The Dish on Detoxes: A Dietitian's Perspective

Many of you know that I have an incredible love affair with food, cooking and the promotion of living a healthy lifestyle. The past three years I’ve had the great fortune and opportunity to travel to France, Italy, Denmark, and NYC to learn from some of the greatest chefs including Daniel Boulud, Rene Redzepi, and [...]

As a swimmer and athlete I’ve been fortunate to learn and experience many life lessons through the sport I love. Not only does swimming prepare us to work hard, sacrifice, overcome physical and often mental difficulties, but it can also teaches us to think beyond the lane lines. Saturday night I visited a team in Round [...]

Hey y’all if you haven’t heard, Sports Illustrated featured me in their current issue with a focus on my passion for food and cooking! I’m so excited about this article. The story brings a ton of exposure to the journey I’m on, to help people live a better life through better nutrition. There is also [...]

This past weekend I had a great opportunity to give a swim clinic to a team in Mansfield, Texas. One of my favorite things about having progressed to the top level of swimming is getting to work with younger kids at swim clinics and camps. I remember how inspirational Olympic athletes were to me when [...]

Arriving in Copenhagen for my three week stage at Noma, I was both excited and a bit anxious. From staging in Italy, France, New York, Milwaukee, and Austin, I knew the work would be long, tedious, and physically difficult. I flew to Copenhagen only one day after finishing my swim season which took me to [...]

Shortly after being diagnosed with high blood pressure in 2005, I began a journey to learn how to cook healthy and delicious food for myself. While this quest initially started by reading cookbooks and watching cooking on TV, it has since mushroomed into something much more. In 2008, I realized I wanted to learn from [...]

For a few short weeks this summer, Garrett is enjoying the rare privilege of working in the kitchens of noma in Copenhagen, Denmark, which is rated as the number one restaurant in the world. His tasks so far are anything but glamorous. It may sound rather exciting and exotic to forage on the beach for [...]

Mom’s usually think “big thoughts,” when it comes to their kids.  As a mom of two successful grown children, I often wonder how they manage to get so much done every day.  Way more than I did at their age.  I often find it exhausting just trying to keep up with their schedules.  This past [...]

We plan to try something new tonight–a Twitter chat with Garrett supported by a couple nutritionists. We’ll be online from 7 to 7:30 Central and maybe even a little longer. The best way to participate is to use TweetChat. That way, the hash tag (#) is automatically embedded into the tweet.
Our topic: How to start [...]

Heading into every training period or meet it’s always ideal to have a few specific goals. The beauty of goals, much like most things in life, is that they can be whatever we decide to make them. Goals help us get better by forcing us to develop a plan of attack to achieve them. When [...]