The Basic Balance Blog
Our Texas Registered Dietitian team shares evidence-based nutrition guidance, practical recipes, and helpful resources to support your wellness journey. From managing blood sugar to breaking free from diet culture, these articles are designed to help you build clarity, confidence, and sustainable health habits.
How to Stop Feeling Out of Control Around Food
If you have ever found yourself thinking, “I just can’t be trusted around food” or “once I start eating, I can’t stop”, we want you to pause for a moment, and take a deep breath. You are not broken. You are not failing. And you are definitely not lacking willpower.
Nutrition Research Is Always Changing — How Do You Know Who to Trust?
Nutrition advice is everywhere. One day a food is praised, the next it’s questioned or demonized, and suddenly it feels like nothing is certain anymore. It’s difficult to know what or who to believe when nutrition advice seems to change so often.
Progress Over Perfection: What Healing With Food Actually Looks Like
If healing with food were as simple as ‘knowing better’, it would feel a lot more straightforward than it usually does. Learning how your body works, understanding nutrition, and building practical skills are all part of this process.
What Does a Whole Body Approach to Health Even Mean?
Nutrition is not meant to be in isolation. The body is influenced by many interconnected factors, and real progress happens when they are all considered together. Health is shaped by how you sleep, move, manage stress, hydrate, and even how you talk to yourself.
Why You’re Always Hungry (Even After Eating)
Feeling hungry all the time, even after eating ‘enough’, can be confusing, exhausting, and so frustrating. Many people assume they are doing something wrong or that their body can’t be trusted. At BBN, we see this differently. Persistent hunger isn’t a problem to fix, it’s a message to receive. Understanding why hunger cues happen can bring clarity, relief, and increased confidence with food.