Dishing Up Nutrition

Many people struggle with hot flashes and sleepless nights. Tune in this week as Darlene Kvist and Wendy Cates-Dancer discuss solutions for these common problems.

Are you carb sensitive? How do you know? Listen this week as Darlene Kvist and and Kara Carper with special guest Jimmy Moore from Livin' La Vida Low-Carb podcast discuss carbohydrate sensitivity.

Do you experience low moods? Today Darlene Kvist, LN, and Tamara Brown, RD discuss the connection between poor nutrition and low moods including a new perspective: estrogen dominance.

Get your questions answered this week with Darlene Kvist and Anna Derhak on Ask The Nutritionist!

Think soy is a health food? Many people do, but this week Kara Carper and Kate Crosby discuss the Dark Side of Soy.

This alcohol is the only thing that causes fatty liver? Think again! Sugar is now the leading cause of fatty liver in America! It's even beginning to affect children. Listen this week and Darlene Kvist, Wendy Cates-Dancer, and Lea Wetzell discuss prevention and ways to help heal your liver with food.

If you want to save money on your health care costs, this show is for you! Pennies a day spent on supplements can save over 24 million dollars in health care expenses of five years! Listen this week as Dar Kvist, Anna Derhak, and special guest Greg Peterson from Nutrition Dynamics discuss which key supplements to take to reduce your health care spending.

Most people wouldn't dare talk about such things on the radio, but Cassie Weness and Tamara Brown do! Listen this week to hear them discuss the ins and outs of indigestion.

If you or someone you know are a runner or other athlete, this show is for you! Kara Carper and Anna Derhak discuss why eating low fat and high carb is not so good for your body when it comes to sports. Listen in to hear what you should be eating!

Can't stop with one? Have problems sticking to a diet? This show is for you! Many people think it's their fault but it's actually a biochemical imbalance. Listen today as Dar Kvist and Wendy Cates-Dancer talk about the biochemistry of cravings and metabolism.

Rates of thyroid conditions such as hypothyroidism are increasing drastically. Tune in this week when Darlene Kvist and Cassie Weness tell you why and how you can improve your thyroid health.

Darlene Kvist and Kate Crosby, along with special guest and water expert Richard Grassie, fill us in on how to get the best tasting, and cleanest water you can get to provide the most health benefits!

Most people don't know that osteopenia and osteoporosis can be reversed. Good news, it can! Listen this week as Tamara Brown and Cassie Weness discuss how good nutrition can help improve your bone health.

This week Darlene Kvist and Anna Derhak take your call on Ask the Nutritionist.

Did you ever think that migraines were something that could be prevented? They certainly can be! Listen this week as Darlene Kvist, Wendy Cates-Dancer, and Lea Wetzell discuss ways to prevent migraines with real food.

Despite the name, Happy Hour can have some pretty detrimental effects on the body and mind. This week, Cassie Weness and Kate Crosby discuss how alcohol damages your body and can lead to insulin resistance, weight gain, sleep problems, cancer, and more.

Tune in this week to hear Darlene Kvist and Kara Carper with Special Guest Gary Taubes discuss his new book, Why We Get Fat, and What To Do About It.

We've all experienced road blocks to healthy eating; whether it's those pesky 3 o'clock M&M's or simply a lack of planning. This week, Darlene Kvist, Tamara Brown, and Lea Wetzell discuss tips and tricks to get you motivated and keep you on track.

This week Darlene Kvist and Wendy Cates-Dancer with breast cancer survivor Susie Horvath discuss how nutrition plays a huge role in preventing and overcoming cancer.

This week on Dishing Up Nutrition, Kara Carper and Anna Derhak discuss how real food can help prevent, reduce, and eliminate symptoms of Asthma by decreasing inflammation and an allergic responses in the body.

Are you like the millions of Americans who've been told by their doctors that they are pre-diabetic? Maybe you've already been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. This week, Cassie Weness and Tamara Brown discuss how people can manage and reverse diabetes through good nutrition.

We all know that fish is good for us, but how often is it safe to eat? How should it be prepared? Is wild caught or farmed better? Learn the answers to these questions and more this week on Dishing Up Nutrition with Darlene Kvist, Tamara Brown, and Special Guest Tim Lauer from Coastal Seafoods.

Did you get 8-10 hours of solid sleep last night? If not, you're like one of the millions of Americans suffering from sleep problems. Whether it's insomnia, sleep apnea, or difficulties falling asleep and staying asleep, Kara Carper and Kate Crosby will discuss solutions for these problems and more through good nutrition on today's show.

PCOS affects a lot of women but many people do not know what it is or how it is connected to our nutrition. This week, Darlene Kvist and Anna Derhak discuss how high insulin levels can relate to PCOS and fertility. Learn the symptoms, how to get diagnosed, and real foods to eat to help treat and prevent polycystic ovarian syndrome.

Are you experiencing brain fog? Cloudy thinking or focus? This week, Darlene Kvist and Wendy Cates-Dancer discuss how nutrition can help you clear up your mind and keep your brain healthy.

Many people do not understand what fibromyalgia is and even more do not know how to treat it. This week, Darlene Kvist, Wendy Cates-Dancer, and special guest Greg Peterson from Nutrition Dynamics, discuss how to manage pain and inflammation including fibromyalgia and arthritis.

How much does food effect your life? Maybe more than you think. This week, Kara Carper and Cassie Weness with special guest Nell Kauls discuss how nutrition has changed their lives. From weight loss to better sleep, listen this week to learn how nutrition can change your life.

Whether it's candy, chips, ice cream, or cookies, Darlene Kvist and Kate Crosby will help you get to the bottom of those emotional food cravings. Learn how eating real food in balance can help you free yourself from emotional eating.

