Salad With a Side of Fries Nutrition, Wellness & Weight Loss

• Nutrition Nugget: Starbucks Protein Drinks

  Nutrition Nugget! Bite-sized bonus episodes offer tips, tricks and approachable science. This week, Jenn is talking about Starbucks Protein Drinks and whether they're really worth the hype. Have you seen these new protein-packed options popping up on the menu? After encountering difficulty accessing ingredient information on Starbucks' website and app, Jenn took a hands-on investigative approach, visiting a local Starbucks location to seek out the composition of these protein-enhanced beverages. What she uncovered reveals essential distinctions between how customers might expect these drinks to work versus how they're actually prepared. Jenn also addresses the broader question of whether adding protein to coffee drinks is a necessary trend or simply effective marketing. For anyone considering these new options or curious about optimizing their Starbucks order for nutritional value, this episode offers practical insights and transparent nutritional data. Like what you're hearing? Be sure to check out the full-length episodes of new releases every Wednesday. Have an idea for a nutrition nugget? Submit it here: https://asaladwithasideoffries.com/index.php/contact/ RESOURCES:Become a Happy Healthy Hub MemberJenn’s Free Menu PlanA Salad With a Side of FriesA Salad With A Side Of Fries MerchA Salad With a Side of Fries InstagramKEYWORDS: Jenn Trepeck, Nutrition Nugget, Salad With A Side Of Fries, Health Tips, Wellness Tips, Starbucks Protein Drinks, Protein Powder, Whey Protein, Coffee Protein, Protein Coffee, Protein Milk, Sweet Cream Foam, Matcha Latte, Nutrition Facts, Protein Content, Caffeine Content, 2% Milk, Protein Packed, Health Coach, Starbucks Menu, Protein Options, Iced Matcha, Grande Size, Saturated Fat, Carbohydrates, Sugar Content, Calorie Count, Vanilla Latte, Protein Supplement, Milk Alternatives, Almond Milk, Unsweetened Drinks, Beverage Nutrition, Coffee Additives, Protein Craze, Morning Fuel, Nutrition Information, Ingredient List, Whey Protein Isolate, Protein Concentrate, Sweet Cream, Iced Vanilla Latte, Blonde Vanilla Latte, Protein Foam, Starbucks App, Drink Modifications, How Much Protein In Starbucks Protein Drinks, Can You Add Protein Powder To Starbucks Coffee

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• The Health Tool No One's Talking About

  Tired of eating the same boring veggies every week? Let's talk about nutrient diversity—the health hack nobody's buzzing about but should be! It's not about being perfect or following strict rules; it's about bringing more color, flavor, and fun to your plate while feeling amazing.In this episode of Salad With a Side of Fries, host Jenn Trepeck explores why micronutrients matter just as much as macronutrients. Learn how eating a variety of colored vegetables, embracing seasonal eating, and experimenting with different vitamins and minerals can improve gut health, support immune function, and enhance healthy aging. Hear practical strategies for adding dietary variety without complicating your routine, plus why the holidays offer a perfect opportunity for nutrient-rich foods.What You Will Learn in This Episode:✅ Why nutrient diversity and micronutrients are just as important as tracking your macros, and how eating a limited variety of foods puts your body into survival mode, affecting everything from energy levels to bone health and metabolic function.✅ The power of eating the rainbow—how different food colors indicate specific vitamins and minerals like iron, folate, beta-carotene, and antioxidants, and why incorporating plant-based foods with various phytochemicals supports immune support, digestive health, and reduces chronic disease risk.✅ Practical strategies to increase dietary variety without overwhelm, including shopping at farmers' markets, using frozen organic vegetables, cooking with global spices, and creating rainbow meals that make seasonal eating easy and affordable.✅ How the holiday season offers a hidden opportunity for nutrient diversity through festive foods you don't normally eat, and why developing a sense of culinary adventure helps improve gut microbiome diversity and overall wellness.The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast, hosted by Jenn Trepeck, explores real-life wellness and weight-loss topics, debunking myths, misinformation, and flawed science surrounding nutrition and the food industry. Let’s dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store.TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Introduction to nutrient diversity as the overlooked health tool and how micronutrient variety impacts satiety, energy levels, and overall wellness during the holiday season06:59 Understanding micronutrients versus macronutrients and why vitamins and minerals deserve more attention in wellness conversations than just tracking macros08:48 The World Health Organization recommendations for daily fruit and vegetable intake10:12 Why we're not getting nutrient diversity: the food industry focuses on taste over nutrition, lack of crop rotation, and produce picked before ripening loses connection to soil nutrients14:42 Three crops (rice, wheat, maize) provide over half of the world's plant-based calories, yet lack the phytochemicals and bioactive compounds needed for optimal health16:46 Research linking dietary variety to reduced type 2 diabetes risk, lower metabolic syndrome, improved cognitive function, and better gut microbiome diversity18:26 Eating the rainbow: how different food colors signal specific nutrients—green for iron and folate, orange for beta-carotene, red and purple for antioxidants22:39 Cravings and listening to our bodies33:17 Practical tips for becoming a "varietarian," including organic options, seasonal eating, using global spices, and shopping at farmers' markets for inspiration38:35 Using frozen organic vegetables for affordability and convenience while maintaining nutrient-rich variety throughout the week without food wasteKEY TAKEAWAYS: 💎 Nutrient diversity through micronutrients is critical for preventing chronic diseases—studies show eating 30+ different plant foods...

