Rach's Food Fuel

Welcome to Rachs Food Fuel!

The Food Fuel & @rachsfoodfuel is a advocacy platform for inclusive and evidence-based nutrition information. My objective is to empower others through education by using my own experiences and nutrition education to build a community of inspired and well-fed individuals. I want to be a voice of change in the nutrition world and help shift perspectives about foods role in our lives

My passion and love for nutrition and sharing it with others began through my own journey with disordered eating in sport. It was an experience that is sadly not unique to me, but represents a large number of the population. Eating disorders and disordered eating are engrained in our food culture and despite their prevalence, there are huge gaps in resources available to help individuals struggling. I experienced first hand a broken system that felt isolating and unhelpful when I was struggling with my disordered eating. The more I learned about nutrition in my education the more empowered I became as both a patient and advocate to better it. Nutrition education changed and continues to change my life and I want to share that with others. I want to bring passion into the dietetics field and help fill it with professionals so fiercely driven that change is inevitable. I want to teach others to learn nutrition without experiencing the hard lessons that I did in a broken relationship with food and my body.  Food is fuel but it is also so much more and deserves to be both a physically and mentally nourishing thing in our lives.

I ran Division I NCAA Track & Cross-Country at the University at Buffalo where I obtained both my BS and Masters in Nutrition science in addition to a dual minor in Public Health and Health & Wellness. I am currently a dietetic intern at the University of Prince Edward Island enroute to becoming registered dietitian and bring my professional voice in a field that deserves empowered individuals who help educate the people. I want to intersect my experiences in sport, eating, and food culture with ethical and evidence-based science and research. I want to empower the world to understand the fantastic science of food and its role in health and happiness. 

In addition to being a foodie through and through and appreciating the world of culinary creations through eating and cooking, I enjoy writing, running, hiking, biking, yoga, and connecting through nutrition research. I am also very lucky to be assistant coaching cross-country/track at UPEI where I get to share my passion for running and education in nutrition with some amazing young athletes. They are learning the foundations of being well-fed warriors in sport! I am also very involved with advocacy and education events for many social issues in sport and health like disordered eating, amenorrhea, anti-diet culture, the importance of understanding hormones, injuries, and relative energy deficiency.

I use my writing, research, and blogging to reflect on my journey and use it as a way for me to shape my adversity into a guiding light for changes to be made in our food environment. The need for changes in the area of sport performance and fueling, changes in the perception of disordered eating, body image, and how all foods have a place to nourish both our minds and bodies.

I want to stay forever hungry for the lessons our relationship with food can teach us as the ingredients to well-being and the empowerment that comes from understanding that. I intend to be a life long-learner and eventually obtain my PhD to continue contributing to the greater good of society and young learning minds alike. Nutrition is something that has changed my life, kindled the passion within me, and has become something I want to bring to others; the fearless pursuit of finding one’s passion through their own journey, using experiences not as set backs, but as learning opportunities to empower others.

I love writing and this little blog in the big wide world of the internet is here to simply share this love for words with people! I write about all things including my time as division one distance runner, the injuries I have dealt with, recipes,and about my recovery, journey, and resilience to overcome my struggles with eating and amenorrhea to help others live their best life, live on a high frequency and be the bad assiest version of themselves!

Cheers to healthy bodies, happy minds and being BADASS!

Check me out:

Instagram: @rachsfoodfuel

Facebook: Rachs Food Fuel 

Website: https://rachsfoodfuel.wordpress.com

Email: rachsfoodfuel@gmail.com