Sticking to your New Years Resolution is difficult. One of the most challenging parts for many people are the cravings. This week, Darlene Kvist and Tamara Brown chat with special guest Nell Kauls about her weight loss journey with Nutritional Weight and Wellness, and discuss ways to stop the cravings.

Did you resolve to finally lose that weight this year? Are you trying to decide whether to eat low-fat, low-cal, or low-carb? Listen this week to hear Darlene Kvist and Wendy Cates-Dancer discuss how and why eating real food is the solution to your weight loss resolution.

35+ million Americans suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) of some kind! This week, Cassie Weness, R.D., and Tamara Brown, M.P.H., discuss nutritional solutions for digestive problems. Listen in to hear ideas for dealing with food sensitivities including gluten and dairy and much more.

This week, Darlene Kvist, licensed nutritionist, explores how menopause and other factors can influence weight gain later in life. Listen this week to find out how you get rid of, or avoid gaining, those menopausal pounds.

Are you stressed out? Can't seem to lose the weight? Do you think these things are connected? Tune in this week to learn the connections between maintaining a healthy weight and stress levels.

This week Licensed Nutritionists Darlene Kvist and Anna Derhak take your nutrition and health questions.

Are you someone, or do you know someone, that always seems to come down with the common cold? Does it seem to take forever before you're feeling better? Tune in this week and learn which foods drag your immune system down and which foods give it a boost.

What are you're roadblocks to healthy eating? Could it be that you're in a rut and that you're tired of cooking? This week Darlene, Wendy and Tamara offer lots of great ideas on how to get past those hurdles.

This week Licensed Nutritionists Darlene Kvist and Kara Carper welcome special guest Dr. Rob Thompson, MD to discuss his new book, "The Low-Starch Diabetes Solution." If you or someone you know is struggling with pre-diabetes or diabetes this show will help explain how different carbohydrates affect a person's blood sugar.

Halloween candy, for many people, is the beginning of the sugar season. Bags of Halloween candy carry us into Thanksgiving pies, then on to the Holiday treats. In the aftermath are a few more pounds and the Holiday Blues. This week Licensed Nutritionists Kara Carper and Anna Derhak talk about how to avoid the Halloween candy trap and end the downward spiral. Tune in for Tips and Tricks to the Tricks and Treats.

Childhood obesity has tripled in the past thirty years. Thirty percent of our children are overweight and twenty percent are considered to be obese. This week Darlene Kvist, LN, Cassie Weness, RD and Tamara Brown, RD explain how processed and fast foods play a part in this epidemic. They also share several great tips on which foods to feed your kids.

Tune in this week to hear a new thought on helping with low moods, depression, anxiety, addiction, compulsive eating, and even anger. You guessed it, nutrition. The ladies from Dishing Up Nutrition discuss which foods boost your mood and even which foods reduce stress on your brain.

Water is vital to a healthy life. Dehydration can raise stress hormones and damage your brain. Dehydration can even drop your baseline metabolism. There are many, many reason why we should all be in the habit of drinking lots of water. Clean, great tasting water can make a huge difference in helping develop that healthy habit. This week Darlene Kvist, LN and Wendy Cates-Dancer, RN are joined by special guest Richard Grassie, water expert, to discuss the differences between tap water, and all the various forms of filtered water.

Macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in people over the age of 65. Tune in this week to hear Darlene Kvist, LN and Anna Derhak, LN with special guest Tamara Brown, RD discuss how nutrition can play a huge role in preventing macular degeneration.

Are you well past your teenage years and skin suffer from acne? Or maybe your teenage kids are suffering all the consequences of bad skin. This week Cassie Weness, R.D. and Kara Carper, L.N. explain how healthy eating can change your skin from the inside out. Save hundreds of dollars in expensive lotions, acne treatments and cover-up by changing what you eat.

One key to a healthy, active metabolism is maintaining your lean body mass. This week Darlene Kvist, Licensed Nutritionist and Kristen Gunderson, Nutrition Educator explain how to build and maintain lean body mass using healthy nutrition and real food.

Have you ever wondered what causes emotional eating? Ever thought emotional eating is a biochemical reaction and not an emotional response? This week Darlene Kvist, Licensed Nutritionist and Wendy Cates-Dancer discuss the biochemical connections between what you eat and your cravings and emotions.

Currently autism effects 1 in 90 kids. Studies show up to 90% of children with development delays are sensitive to gluten. Tune in this week to hear Darlene Kvist, LN and Anna Derhak, LN welcome special guest Dr. Stacie Macari to hear the connection of food and nutrients to the symptoms of autism and developmentally delayed children.

Symptoms of menopause; hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings, trouble sleeping and bone loss are different with every woman some can be severe others more of a nuisance. Did you know that nutrition can play a major role in reducing or eliminating these and many other symptoms of menopause? This week Darlene Kvist, Licensed Nutritionist and Wendy Cates-Dancer, Registered Nurse discuss how balanced eating and natural supplements can help.

What is the difference between organic, free range, natural and local foods? Is organic really better or is it just marketing? This week Darlene Kvist, Licensed Nutritionist and Kara Carper, Nutrition Educator are joined by special guest Liz McMann from Mississippi Market Coop to explain the differences and to dispel the myth that it's too expensive to feed a family on healthy food.

This weeks show is dedicated to man's best friend and all our other special animal companions. Darlene Kvist, Licensed Nutritionist is joined by special Marion Nestle, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Katie K9.

Do you have a picky eater in the family? Maybe they won't eat vegetables or maybe it's meat they won't eat. Cassie Weness, RD and Tamara Brown, RD, along with special guest Angela Makepeace, explain the connection to an out balance intestinal tract and picky eating. They also share a few tips, tricks and recipes that any picky eater will enjoy.