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• Nutrition Nugget: Drizzilicious

  Nutrition Nugget! Bite-sized bonus episodes offer tips, tricks and approachable science. This week, Jenn is talking about Drizzilicious. When a mini rice cake promises to be "drizzled and delicious" while also being a smart snack choice, it sounds almost too good to be true—but is it? Drizzilicious has captured snack lovers' attention everywhere, but when Jenn digs into the nutrition facts and ingredient list, will these bite-sized treats live up to the hype? Should you be reaching for that bag at the grocery store, or is there something hiding behind those 90 calories per 21 pieces that you need to know about first? Like what you're hearing? Be sure to check out the full-length episodes of new releases every Wednesday. Have an idea for a nutrition nugget? Submit it here: https://asaladwithasideoffries.com/index.php/contact/ RESOURCES:Become a Happy Healthy Hub MemberJenn’s Free Menu PlanA Salad With a Side of FriesA Salad With A Side Of Fries MerchA Salad With a Side of Fries InstagramNutrition Nugget: Rice CakesKEYWORDS: Jenn Trepeck, Nutrition Nugget, Salad With A Side Of Fries, Health Tips, Wellness Tips, Healthy Rice Cake Snacks, Mini Rice Cakes, Drizzilicious Review, Better For You Snacks, Rice Cake Nutrition, Empty Calories, Gluten Free Snacks, Vegan Snacks, Non GMO Snacks, Allergen Free Foods, Plant Based Snacks, Blood Sugar Spikes, Quinoa Chia Flax, Natural Flavors, Sunflower Oil, Palm Kernel Oil, Added Sugar, Protein Snacks, Low Calorie Snacks, Nutrition Facts, Ingredient Analysis, Food Label Reading, Healthy Snack Alternatives, Greek Yogurt Toppings, Cottage Cheese Recipes, Whole Food Snacks, Processed Foods, Seed Oils, Weight Loss Snacks, Wellness Tips, Smart Snacking, Portion Control, Micronutrients, Carbohydrate Balance, White Chocolate Drizzle, Cinnamon Flavor, Birthday Party Flavor, Smores Flavor, Peppermint Flavor, Gingerbread Flavor, Are Drizzilicious Rice Cakes Healthy For Weight Loss, Best Low Calorie Snacks With Quinoa And Chia

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• Emotional Vitality (feat. Jared St. Clair)

