarely just happens, even with our best intentions, ahem — especially if you’re over 40.

Sit down, each week, and help your future self out.

You DO NOT have to batch prep for the whole week — unless you’re into that. Just get started.

09/08/2026

One of the “benefits” of GLP-1 medications is that it can help calm food noise. But what if we worked to address food noise at its root?

Here are my top 3 places to start —

1️⃣ GET AHEAD OF IT: if we plan balanced meals with the key nutrients our body’s needs (Whole foods-based protein, fiber/carbs, healthy fat), we are more deeply satiated, at a cellular and metabolic level so we don’t need to think about food as much. Our bodies and brains LOVE consistent, balanced meals.

2️⃣ DON’T OVER RESTRICT: most of us are wired to want what we can’t have. It’s not sustainable. Plan for some “fun foods” or joy foods as one of my client’s likes to call them, 2-3x a week. For me, that’s good dark chocolate, matcha lattes, quality sourdough bread or pastry. If we know there’s space for enjoyed foods, it won’t preoccupy our mind as much.

3️⃣ KNOW THAT FOOD CRAVINGS COME IN WAVES: drink a glass of water/coffee/tea, PHYSICALLY go for a walk or get out of the kitchen/environment that’s tempting and do something else until that wave has passed.

We’ll talk more about this in the upcoming class — Beyond GLP-1s: 8 Root Causes of Weight Resistance & What to do Next — Tuesday 9/22 @ 7:30pm live webinar.

LINK IN BIO to grab your ticket.

09/06/2026

Meditation can come in many forms. It’s mostly about slowing down. And attending to your own soul. Breathing. Listening. It can look like contemplating a good question or a quote you love (like this one). Or a song that feels like you just traversed and traveled somewhere too beautiful for words, just by closing your eyes and giving over your full attention (like this one).

Listening to piano and being in nature are reliably my two favorite spaces and ways to meditate.

Sending love to all to have even a few minutes of easeful and peaceful moments today, however is best for you (feel free to borrow mine).

09/01/2026

You’re invited to my upcoming class — Beyond GLP-1s: 8 Root Causes of Weight Resistance & What to Do Next — LIVE Webinar on 9/22 @7:30pm.

Details and sign up in bio to grab your seat.

Did you know YOU can create some of the same magic in your own kitchen and health outcomes? 🪄 ✨When we understand the mechanisms behind why a medication works, we may be able to support the body in the same way with less or without the medication. This is lifestyle medicine.

*** This is not to throw shade on GLP-1 medications or anyone taking them. It’s to offer nutrition education and foundations that often get missed, that everyone should know about when seeking healthy, sustainable weight loss.

08/20/2026

08/20/2026

INGREDIENTS

2 TBS lemon juice
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup avocado oil
1 egg
1/2 TSP sea salt
2 TSP Dijon mustard

Olive oil is STRONG. If you want more of a neutral taste, play with your ratios of oil favoring avocado oil.

It’s confusing out there! I’m not a recipe influencer but when I learned how easy it was to make my own homemade mayo in culinary school, I’ve never looked back.

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Thanks to accountability and 3rd party testing by UC Davis UC Davis Olive Center — 89% of processed food products sampled were exposed for failing purity testing.

Meaning, the avocado oil they used was cut or replaced with cheap seed oils like soybean, canola, or safflower — even though the label said it was pure avocado oil.

Here are the oils that passed testing:

-Marianne’s (Adam’s Group)
-CalPure (AvoPacific)
-Chosen Foods (bottled cooking oil only)

Here’s who failed testing:

- Chosen Foods mayo and dressings
- Primal Kitchen mayo and dressings
- Sir Kensington's mayo
- BetterBody Foods mayo
- Brianna’s dressing
- Sprouts dressing

How does this happen? These companies source oil from third party brokers AND do not perform their own quality testing (or ignore it because quality oil cost more than crappy oil).

We’ll see if they right the ship.

08/20/2026

There is a better way. It’s not always the fastest, but it’s better now and later. I always remind people (lovingly), you didn’t get to where you are overnight. The path forward requires kindness, a little patience, and consistency for many.

Check the link in bio to sign up for BEYOND GLP-1s: 8 Root Causes of Weight Resistance — if you want to dig in and learn a functional approach to healthy weight.

DATE: 9/22 7:30pm LIVE webinar (recorded)

08/17/2026

Whether you want to lose weight, have consistent energy, a stable mood, better digestion, quality sleep, better workout performance and recovery — you can’t skip meal planning and being consistent with healthy eating (not perfect).

You have to keep going when everyone else quits (when you want to quit).

There is no magic here.

It’s mundane, but that IS where the magic happens.

I consistently meal plan (some weeks better than others) and I make room for healthy “fun foods”. I see my clients successfully meet their goals when they do this too.

In my upcoming class “Beyond GLP-1s: 8 Root Causes of Weight Resistance and what to do next” — we’ll dive much deeper. If you want to do something now, I invite you to consistently start here. You can fine tune later.

Grab your spot for this live webinar on 9/22 7:30pm (recorded): https://purerootsnutrition.com/beyond-glp1s-8-root-causes-of-weight-resistance/

08/15/2026

Just here to say you can have lentils for breakfast. If you’re after more protein and fiber options, lentils should be your friend.

Eggs, egg whites, big handful of spinach torn and tossed in the pan, Trader Joe’s steamed lentils, topped with fresh tomato, and slice of sourdough with a drizzle of good olive oil. (~27g protein in this meal)