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When reaching for a snack be sure to include protein and fat. Fat will help satiate your clients and provide nutrients and fuel for their brain, while protein will help restore and rebuild neurotransmitters and hormones. To increase alertness and improve memory we want to make sure we are including lots of healthy fats and high-quality protein in the diet and minimize simple sugars. Our brain wants to use fat as fuel.
Below are some snack recipes that focus on including healthy fats and high-quality protein to help increase alertness and improve memory.
Lucia is a graduate from the University of Western Ontario, Canada with a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, BSc. After spending many years working in the corporate world, she began to notice how stress, lifestyle and diet affected the wellbeing of herself and those around her. With her scientific background she had a natural curiosity to learn how those factors affected our wellbeing and what we can do about it! Through the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition, CSNN, a science based program focusing on Holistic Health, Lucia became a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, RHN. From this program she understood that health and wellbeing is a function of Mind, Body and Spirit.
