Jen-uine Nutrition

Hi everyone!! Welcome back to my nutrition blog! I'm so grateful that I am able to share my newly discovered facts with everyone and show you guys the reality of eating both at college and on other  occasions. Today I have for all of you a typical college dinner! So, I like to think that my dining hall has a pretty balanced selection of foods. Typically, at one of the sections called Innovations, they will have raw fish, chicken, steak, and other meats (as well as tofu for vegetarians and vegans). They cook the food right in front of you on a big hibachi grill. So, you can make sure that they cook the meat all the way through if you are ever concerned! I also decided to have some potatoes on this night and some pasta salad. In addition to these items, I also had a side salad on a separate plate. Overall, if you look deeper in your dining halls or even supermarkets, I'm sure that you will find some excellent selections for meals! So ...

One of the most extremely difficult things to do in life is, believe it or not, trying to eat healthy on vacation or in any situation that your friends and family are eating delicious, but unhealthy foods. While this may be difficult, it is not impossible. While my family and I were visiting California this summer, there was a lot of selection for food, however, a lot the selections were not the best options for your health, but when it came to dinner and big meals, there were excellent choices such as the following meal. Salmon encrusted with Panko and lemon 227 calories Benefits: Omega 3 fatty acids (essential fatty acid) Great source of Protein High in B vitamins (since it is an animal product) Quinoa with vegetables (unrefined) 200 calories Benefits: Protein-rich Lots of fiber (helps to regulate appetite) Salad with different types of lettuce 40 calories (depends on the dressing) I suggest mixing your own dressing with red wine vinegar and olive oil Benefits: ...

Hi everyone! So I've decided that I am going to post on Fridays from now on! Mainly because I only have work on Fridays and just homework due the next week so I will be able to complete quality work for this blog! A couple of nights ago, this is what I had for dinner since I have been trying to avoid a lot of carbohydrates and eat more protein and nutrient dense foods (more nutrients than calories). However, this night since I had not had any pasta the entire week, I figured I would reward myself. So, I had a (half) pastrami on rye sandwich (took off the Swiss), a summer pasta salad, and a cucumber salad. I am also going to try something new below; breaking up my meals. Pastrami on Rye Mustard, 3 teaspoon ----- 9 calories Pastrami,  2 slices -------- 82 calories Rye bread ----------------- 65 calories Summer Pasta Salad Bow tie pasta 1/2 cup -- 90 calories Shallot -------------------- 7 calories Feta cheese (1/4 cup)----150 calories Cucumber Salad Cucumbe...

Hi everyone! I apologize for not posting last week but I've been extremely busy. I am back on my normal schedule and hope you all enjoy the next few posts to come! So, I know in the morning it is easy to skip breakfast and/or have a really unhealthy cereal with some whole milk, or even a pop tart. But please, take the extra five minutes to just eat some breakfast such as eggs, a fruit, and a grain. Typically, I will eat an apple on my walk to class but today, since I had a little more time, I had an omelette, Raisin Bran, and a banana when I will typically have scrambled eggs and pepper. As for the healthy alternative, what I mean is that instead of a sugary cereal such as froot loops or pop tarts, you can have Raisin Bran which helps with gut health as well as a banana or apple for natural sugars, rather than processed sugars. Trust me when I say that making and eating scrambled eggs can take only 10 minutes since scrambled eggs cook fairly quickly and they are quick to eat. Th...

While we were in San Francisco this summer, my sister decided to order an omelette with mushrooms, spinach, onions, cheese, avocado and peppers. I had a bite of her omelette and it was very delicious. Basically, if you have that omelette for breakfast and not a lot of the hash browns, you're having a pretty well-balanced breakfast, because you are having the healthy fats from the avocado, dairy from the cheese, some vegetable from the onions, peppers as well as healthy fungi from the mushrooms.  In addition, you should try to have some carbohydrates from the toast because they help you to get energy for the day. Overall, I'm proud that my sister had such a balanced breakfast. :) Some of the benefits of having a balanced start to the day are increased productivity, better mood, and less stress. So I suggest to all of you that you wake up early or just not past 11:00 and go to a workout class and make sure to have a heart-healthy breakfast!  Thanks for reading my...

9-18-17 So it took me about two weeks to figure out what to have for lunch in my dining halls. Since lunch doesn't particularly have any specific foods that make you think of lunchtime, you can imagine I was not very happy with the options. The food varied every day but not by much. For example, lunch usually offered pizza, pasta, boneless wings with different sauces on it every day, salads and burgers. For me personally, I believed that these kinds of food did not make me feel satisfied in the middle of the day. Don't get me wrong, it was pretty good but I was never satisfied with the nutrition information that was associated with it, mainly because I didn't know the exact ingredients. However, after exploring a little more into the dining hall, I found that there was actually a sandwich station where they have what look like fresh meats and condiments. After this discovery, I made my lunch a sandwich with turkey, salami (sometimes), lettuce and mayonnaise on a kaiser roll...

My family and I recently went to Disneyland over the summer and although it's an amusement park, it has excellent options for healthy meals at fairly affordable prices. While I was there, I got the Pan-seared salmon served on a house salad with various nuts, raisins, and other toppings. Salmon is always my go-to dinner because you have the omega-3 vitamins that support a healthy lifestyle as well as the satisfied feeling, but not stuffed feeling after you finish it. I recommend having some sort of fish once every two weeks because it is a good source of protein, good source of potassium, and overall does not make you feel bloated. Here's some ways to fit salmon into your daily meal plan schedule: First, if you don't like fishy tasting foods, doctor up your salmon by putting salt, pepper, paprika, creamy sauces, or any spices that you love on it. Trust me, you won't even taste the fishiness. Second, salmons can actually be meal prepped for a couple of days, where y...

   So I recently entered college and as everyone knows, college dining halls are not five star restaurants. I go to Montclair State University and typically eat at Sam's place, one of the two unlimited swipes dining halls. Now, when I entered college, I knew that I wanted to keep up with the three meals per day. So, every morning, no matter the time of my first class, I head over to the dining hall and have a healthy serving of scrambled eggs. In my opinion, it is difficult to mess up scrambled eggs, so the eggs here are not that bad, especially if you add salt and pepper to spice it up. On days where I have a class at 10:00, I typically will have an omelette with spinach and cheese and surprisingly, it is delicious.  To sum up my college tips, the three most important pieces of advice I can offer a student would be:  1. Have three meals a day because you will definitely need it. No matter how you fit it into your schedule, it is vital. 2. Stay out of your do...