How many food decisions do you think you make in a day? Believe it or not, you can make over 250 daily decisions that involve food. What to eat for breakfast? Do you want eggs or oatmeal? How do you want your eggs cooked? Should you eat the cookie? “If I eat the cookie, I’ll […]

April 11, 2024

Constantly Obsessing About Food? Here’s the Wake-up Call You May Need.

Constantly Obsessing about food? Heres' the wake-up call you may need. Image of banana, apple, nuts and a pink scale.

The holidays are in full swing and the New Year is right around the corner. I have a question for you. Do you make New Year’s resolutions? With the New Year always comes the idea of new year, new you, new beginnings. Often New Years resolutions are “diet-focused”, like this new you has to lose […]

December 19, 2023

Nurture a Healthier You Without Dieting

Nurture a healthier you without dieting. three rocks with the words mind, body, soul.

Menopause, it’s an unavoidable normal part of life and aging for women. Yup I said it, aging. Aging is one of those words we often shudder at the thought. But what if we shift our mindset around aging and menopause? Always looking back to when you were younger looking back on your past keeps you […]

October 16, 2023

Nutrition Tips to Balance Hormones in Menopause

Nutrition tips to balance hormones in menopause. Peaceable Nutrition and wellness, Marissa Perrotta Registered Dietitian.

Nutrition plays a big role in supporting your hormonal health if you’ve been diagnosed with PCOS, taking birth control and other medications for PCOS shouldn’t be the only thing you rely on. September is National PCOS month (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) and this month’s blog post will provide you with some nutrition tips to help support […]

September 13, 2023

Foods to Avoid with PCOS; The Answer May Surprise You

Foods to avoid with PCOS. Image with question mark next to vegetables and a question mark next to donuts

I remember my first crystal bowl sound healing bath like it was yesterday. (sigh!) I was driving to a yoga retreat with my sister in upstate New York in a pretty heavy snow storm. Super stressed driving and white knuckling it all the way, it wasn’t snowing when we left New Jersey! Needless to say […]

October 28, 2022

Crystal Bowl Sound Healing: Benefits

When I was first pregnant, the only thing I was told was to take a prenatal vitamin and not to eat raw fish. (Not a problem for me considering, I don’t like fish anyway) But I thought to myself there has to be more I can do for my body and my growing baby, if […]

June 29, 2022

Prenatal nutritionist – Why I wish I had one!

Photo of pregnant woman's belly holding an apple

What’s the Intuitive Eating Hunger Scale? I’ll talk specifically about the Hunger-Fullness scale, how you can use it to become more in-tune to your body’s signals before, during and at the end of your meals and why it’s a helpful tool to help you have a healthier relationship with food. If you find yourself to […]

April 28, 2022

How to Use the Intuitive Eating Hunger Scale

The image features male and female hands each holding a bowl of food. In the bowls is Asian inspired cuisine. There are chopsticks in the bowl

Understand what a family nutritionist can do for you and if working with one will benefit you and your family. Do you have a picky eater? An athlete with an endless appetite? A teen struggling with their intake? In families, it’s more common than you might think to have a variety of different eaters. As […]

March 22, 2022

Benefits of Working with a Family Nutritionist

Family of 4 sitting around the dinner table, eating chicken, broccoli, corn and carrots. The mother passes the gravy boat to son.

Fad diets and weight loss unfortunately, are a common topic of conversation. But have you ever paused to think about how diet talk and comments made about may impact your child? This article will go into exactly what’s considered diet talk, how it might affect your child, a loved one or even you, and how […]

February 22, 2022

Diet Talk: Why it’s harmful and How to handle it

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Are carbs the enemy? Does the sight of bread or pasta send chills down your spine or are you conflicted with a wave of guilt at the thought of eating them? Take a deep breath because I’ll share with you why carbs are not the enemy and YES! You can enjoy them without guilt. I’ll also […]

January 24, 2022

Are carbs the enemy? 3 Nutrition Myths Debunked

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