  Feeling like an emotional mess lately? What if the secret to calming your anxiety and depression isn't in your head—it’s actually in your gut. This episode breaks down why your digestive system might be calling the shots on your mood, and the simple supplements for emotional vitality that actually work.Jenn Trepeck is joined by natural health educator Jared St. Clair on Salad With a Side of Fries to get real about the brain-gut connection. They're dishing on everything from spore-based probiotics to why your gut microbiome might be eating all your serotonin before it reaches your brain. Plus, Jared shares which magnesium and omega-3s are worth your money, and why your self-talk matters more than you think. What You Will Learn in This Episode:✅ Why gut health and mental health issues are connected and how fixing your leaky gut and microbiome first (before your brain) can dramatically reduce anxiety and depression—plus the specific spore-based probiotics that actually rebuild your gut long-term✅ The five essential supplements everyone should consider: a great multivitamin, omega-3 fatty acids, magnesium bisglycinate, probiotics, and digestive enzymes—and why these support neurotransmitter production and brain-gut connection✅ How ATP energy production in your brain affects mental clarity and mood, plus why creatine isn't just for athletes but is actually a "no-brainer" for preventing brain fog and supporting mental wellness✅ The power of mindset work and your reticular activating system (RAS)—why what you tell yourself matters more than any supplement, and how to stop sabotaging your health with negative self-talkThe Salad With a Side of Fries podcast, hosted by Jenn Trepeck, explores real-life wellness and weight-loss topics, debunking myths, misinformation, and flawed science surrounding nutrition and the food industry. Let’s dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store.TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Jared St. Clair introduces the gut health mental health connection and why he always starts in the gut when addressing anxiety and depression04:59 Jared shares how early exposure to health concerns shaped his passion for natural wellness and supplements09:58 The origin of Vitality Radio and how Jared transitioned from local radio to podcasting after 12 years, building a platform for health education and supplement formulation13:33 What emotional vitality means and Jared's wife's journey from five medical diagnoses, including bipolar disorder and IBS, to finding hope through gut health transformation20:09 The Vital Five supplements everyone should consider: a great multivitamin, omega-3 fatty acids, magnesium, probiotics, and digestive enzymes for filling nutritional gaps23:11 Spore-based probiotics explained: why soil-based strains like Bacillus coagulans survive stomach acid, rebuild microbiome diversity, and create permanent change 27:12 Healing leaky gut and the gut barrier with L-glutamine, marshmallow, slippery elm, and holy aloe vera juice to support neurotransmitter production29:04 Why creatine is essential for brain health: supporting ATP energy production, preventing Alzheimer's, reducing brain fog, and helping with mental health issues35:36 The power of mindset and the reticular activating system: how self-talk and subconscious beliefs matter more than any supplement you can take for achieving vitality37:29 Placebo and nocebo effects explained: why believing a treatment will work (or won't) directly impacts outcomes, including medical procedures and supplement effectivenessKEY TAKEAWAYS: 💎 The vagus nerve carries more traffic from gut to brain than any other pathway in the body, which is why addressing gut dysbiosis and leaky gut must come before...

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• Nutrition Nugget: Free

  Nutrition Nugget! Bite-sized bonus episodes offer tips, tricks and approachable science. This week, Jenn is talking about all the amazing things you can do for your health that are totally free. Yep, zero dollars! Jenn breaks down the myth that health is reserved for the wealthy and reveals simple, powerful practices that cost absolutely nothing. From movement to sleep, stress management to nutrition, could the most effective health strategies be completely free? Jenn shares 20 surprising ways to transform your wellbeing that won't cost you a penny, plus why one common eating habit might be turning your nutritious meals into junk food. Ready to discover that your best health investment might cost you nothing at all? Like what you're hearing? Be sure to check out the full-length episodes of new releases every Wednesday. Have an idea for a nutrition nugget? Submit it here: https://asaladwithasideoffries.com/index.php/contact/ RESOURCES:Become a Happy Healthy Hub MemberJenn’s Free Menu PlanA Salad With a Side of FriesA Salad With A Side Of Fries MerchA Salad With a Side of Fries InstagramNutrition Nugget: Fast FoodKEYWORDS: Jenn Trepeck, Nutrition Nugget, Salad With A Side Of Fries, Health Tips, Wellness Tips, Free Health Tips, Walking For Health, YouTube Workouts, Taking The Stairs, Morning Sunlight, Bedtime Routine, Screen Time Limits, Meditation Practice, Daily Journaling, Consistent Wake Time, Gratitude Practice, Stress Management, Sleep Hygiene, Social Connection, Volunteering Benefits, Laughter Therapy, Podcast Listening, Mindful Eating, Chewing Food Properly, Eating Until Satisfied, Drinking Water, Wellness On A Budget, Affordable Fitness, No Cost Exercise, Budget Wellness, Health Without Money, Free Fitness Resources, Community Health, Mental Health Support, Rest And Digest, Sitting While Eating, Deep Breathing Exercises, Accountability Partners, Health Coaching, Wellness Community, Nutrition Habits, Movement Ideas, Sleep Quality, Stress Reduction, Healthy Lifestyle, Preventive Health, Free Ways To Improve Your Health Without Spending Money, Budget-Friendly Wellness Practices For Everyday Health

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