Plaid for Women | Bridget Swinney, MS RD | Activity https://www.plaidforwomen.com/members/bridgetswinney/activity/ Activity feed for Bridget Swinney, MS RD. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:30:56 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 78f1bd76040ad7e30c483512b4d2d0a9 Bridget Swinney, MS RD wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=31220 Wed, 25 Oct 2023 12:30:44 -0500 Food Safety 2.0 You may be hyper-aware of food safety issues in the summer. You know the drill—don’t keep food at room temperature longer than 2 hours; 1 hour if […]

]]> d6b868cb720c711d5716c2ef8b952b46 Bridget Swinney, MS RD wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=31112 Wed, 28 Jun 2023 12:30:33 -0500 A Dietitian’s Take on the Latest Diet Trends Swimsuit season is here and you may have noticed that you have a few pounds that have crept up over the sedentary winter months. Tempted by some of […]

]]> 29c8a40ea09cc38751d4ad8af4d5d6f5 Bridget Swinney, MS RD wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=30988 Wed, 12 Apr 2023 12:30:35 -0500 The Health Benefits of Mushrooms Should I Eat More Fungi? The lowly fungi family may not top your list of healthy veggies, but hang on, you’re about to get “vegucated” about mushr […]

]]> 32be65a6dd810f2ba90f2d2f94fd2e48 Bridget Swinney, MS RD wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=30906 Wed, 22 Feb 2023 13:30:28 -0600 Move Past the Resolutions Most of us know what we should do to improve our health. The problem is, it’s not always easy to get from here to there. Even the most w […]

]]> c82a9a31d3d031ff615d9fee0a4e4f2d Bridget Swinney, MS RD wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=30891 Mon, 23 Jan 2023 13:30:25 -0600 Bits of Plastic Picking up bits of plastic from a white sandy beach in the Caribbean is not necessarily living the vacation dream. But it’s how I spent many m […]

]]> f7b3a58342646e928f13d0477f356607 Bridget Swinney, MS RD wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=30779 Wed, 19 Oct 2022 12:30:27 -0500 Food Budget Redo: Is it Time? It’s been a rough couple of years for the family budget! A pandemic– which closed many businesses and led to job losses and supply chain i […]

]]> 7a6fcd1134600264b5eb8eb34919dee5 Bridget Swinney, MS RD wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=30731 Mon, 22 Aug 2022 12:30:44 -0500 This summer, it’s hot as usual, and who wants to heat up the kitchen? That’s why in the summer, we do things a little differently, relying more on main dish salads, grilled foods and easy to put together meals and […]

]]> a9b78fd218006bdf856d5cd99780fc87 Bridget Swinney, MS RD wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=30673 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 12:30:04 -0500 Out of the blue, a friend of mine recently asked a group of us what the top thing on our bucket list was. My bucket list is all about places I want to travel to someday, so I said the Galapagos Islands. (I bet […]

]]> 3b811b4c3c6514486e46555a0f107bde Bridget Swinney, MS RD wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=30660 Mon, 06 Jun 2022 12:30:28 -0500 When it comes to nutrition, balance can mean many things. Let’s start with the main components of your plate.

Eating healthy is actually pretty simple if you use the “plate method” recommended by USDA and the A […]

]]> 49264d9413ccb581846e4f68279ca55a Bridget Swinney, MS RD wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=30611 Wed, 06 Apr 2022 12:30:09 -0500 New acquaintances are often surprised to find out that I eat pasta (and bread and chocolate and even dessert on occasion) because my life’s career has been spent helping people have healthier diets. Just for the r […]

]]> 7df0e349f715e1c42e4e7e600bd1cb90 Bridget Swinney, MS RD wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=30585 Wed, 30 Mar 2022 12:30:23 -0500 Each year the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, a professional group of over 110,000 credentialed nutrition and dietetics practitioners focuses attention on National Nutrition Month® during the month of […]

]]> 7e7bc7e4ee9b4805d4666009701c4432 Bridget Swinney, MS RD wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=30560 Wed, 23 Feb 2022 13:30:31 -0600 Part 2 of the Tropical Oil Series
Ahhh coconut oil. If you believe everything you read about this uber-popular health food, you’d believe it to be the cure you’ve been looking for to help you lose weight and imp […]

