by Renée M. Simpson, RDN | Nov 26, 2014 | Body, Featured
Hey Diva! Happy Thanksgiving! Did this year go by fast or what??? What an exciting time of year, the holiday season. It’s amazing though, how much of our focus is towards food, shopping, time with loved ones and wrapping things up at work. Unfortunately, this...
by Renée M. Simpson, RDN | Nov 20, 2014 | Featured, Recipes
Aside from my fabulous sweet potatoes/yams, I’d have to say dressing is my all time favorite Thanksgiving dish. When I found out gluten was a problem for me, I had to figure out how to still enjoy my momma’s version of sage and onion flavored buttery...
by Renée M. Simpson, RDN | Nov 13, 2014 | Body
So tell me, do you know someone with diabetes? I’ll bet you do. November is diabetes awareness month, but I’d much rather they call it love yourself month. Why? Because the more you love yourself the less likely your chance of developing diabetes, or...
by Renée M. Simpson, RDN | Nov 11, 2014 | Well Diva Wednesday
Hey Divas! I’d like to introduce you to Theresa Birks. Theresa is responsible for managing the page MPEPA Beautiful Women. Each day Theresa highlights the accomplishments and projects of women she would like for us to know about and support. The page started...
by Renée M. Simpson, RDN | Nov 5, 2014 | Featured
Hey Diva! Have you ever stepped on the scale and walked away just crushed? Or pissed? Or ashamed? I recently had a conversation with a client, and then another with a friend, about the dreaded scale. Many a Diva has cried over the little window on the scale. Many...
by Renée M. Simpson, RDN | Oct 29, 2014 | Featured
This week marks the beginning of season’s eatings – starting with Halloween and ending with New Year’s Day. Many of us tend to lose focus on health this time of year and start nibbling on that easily accessible candy and other indulgences, and never...
by Renée M. Simpson, RDN | Oct 24, 2014 | Recipes
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve had soup on my mind. So I thought I’d share what we’ve been enjoying in the Well Diva household. These soups can be prepared quickly and make for wonderful leftovers to take to work for lunch the next day, or to...
by Renée M. Simpson, RDN | Oct 15, 2014 | Recipes
Hey Diva! It’s that time of year. Many of you are heading to homecoming this weekend, or maybe next weekend. If you’ve done your detox and slimmed down a bit, you don’t want to gain it all back. And you don’t want to just go back to eating...
by Renée M. Simpson, RDN | Oct 1, 2014 | Detoxing, Recipes
Hey Diva! It’s that time of year again – Fall detox time! I like to run a detox program at this time, before we start all of the “seasons eatings” – from Halloween candy to stuffing our faces with turkey, to the Christmas sweet treats....
by Renée M. Simpson, RDN | Sep 24, 2014 | Detoxing
This past weekend I had the pleasure of speaking to a lovely room full of women seeking knowledge about being healthy and taking good care of themselves. It warmed my heart to see US come out on a Saturday morning to learn and talk about HEALTHY EATING! I remember...
