Hello and welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition's midweek segment called Ask a Nutritionist.

My name is Brandy Burrow.

I'm a licensed and registered dietitian here at Nutritional Weight and Wellness.

It is our mission to help you understand the

connection between what you eat and how you feel. And today I'm going to tackle a very common

struggle that I think we've all experienced before, that dreaded afternoon energy crash or that

afternoon slump. So I think you probably know what I'm talking about. It's

2 or 3 p.m. Your focus starts to fade. Your energy just takes a nose dive. You might even be

nodding off at your desk or if you're like one of my clients, literally falling asleep in the car while

you're waiting to pick up your kids from school. Oh my gosh. And you might be grabbing another

cup of coffee or maybe looking for a little sweet treat, maybe the pastry from the break room,

really anything just to push through those last few hours of your workday until you get home and maybe collapse on the couch.

Oh, how frustrating. So much to do, but not enough energy to do it.

Well, here is the good news that afternoon slump is not something that you have to just push through

or deal with on a daily basis or accept as normal. There's so much that we can do through nutrition

and other lifestyle strategies to help you feel energized throughout the whole day. So in today's

episode, I'm going to help unpack why that crash

tends to happen. And more importantly, ways that you can prevent that afternoon crash or overcome

it naturally. So I'm going to be diving into three key areas that I find have a very powerful

role in boosting energy throughout the day. So that's going to

involve how do we balance our blood sugar, stay hydrated, and how can we incorporate some light

movement throughout the day? These are going to be some simple, actionable steps that you can

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