It’s pretty simple…Hälsa Nutrition doesn’t believe in diets but in forming a healthy relationship with food and eating…and we teach you what it means and how to do it.
I’m a family oriented Registered Dietitian who has been in love with nutrition and cooking for the longest time. Being an athlete in my teen years and attending a boarding school where girls constantly counted calories and worried about weight, I found myself steeped in disordered eating.
When I realized how important eating well was, I decided to study nutrition at Cornell and later at Tufts. My journey included learning about diet culture and being a part of it for many years before eventually unlearning it. Thank goodness!
Hälsa Nutrition was founded to promote happy, sustainable eating practices without diets. Because I know, firsthand, the risks of restricting food and I also understand the struggles that come with feeding kids. You’ll leave sessions inspired, detached from diet mentality, and on a road to real food freedom.
By helping you learn to listen and trust your body, you will become an intuitive eater and you’ll be able to apply these principles to your family…so you’re:
And because I believe nutrition should be fun and spark joy, I’ll teach you a few Nordic traditions along the way like Nordic-inspired recipes or adding candles, magazines, and blankets to your home for more hygge.
I have always bounced around between the latest “fad” diets and ways of eating. Sitting down with Maria made me realize that this isn’t necessary and that eating sensibly while borrowing a few “lessons learned” from each of my experiments, was the way to go. She was able to give me, and our family, a number of helpful tips and tricks to take the stress out of meal planning and preparation. The recipes that she provides on her blog are delicious, simple and have changed our way of eating and snacking forever.
Contacted Maria to help our family with our food choices and to assist with healthy, gluten-free on-the-go snacks for my husband who travels. Maria was a pleasure to work with. She met with all of us, got a good sense of our food likes and lifestyle. She emailed me promptly with suggestions, helped to set up a food journal and menu planning. She also provided me with great websites, including her own that had easy and healthy recipes. Maria was incredibly supportive and instrumental in helping us overhaul our diet.
I used to feel guilty after eating certain foods and sometimes felt the need to do extra exercise to compensate for my eating. After working with Maria and learning about intuitive eating, I feel like my relationship with food is so much better. I now give myself unconditional permission to eat what I want and how much I want. It feels really liberating and has helped me look at health and my body in a whole new way.
My daughter and I feel much more confident in how to develop a healthy vegan diet for her because of your assistance!