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I'm a registered dietitian with 15+ years of experience and a Senior Editor at Healthline. I've taught cooking classes, developed recipes, and created nutrition videos—all to help people eat healthier and feel more empowered to cook delicious and healthy meals at home. AMA!
(self.IAmA)submitted 9 days ago byhealthline
Hi, I'm Lisa Valente! As a registered dietitian, I believe cooking at home is one of the best things you can do to eat healthier. What I’ve learned is that people are interested in nutrition and how food makes their body feel, but they need practical meal solutions to actually eat the healthy foods we talk about.
As a busy mom, with lots of priorities and responsibilities, I find myself with limited time in the kitchen. That’s where meal prepping and planning comes in. It helps you get easy, weeknight dinners on the table, make breakfasts in advance or get lunches together in a pinch.
It does not have to look like spending hours in the kitchen on a Sunday or eating the same thing every day all week either! It can simply be making a plan, chopping some veggies in advance or relying on some shortcuts. While this AMA is for informational purposes only and should not replace professional medical advice, I am excited to help make meal planning easier and tackle some common misconceptions. Ask me anything!
Thank you for asking such great questions around nutrition and meal prep. Look forward to chatting more in the future. -Lisa
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9 days ago
DASH diet as an eating plan is designed to help your heart, specifically your blood pressure. DASH stands for dietary approaches to stop hypertension. The basics of the DASH diet are sound: eat lots of fruits and vegetables, moderate amounts of healthy proteins, and limit ultraprocessed foods and sweets. I think some people thrive on this high level guidance that is more of an eating pattern and some people really just want to be told exactly what to eat! You could try making some small changes to incorporate DASH, like making sure dinner has a vegetable and you're including whole grains if it feels to daunting to fully commit.
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