Blog - Page 24 of 27 - Lily Nichols RDN

How I Eat Enough Vegetables – 3 Easy Steps

Ever shop around at the farmer’s market with great intentions, filling your basket with loads of colorful veggies with grand plans for dinners and then forget about them? I’m just proud that I made it to the farmer’s market most weeks. Here’s me after biking … continue reading

9 Tips for Healthier BBQ’d Meat

With 4th of July around the corner, you’re probably planning on a delicious feast of BBQ’d delights. But, the food police may have told you that eating grilled meat gives you cancer. Party poopers. There’s some truth to this, but like anything else ridiculously delicious … continue reading

Digestive Issues and What to do About Them

I’ve had many people contact me recently looking for relief from some sort of digestive complaint. One of my specialties is digestive issues and healing them through whole foods, so this isn’t out of the ordinary. The story goes something like… ” I used to … continue reading

Shaved Fennel Salad

If you haven’t tried fennel, you are missing out. This season, LA farmer’s markets have been bursting with gorgeous fennel bulbs and it has been on my menu more than ever. I used to avoid using this vegetable because I assumed it had a strong … continue reading

Is Juice Healthy?

I recently had the pleasure of teaching a workshop at HALE Pilates Method, a gorgeous classical Pilates studio in Redondo Beach, CA. If you’ve been following my blog, you know the main topic was a loaded one: Detox. Many people follow juice cleanses in an … continue reading

Define real food in one sentence, GO!

Sometimes eating healthy becomes more complicated than it needs to be. Take coffee, for example. One study shows it is a major source of antioxidants that will protect you from cancer, while another links it to colon cancer. Or you may have heard that drinking … continue reading

What’s tugging at your body?

I came across this quote and just had to share. When you tug at a single thing in nature, you find it attached to the rest of the world. -John Muir Everything is interconnected, especially when it comes to our bodies and our health. A … continue reading

3 Tricks To Detox Without Depriving Yourself

Are you lost in the aisles of Whole Foods looking at all the detox products on the market? Have you had a bad experience with a cleanse before? (Be honest here… you’re not alone) Did you ever fast on green juice in an attempt to … continue reading

3 New Real Food Snacks to Die For!

Last weekend, I had the pleasure of attending one of my favorite annual events that’ll give you a hippie-gasm. Or an agoraphobic meltdown – seriously, there are 60,000+ visitors trolling around. Yikes. ExpoWest is the name. It’s an all out organic food and supplement and … continue reading

One Simple Trick to More Self Confidence

We all get down on ourselves from time to time. “I’m not good enough.” “There’s no way I can do that.” “Maybe so-and-so is successful at blank, but I’m just not that person.” So what’s the deal? Why are some people naturally more confident than … continue reading

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