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On International No Diet Day: Get to Know your Resources
Although the word diet is in my official title as a registered dietitian nutritionist, I don’t promote dieting. For more on why, read...

Paige Smathers
May 6, 2019


If You're Stressed, Your Gut Likely is, Too
If you’re stressed, your gut is too. Our gut and our brain are connected. In fact, I think we sometimes do ourselves a disservice when we...

Paige Smathers
May 1, 2019


Anti-Inflammation Hack: Love Yourself
With all the health gurus and influencers promoting hacks for anti-inflammation, this part of the story is really important because...

Paige Smathers
Apr 23, 2019


Your Body isn't for Manipulating: It's for Living your Full and Beautiful Life
We get bombarded with messages that our bodies need changing. That if we only tweaked this or that about our body (through food and/or...

Paige Smathers
Apr 8, 2019


8 Surprising Facts I Learned about Nutrition while Getting my PhD in Nutritional Sciences
They say the more you know, the more you realize you don’t know and that is 100% true in my experience as someone who has spent the...

Paige Smathers
Mar 25, 2019


Tips for Parents with Picky Eaters
I wrote this blog post back in 2014 and am re-posting it with some edits for parents with picky eaters. I was shopping in Costco the...

Paige Smathers
Mar 11, 2019


7 Ways Intuitive Eating and Body Positivity Have Changed Me (Professionally and Personally)
I absolutely love my job! I feel grateful every single day for the work I get to do. In a nutshell, I get to hold space for folks who are...

Paige Smathers
Feb 25, 2019


Struggling to Call A Truce with Food? Try This.
“I don’t trust myself around that food.” If this is something you find yourself saying regularly or if you’ve ever even had that thought,...

Paige Smathers
Feb 11, 2019


It Doesn't Really Matter What You Eat
It doesn't really matter what you eat. Does that sound crazy? It probably does, and it probably sounds even stranger coming from a...

Paige Smathers
Jan 28, 2019


You're Allowed to Care about your Health
You are allowed to care about your health. You might be thinking umm, yeah, duh and you might read the title of this post and wonder what...

Paige Smathers
Jan 14, 2019


Happy New Year
Happy New Year, friends! It's December 31 and I've been reflecting the last few days about 2018 and the upcoming year. I've been...

Paige Smathers
Dec 31, 2018


How to Spot a Fad Diet
Diets have evolved through the years. A decade or so ago, you could spot a diet from a mile away with blatant statements of restriction,...

Paige Smathers
Oct 31, 2018


Our Bodies Like Averages
It's easy to get caught up in perfection with nutrition. We are constantly bombarded with messages making it seem like it's necessary to...

Paige Smathers
Oct 17, 2018


How to Navigate Nutrition Research with Confidence
It is extremely tricky to be a consumer in today’s world with so much media influence. There is so much pressure and conflicting messages...

Paige Smathers
Oct 1, 2018
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Perfectionism [with food] Is A Shapeshifter
I talk a lot about intuitive eating, positive nutrition, trusting your body and learning to be at peace with food in the work I do as a...

Paige Smathers
Sep 26, 2018


What is Normal Eating?
Everyone seems to have an opinion about what you should be eating, how you should eat it, and when. The lure of diets can be...

Paige Smathers
Sep 17, 2018


10 Reasons Diets Don't Work
My official title is dietitian but promoting diets simply isn't my jam. To make sure we are all on the same page when I use the word...

Paige Smathers
Sep 10, 2018


How to Transition from Tracking Macros to Intuitive Eating
Walking away from tracking macros can be a really scary endeavor. If you're unfamiliar, there are three macronutrients (macros for short)...

Paige Smathers
Sep 5, 2018


Getting to Know Your Gut
I want to preface this post with the fact that I try to avoid being prescriptive because the field of gut health is still very new and we...

Paige Smathers
Aug 27, 2018


The Problem with Nutrition & Health Goals
I’ve always had trouble with the concept of goals. Don’t misunderstand, I’m a very driven and motivated person, and I like routine and...

Paige Smathers
Aug 23, 2018
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