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    Set Point Theory & The Limits of Weight Loss
    Stephanie Fiorentino
    • Jun 25, 2020
    • 4 min

    Set Point Theory & The Limits of Weight Loss

    Each of us has a different weight at which our bodies function optimally. This naturally easy-to-maintain weight is our set point.
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    An Open Letter to the Fitness Industry
    Stephanie Fiorentino
    • Jun 19, 2020
    • 2 min

    An Open Letter to the Fitness Industry

    How could this thin-obsessed, hypersexualized, elitist culture align itself with health and wellness?
    35 views0 comments
    Grocery Shopping in the Age of Social Distancing
    Stephanie Fiorentino
    • Apr 2, 2020
    • 3 min

    Grocery Shopping in the Age of Social Distancing

    With more than three quarters of the United States under mandatory stay at home orders, even grocery shopping is getting more complicated!
    20 views1 comment
    Why Yoga?
    Stephanie Fiorentino
    • May 1, 2019
    • 3 min

    Why Yoga?

    “But what about that expensive nutrition degree?” my dad asked as I excitedly rambled about my upcoming yoga teacher training. “I thought...
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    Let Them Eat Carbs
    Stephanie Fiorentino
    • Jan 26, 2019
    • 3 min

    Let Them Eat Carbs

    Carbs: The much-vilified macronutrient that went from being the foundation of the food pyramid to the supposed cause of all our nutrition...
    26 views0 comments
    The New Year
    Stephanie Fiorentino
    • Jan 8, 2019
    • 4 min

    The New Year

    2019 is here and there's no shortage of resolution talk flooding the media. But the reality is, most resolutions fail before the end of F...
    13 views0 comments
    AWW NUTS!
    Stephanie Fiorentino
    • Dec 5, 2018
    • 3 min

    AWW NUTS!

    As a kid I remember that my dad (who was always very health conscious) really enjoyed nuts but was cautious about eating too many. He sai...
    19 views0 comments
    The Calorie Count
    Stephanie Fiorentino
    • Nov 4, 2018
    • 3 min

    The Calorie Count

    Have you ever really tracked your daily food intake? I mean weighed or measured every single thing you ate for the day then logged it in ...
    29 views0 comments
    The Weekday/Weekend
    Stephanie Fiorentino
    • Sep 29, 2018
    • 3 min

    The Weekday/Weekend

    Of all the non-diet but actually-a-diet diets I’ve reviewed over the last few weeks, this one is by far the easiest for me to write about...
    12 views0 comments
    The Fast
    Stephanie Fiorentino
    • Sep 14, 2018
    • 4 min

    The Fast

    One of the most popular trends in dieting over the past few years is intermittent fasting. And let’s be clear hear, this is definitely a ...
    40 views0 comments
    The Meal Plan
    Stephanie Fiorentino
    • Sep 5, 2018
    • 3 min

    The Meal Plan

    The non-diet trend has given rise to lots of new “lifestyles” that, as it turns out, are just diets in disguise. One of the more frustrat...
    17 views0 comments
    The Anti-Diet
    Stephanie Fiorentino
    • Aug 30, 2018
    • 3 min

    The Anti-Diet

    The idea of a non-diet approach to nutrition has become pretty trendy in the last few years. Any nutrition professional who’s not an ass-...
    26 views0 comments
    What's Healthy Anyway?
    Stephanie Fiorentino
    • Aug 19, 2018
    • 2 min

    What's Healthy Anyway?

    It only seems fitting to open the new blog with an updated version of my very first post from last year. Enjoy! I'm kicking off the blog ...
    20 views0 comments
    Happy Birthday Food Wonderful!
    Stephanie Fiorentino
    • Aug 13, 2018
    • 2 min

    Happy Birthday Food Wonderful!

    It was on a Sunday evening much like this one almost a year ago that I came home from a meeting with a dear friend, sat down at my comput...
    12 views0 comments
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