Erin Madden is a nutritionist, the Founder of Happy Kids Nutrition Academy, Nutrition Educator, and now: the Nutrition Manager at Meal Garden.

While she was studying nutrition at university, she became increasingly aware of the food she ate and how it affected her. She learned WHY and HOW food can support health, how our food is metabolized and it’s connections to the environment, and lifestyle factors, etc. Because many things contribute to our overall well-being, there is no set template for optimal health.

As one of the leads behind the recipes & meal plans our practitioners get access to at Meal Garden, she shares some juicy tips & insider tool tricks of the trade that you might not even know exist in app - but will be grateful once you do! This is a must listen for all of our Meal Garden Professionals who want to maximize their experience with the software.

Show Notes:

3:00 - How Erin became interested in nutrition

4:25 - Why Erin prefers Meal Garden over other nutrition apps

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“They're always trying to improve the system and software, and that they listen to practitioners on how to make it great . The fact that I'm able to scale ingredients to 20 grams of protein, and even able to look up foods that are a certain level of calories really helps me create meal plans for my clients. It's cut down a lot of time with being able to look at the different modifications that I can do with the meal plans because before I was like, "Well, I need a 1,300 calorie meal plan," it was hard to find recipes that fit in with the calories. But I don't get that on Meal Garden, so it's helped me a lot.”

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6:35 - In Meal Garden, you can look for recipes within highly specific parameters. For example, you can look for only recipes with 20 grams of protein, with a certain amount of fat, low glycemic meals, etc.

Here’s a video we put together that shows you EXACTLY how to get laser specific with recipes:

8:17 - What if meal planning doesn’t make sense for your business?

“There's always a new diet plan out there, and I feel like it's important as my duty and role as a practitioner to be able to educate the client to make sure that a nutrition protocol is right for them.”

10:11 - In Meal Garden, you can look for easy recipes that only take 30 minutes or less:

12:48 - Erin’s favorite nutrition resources (other than Meal Garden)

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