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Food prices are at a 10-year high right now, and many staple ingredients are more expensive than they used to be. This can make it extra challenging to eat healthfully and cook from scratch! In this episode of the Today Is the Day Podcast, Meghan and Josh share simple tips that can help lower your food costs.

You'll discover:

- Why seasonal eating is key to saving money

- The benefits of buying certain foods in bulk

- Nutrient-dense wild foods and how to find them for free

- Tips for growing your own foods at home - even if you don't have an outdoor space

- Bartering ideas

- How to reduce food waste, so you're not throwing your money in the compost or trash

- Essential meal prep, produce storage and freezing tips to help you make the most of the food you buy.

And you'll learn simple and economical recipes to prep in advance and menu planning strategies so you don't end up ordering in!

SHOW NOTES: https://www.culinarynutrition.com/healthy-on-a-budget/

COURSE DETAILS: https://culinarynutrition.com/program

FREE CLASS: https://culinarynutrition.com/milk-class

Organic foods and ingredients have steadily risen in popularity over the last two decades. What does the organic label mean, how do you know what you're getting and is it worth the extra money?

In this episode of the Today Is the Day Podcast, Meghan and Josh break down organics and share:

- what organic labels mean

- what is and isn't allowed in organic food

- Meghan and Josh's go-to resources for learning about which foods have the most and least pesticide residues

- how to make sense of the agricultural studies that look at organic vs conventional foods

- Meghan's idea for naming foods that is a big paradigm shift

- how to determine whether an organic food is health-washed - and how to avoid being fooled by organic labels

- what 'Big Organic' is and how it impacts our health

- how Meghan and Josh choose their produce based on local, organic, seasonal and sustainable options

SHOW NOTES:https://www.culinarynutrition.com/fooled-by-the-label/

COURSE DETAILS: https://culinarynutrition.com/program

FREE CLASS: https://culinarynutrition.com/milk-class

In the beginning, disease is difficult to detect, but easy to treat. But in the end, it’s easy to detect but very difficult to treat. Mic drop.

In this episode of the Today Is The Day Podcast, we are bringing you a quick dose of culinary nutrition inspiration with a short clip of one of our popular episodes. 

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Today is the day we talk about how living an everyday prevention lifestyle can not only be joyous, but delicious. Meghan and Josh discuss the positive benefits of everyday prevention and how to make it effortless.

Doing a few key things on a regular, consistent basis can change the trajectory of how your life plays out. In this episode of the Today Is The Day Podcast, we are bringing you a quick dose of culinary nutrition inspiration with a short clip of one of our popular episodes.

WORKSHOP REGISTRATION:  https://culinarynutrition.com/prevention

Today is the day we talk about how you can improve your quality of life with just 4 key factors. Meghan and Josh discuss how stimulation of the mind, social interactions and physical activity can affect your everyday prevention.

The more involved you are in your own health, the better the long-term outcome. In this episode of the Today Is The Day Podcast, we are bringing you a quick dose of culinary nutrition inspiration with a short clip of one of our popular episodes. 

WORKSHOP REGISTRATION: https://culinarynutrition.com/prevention

Today is the day we talk about how we can maximize the human condition and how personal health can impact community health. Meghan and Josh discuss how to best serve your body & health, and the important keys to living a preventable lifestyle.

There’s a lot of talk in the health world about preventing conditions or diseases before they start, but what does that actually mean and look like in everyday life? Today’s topic is a big one – we’re defining one of the most critical bits of natural health and that is prevention. Often misunderstood, always vital.

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FREE TRAINING: https://culinarynutrition.com/freetraining

Today is the day we talk about prevention and what it actually means. Meghan and Josh discuss the difference between prevention and early detection, how long it can take between early symptoms and full-blown disease, and how to stay motivated to follow a preventative lifestyle.

This is the final episode of season three of the Today Is The Day podcast and we truly appreciate your kind feedback on all our discussions so far. Be sure to go through all the past seasons to have a listen to other episodes!

It’s true that beauty comes from deep inside of us – and from a culinary nutrition perspective, what we eat and our lifestyle habits can either help or hinder the health of our outer tissues. Today is the day we’re exploring how we can improve our outer layer – hair, skin, nails without the need for gold laced magic potion creams.

SHOW NOTES: https://culinarynutrition.com/podcast 

COURSE DETAILS: https://culinarynutrition.com/program

FREE TRAINING: https://culinarynutrition.com/freetraining

In this episode, Meghan and Josh discuss the signs of nutrient deficiencies you’ll see in your skin, hair and nails, the surprising factors that affect healthy skin and hair and the pro-inflammatory foods that negatively impact our skin, hair and nails. Plus how stress, hormones, medications, the sun, hydration and more play a role in skin health.

Empowering children with health education and culinary skills can help teach them the know-how they can use throughout their lifetime. Today is the day we’re talking about how to support a child’s healthy relationship with food, and how to get kids into the kitchen. 

SHOW NOTES: https://culinarynutrition.com/podcast 

COURSE DETAILS: https://culinarynutrition.com/program

FREE TRAINING: https://culinarynutrition.com/freetraining

Today's episode covers: Why engaging children in the kitchen is so vital, and how to establish an optimal relationship with food and food choices for the whole family. Plus Meghan and Josh share tips to help kids develop beneficial eating habits from early on, and try new foods that will last a lifetime!

Dietary fat has been one of the most maligned, feared and misunderstood nutrients in the nutrition world. Today is the day we’re busting some myths about fat, an essential macronutrient that has been ridiculed and exiled for the last 70 years.

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FREE TRAINING: https://culinarynutrition.com/freetraining

Today's Episode Covers: What fat is when it comes to food and the different types of fat, how fat influences several key systems in the body, and how to sort through health claims about fats on packages. Meghan and Josh share why dietary fat isn’t to be feared and some delicious ways to incorporate the good fats into your everyday diet.

We get a lot of questions from Culinary Nutrition Expert students and grads about how to build a nutrition business that lasts – and we’re here to answer them today!

SHOW NOTES: https://culinarynutrition.com/podcast 

COURSE DETAILS: https://culinarynutrition.com/program

FREE TRAINING: https://culinarynutrition.com/freetraining

Today we’re talking nutrition and business, specifically what we’ve learned with nearly 15 years in the field, what separates the good from the great and what it takes to thrive personally and professionally working in this persistently evolving field. 

Find the full show notes with additional resources at https://culinarynutrition.com/podcast Episode 28.