]]> d55a7022c7d5a8cea8787e3d5778b816 Bridget Swinney, MS RD wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=30451 Mon, 31 Jan 2022 13:30:56 -0600 It’s January, so maybe you’re looking at making 2022 a little healthier than 2021! If so, that means you’re probably reading those Nutrient Facts labels more carefully. You’ve probably also noticed: palm oil is […]

]]> 0af6d5484584f0579aad828d086810c1 Bridget Swinney, MS RD wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=30354 Wed, 10 Nov 2021 13:30:46 -0600 The theme this month is “unplug”, though I’m going to suggest the opposite, at least where your health is concerned! However—temporarily unplugging from information about your health could be very healthy. Consult […]

]]> d10e93601924bc58c15d47d5ce5db9ca Bridget Swinney, MS RD wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=30271 Wed, 25 Aug 2021 12:30:54 -0500 Some people have trouble with boundaries. I still remember during that “fun” time of pre-adolescence, when my Aunt came to visit. The first words out of her mouth were, “Oh Mary Bridget, you’ve put on weight. […]

]]> 2909c5fc3fe637315155f1f4a0fdfcd0 Bridget Swinney, MS RD wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=30161 Wed, 26 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500 Bridget Swinney Bridget Swinney is a health communicator, award-winning author and well-regarded nutrition expert specializing in teaching people to embrace a […]

]]> 61cf07ac8e6a627739d3733022f9c77f Bridget Swinney, MS RD wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=29982 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 12:30:55 -0500 You can’t fool mother nature. And if you try, mother nature always wins. Which is why on this Earth Day, we all need to do our part to reduce our carbon footprint. This can also help you be a healthier eater and s […]

]]> 0fb160ef8415ee5cf592a9a1f0229f16 Bridget Swinney, MS RD wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=29964 Mon, 05 Apr 2021 12:30:49 -0500 As I was growing up, I often had vivid dreams which I would recount at the breakfast table. There was one recurring dream which I remember to this day, at least a small piece of it and the message it delivered to […]

]]> 80715acaf01f19d3bb7de72745656450 Bridget Swinney, MS RD wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=29992 Fri, 02 Apr 2021 15:19:49 -0500

]]> 33e577f356fd2dcb50bb9814db62c841 Bridget Swinney, MS RD wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=29952 Wed, 31 Mar 2021 12:30:46 -0500 I decided to put myself in Time OUT.  Not anything I did wrong but my husband has been diagnosed with COVID.  We are insulated in a quarantine bubble in our home, away from those we love, those we care about, a […]

]]> e750d360edac91461813ae1b3d01ff84 Bridget Swinney, MS RD wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=29954 Mon, 29 Mar 2021 12:30:33 -0500 Empowered is something I always wanted to be. It meant I would be successful, a leader, confident, unstoppable. Then the voice in my head and the voices around me would set me back in my place and life would […]

]]> e17512363ad18b29bdc224b88f94d3cd Bridget Swinney, MS RD wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=29948 Wed, 24 Mar 2021 12:30:27 -0500 Given the gender ratio between male and female being nearly equal with some variances, https://ourworldindata.org/gender-ratio, women continue to be an oppressed majority throughout history and still […]

]]> 26c9072dffcd1faa4bab4b41f5382167 Bridget Swinney, MS RD wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=29945 Mon, 22 Mar 2021 12:30:54 -0500 What do you want? Yes, I’m talking to you. What do you want? I know, I know, this question is too broad to answer, right? Is it really? I have found that when I ask people this question, they turn into deer in h […]

]]> 23102075772e98c6dfaf1ef20c6fbcdf Bridget Swinney, MS RD wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=29943 Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:30:12 -0500 March is National Nutrition Month, a time when the nation’s largest group of nutrition professionals, The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, encourages Americans to take a step towards a healthier diet. This y […]

]]> 959ec0e737bf26d76bec9b94678d4930 Bridget Swinney, MS RD wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=29940 Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:30:25 -0500 A study of wealth involves gaining a clear picture of financial goals and establishing targets based on the habits of the wealthy.

Target #1 is obtaining financial independence for life by being able to cover […]

]]> a9d35cc43dc8adea84b584d31d15f5be Bridget Swinney, MS RD wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=29938 Mon, 15 Mar 2021 12:30:09 -0500 “You have ovarian cancer.” The tsunami of fear that washed over me was palatable as the surgeon (also my oncologist) held my hand and solemnly said this sentence. Fear. Pure, unfiltered fear. Fear of dying, fea […]

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