Quick Tips to Achieve Healthier Eating Habits

Quick Tips to Achieve Healthier Eating Habits

By making conscious choices and incorporating wholesome ingredients into your diet, you can fuel your body effectively while supporting your fitness goals. Our Richmond health coach, Gregory Anthony has pulled together a list of small list of quick tips and resources to help you incorporate small ways to optimize your nutrition.

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WellcomeMD Launches "Thoughts Become Things" Podcast Series

WellcomeMD Launches "Thoughts Become Things" Podcast Series

We’re excited to announce our latest collaboration – a new podcast series called Thoughts Become Things! Featuring WellcomeMD’s Wellness Director Luis Perez, Lisha Reynolds of Bliss Yoga RVA and Chantal Otelsberg of Real Food Nutirion, the series aims to cover all things wellness.

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What is "Healthy" Fat?

What is "Healthy" Fat?

For decades, people have avoided nuts because they’re high in fat, but WellcomeMD nutritionist Jess Godfrey argues that they’re actually one of the better foods we can eat. When you eat nuts, you’re also getting fiber, protein, and antioxidants all from one filling snack.

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You Eat What Your Food Eats

You Eat What Your Food Eats

Contrary to popular assumption, WellcomeMD nutritionist Jess Godfrey says that eggs should be an important part of everyone’s diet. While eggs have previously had a negative rep, a study published by the AMA (American Medical Association) found no relationship between egg consumption and heart disease. In fact, people who ate six eggs per week had a lower risk of heart disease than those who ate less than one.

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Eating the Rainbow

Eating the Rainbow

Last month, nutritionist Jess Godfrey spoke to WellcomeMD’s Richmond practice about the importance of eating a well-balanced diet, or as she refers to it, eating the rainbow. Over the next couple weeks, we’ll be featuring blogs on the nutritious foods that Jess recommends, and explaining how and why you should include them in your diet.

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