Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition with licensed nutritionists and dietitians from nutritional weight and wellness.

We explain the connection between what you eat and how you feel.

Stay tuned for practical real-life solutions for healthier living through real food nutrition.

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Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition.

This show is brought to you by Nutritional Weight and Wellness.

I'm Cassie Wieness.

I'm a registered and licensed dietitian.

And joining me in studio today is my

co-host, Teresa Wagner, who is also a registered and licensed dietitian. And she and I have a great

show planned for you today. Before I tell you our topic, I want to lead you in with a few questions,

a few questions for all of you listening out there. First off,

have you found that lately you're grabbing for high sugar treats? Maybe because of the ongoing

stress that most of us have been experiencing these last couple of months. If you can shake your

head yes to that question, believe me, you're not

alone. Most of us have had added stress and fear because of COVID-19. We all know a lot of people

have lost their jobs. We've been dealing with this stay-at-home order, which has, it's starting to be lifted,

but I think it's been stressful for a lot of us to figure out that new normal with everybody at home and in the house.

And not only do we have this novel virus lurking around every corner,

but at the end of May and into early June, as everybody knows,

we had the riots and the protests that came after the death of George Floyd. That was stressful, especially

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