Eating healthy can seem like a never-ending battle of personal willpower. I know it can be all too easy to buy frozen dinners and give into your sweet tooth for that immediate ease and satisfaction. But why does eating healthy have to be challenging and overwhelming? The answer is: it needn’t be! The notion that [...]

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Welcome to Week 3 of The Whole U’s six-week Dare to Do New Year’s challenge! Each week of the challenge will focus on a different area of overall wellness. You can learn how it works and register here. This week, thousands from across the University of Washington will Dare to Fuel, challenging ourselves to eat mindfully with a focus on [...]

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When was the last time you saw a news segment about the latest super food, or listened to an infomercial promoting the most up-to-date transformative diet? When was the last time you were in a grocery store and found yourself surrounded by the dozens of herbal and vitamin supplements, each one with a label boasting [...]

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As the team at The Whole U begins to reflect on all we’ve published over the past twelve months, we are most grateful to those registered dietitians from across UW Medicine who, monthly, contribute our recurring RD Blog feature. As authors of some of our site’s most-read and shared articles, this group regularly delivers expert [...]

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Beginning in November and lasting through the start of a new year, this season is often filled with busy schedules of shopping, preparing meals, get-togethers, and office functions. For many, it can be a time when exercise and nutrition may drop a few spots on priority lists—especially when it gets dark outside so early! This [...]

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While a flu shot is the most effective way to combat the flu, food can play a crucial role as well. Registered dietitian Julia Marnadi shares some insight onto what foods pack nutrition to help stave off the flu and why in this month’s edition of the RD blog! The Whole U has you covered [...]

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Ivory Loh’s decision to embark on a project to compile a cookbook filled with recipes that reflect the richness and diversity of the University of Washington community started with one question: “If you had to bring one food to a potluck that represented your cultural identity, what would you bring, and why?” The question had [...]

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UW Yoga Month is in full swing with this year’s focus on yoga’s capacity to inspire and how that extends to life, nature, and art. But what about yoga’s connection to food? Registered dietitian Melissa Montalto shares some professional insight in this month’s edition of the RD blog. If you have yet to register for [...]

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October is Yoga Month at the University of Washington! Over these next four weeks, we’ll be exploring yoga’s connections to inspiration—and not just how yoga inspires us to connect more closely with out own body, mind, and breath, but how that practice strengthens and inspires connection to the world around us: to nature, art, poetry, [...]

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Fall is coming and many of us are already busy with activities and commitments with little time to throw a meal together. When life gets busy, I am a big fan of sheet pan meals. When planning for a sheet pan meal, I think about a vegetable (or several), protein, and usually I like to add [...]

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At my local Farmers Market, produce of all hues of the rainbow colors the booths while the air is filled with the aroma of fresh-picked seasonal crops. When you purchase fresh in-season produce, you are buying them at the best time of the year: when they are brimming with more mouth-watering flavor and packed with [...]

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The Pacific Northwest region is praised for its natural scenery and its proximity to the Pacific Ocean and four mountain ranges. One of the best ways to explore our region’s natural beauty is through physical activities such as hiking, kayaking, mountain biking, running, backpacking, and rock climbing. But sometimes, you can get so mesmerized by [...]

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