Barbara Day, M.S., R.D. Chief Blog Organizer
Barbara is a registered dietitian with a masters in Clinical Nutrition. She also worked as a Program Reviewer for Child Nutrition Programs for the Alaska Department of Education in INDIAN & ESKIMO VILLAGES on the North Slope of Alaska.
As a research nutritionist with the military’s tri-service medical school, Uniformed Services of the Health Sciences, at the Human Performance Laboratory, she tracked trace mineral, vitamin and macronutrient research with active military members to include with the Navy SEALS’ BUD/S Training Program and active Navy SEAL Teams in Coronado Island, California.
Barbara is the former nutrition performance consultant to the University of Louisville Athletic Department (10 years) and the United States Navy SEALs (8 years). She is the author of Fast Facts on Fast Food For Fast People and High Energy Eating Sports Nutrition Workbook for Active People. Her books and materials have been used by the University of Louisville, University of Tennessee Lady Vols and the Tennessee football program, the LSU basketball program, the Buffalo Bills, the Cleveland Browns and by the United States SEALs.
Weekly health & fitness radio show, Health News You Can Use, on WKJK 1080 AM, iHeart Media, featuring Barbara ran for 14 years. In addition, Barbara had a regular TV segment on WHAS’s Louisville Tonight Live for 5 years and WAVE Sunrise for 4 years.
She has designed and presented employee wellness programs to small and large businesses like UPS, Anthem, Humana, LG&E, Fort Knox, PNC Bank, Jewish Hospital, Louisville Water Company, Ford, Brown Foreman, and many more. Barbara also wrote a weekly nutrition column for her Christian Church’s Southeast Outlook for 10 yrs.
Currently, Barbara is working with Veterans Lodge (www.VeteransLodge.org) on the Fundraising Committee and handles their social media. Barbara is also writing a cookbook for performance nutrition tentatively entitled, Veterans Lodge Performance Nutrition and Recipe Guidebook. This book will be sold as a fundraiser for Veterans Lodge and will be used by Veterans Lodge for Veterans seeking health care & job retraining.
To contact Barbara, go to our Contact page or email healthydaybydayliving@gmail.com
Are Ultra-processed Foods Making You and Your Family Sick?
In today’s world, many Americans are eating more ultra-processed and processed foods and not eating real foods that contain adequate amounts of dietary fiber and other nutrients. 75% of Americans are overweight with 45% of children being labeled as overweight. 20% of kids are labeled as obese with about 1/3 of kids having diabetes or pre-diabetes around age 12.
Vegetable Beef Stew
This one-pot meal is a family favorite. It has lots of vegetables and is gluten-free. You can add salt and pepper to taste. One of my granddaughters like to add brown rice to her bowl of Vegetable Beef Stew. She has to be gluten-free so the extra calories are warranted. It seems like she is always training for a ½ marathon somewhere.
Nutrition Strategies for Tournament Day or All-Day Competitions on the Road
If you are a mom or grandmother who is in charge of carpooling your student athlete(s) to their tournament or all-day competitions on the road, here are some nutrition strategies that might help your athlete maximize his or her performance throughout the day. Or if you are an adult who competes in tennis, pickleball or volleyball competitions, you can also find some great suggestions.
Sweet Potato-Spinach-Black Bean Quesadillas
This quesadilla recipe combines many of my favorite foods which are high nutrients: sweet potatoes, spinach, red pepper and black beans. It’s no secret, I love Mexican foods and so does my family. You can easily make this gluten-free if you substitute the whole wheat tortillas for corn tortillas. I like to top my quesadillas with a little salsa, some yummy guacamole, a dab of lite sour cream, and I make a side salad with diced tomatoes and chopped romaine lettuce.
Weight Loss the Easy Way…Take a Weekly Shot but…Just Some Food for Thought
Its no big secret how obesity has tripled in 60 years. How did we get here: poor diet with lots ultra processed foods, fast food eating, and sedentary lifestyles. Ultra processed foods make up about half of all the calories consumed. The Food Industry has created lots of high sugar, high salt, junk food with enticing ads.
Magnesium Keeps Your Body Running Smoothly
Recently a family member told me his health professional recommended he take a magnesium supplement daily. She told him to look for a magnesium supplement that contain at least 200 milligrams (mg). He’s 75 years old and is also on blood pressure medicine. He asked me about what foods were high in magnesium which prompted me to write this column about magnesium. As a nutritionist, I always recommend foods over supplements unless my client doesn’t eat the foods high in the nutrient needed, they have a medical condition where they don’t absorb the nutrient well may cause a magnesium deficiency. In fact, when I was working as a performance nutritionist, when an athlete suffered from muscle cramps, besides discussing hydration, potassium status, calcium status, I also talked about magnesium. Many of energy & muscle system reactions are magnesium dependent to work effectively.
